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Preferences— File Saving

File Saving

Choosing a Default File Format and Creator

The “File Saving” category is used to choose the default

ﬁ le type for images saved when Nikon Scan is used as a

“stand-alone” ap pli ca tion. The Macintosh version also has

an option for choosing the “creator” application, i.e., the ap-

plication that will start when ﬁ les saved from Nikon Scan are

double-clicked.

Windows

Option Description

Use alternate

creator code

(Macintosh

only)

If this option is selected, a new creator application

can be chosen by clicking the Choose Applica-

tion… but ton and navigating to the desired ap pli -

ca tion. This option is not avail able in the Windows

version of Nikon Scan.

Compression

level

If the selected ﬁ le format supports compression, the

amount of compression can be selected from this

menu.

Default ﬁ le

format

Select the default ﬁ le format from NEF, TIFF, TIFF

(CMYK), JPEG, BMP (Windows only), and PICT (Ma-

cintosh only). Select Last used to choose the for-

mat most re cent ly used to save im ag es when Nikon

Scan was used as a “stand-alone” ap pli ca tion.

Macintosh