Sharp AR M700N User Manual

Working with Composer 
Pages are loaded into Composer by printing to the Sharpdesk Composer driver from third-party 
applications (for example, MS Word, MS Excel, and so on). Or, you can drag and drop a file 
from Sharpdesk or Microsoft Explorer directly into either the Composer’s work area or the 
Composer icon on the Output Zone. Loading pages by drag and drop uses the default paper size 
and orientation.  
Loading Pages into Composer 
You can load pages into Composer directly from Sharpdesk, Explorer,...

  
2. Click OK to save your settings and close the Properties screen. 
3. Click OK or Print (depending on the application you’re running) to start the print o\
peration. 
If Sharpdesk is not running, it automatically starts and the new pages a\
re added to an 
Untitled1.sdf document in the Composer work area. If Composer is running with a 
document in the work area, the new page(s) is added to the existing document.  
4. Continue loading pages into the Composer until you have all the pages you want.  You...

• To view the Work Area only, uncheck the References option in the View menu. You can 
also enlarge the Work Area (or the Reference Area) by grabbing and dragging the separator 
bar between the Work Area and Reference Area. 
• To view a full-page image, double-click on the page, or choose the Print Preview 
command from the File menu. To return to the default view, click the close icon (X) in the \
upper right corner of the work area.  
Deleting Pages 
To delete a page: 
1. Click on the page(s) you want...

  
File.Page Setup menu option.  If specific pages were not selected prior to entering the 
Header/Footer dialog, only the “Entire document” selection will be\
 available. 
3. Select the “This page forward” item from the drop-down list in the Apply to: section if you 
want the Header/Footer to be applied the page you selected prior to selecting the File.Page 
Setup menu option.  The selected page and all following pages will contain the 
Header/Footer you have defined.  If specific pages were not...

saved. If this is the first time you are saving the document, a Save As dialog box displays 
allowing you to name it and save it with a .SDF extension.  
Opening a Composer Document 
You can open a Composer document as follows: 
1. Choose the Open command from the File menu. The Open dialog box appears. 
2. Navigate to the file you want to open and click Open. 
Closing Composer 
To close the Composer, choose the Exit command from the File menu. 
 
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Chapter 7 
Sharpdesk Imaging 
Introduction 
Using Sharpdesk Imaging, you can view images, manipulate them, annotate them, and print 
them. 
Basic Imaging Concepts 
This section discusses some basic concepts and terminology to help you better understand 
Sharpdesk Imaging. 
What is Imaging? 
Imaging can be described as using computer software to create, modify, and process electronic 
images. Typical Imaging operations include: 
• Scanning text, photographs, or drawings and saving the results in an...

Types of Images 
An image is an electronic representation of a text document, a photograph, a line drawing, or 
other graphical entity. You can create an image by scanning a printed page, a photograph, a 
drawing, by saving a fax, or by creating an image with a drawing or graphic-design program. 
After a page of text is scanned and saved, it takes on the properties of an image file, and can no 
longer be opened with a word processor or text editor. 
Image File Formats 
Images are saved as image files,...

  
 
Simple Image Document 
Another image document could be a collection of faxes, memos, and photographs that are 
scanned to a multi-page image file. 
 
Multi-Page Image File 
Sharpdesk Imaging 
With Sharpdesk Imaging, you can perform a variety of imaging operations by making selections 
from menus or by clicking on tool buttons.  
Many options present dialog boxes. If you are not sure about which value\
s or properties to set, 
accept the default values. These values were chosen to give satisfactory...

 
IMAGE FILE TYPE EXTENSION 
 
JPEG File .JPG, .JPE, .JPEG 
PCX/DCX Document .PCX, .DCX 
WIFF Document .WIF 
XIF Document .XIF 
You can display a single image in the window, display thumbnail views of the images contained 
in a multi-page image document, or display an image page and thumbnails together. 
 
 
Imaging Window Dialog 
Convert Image Files 
Using Sharpdesk Imaging, you can save a displayed image in one of the following formats: 
• .TIFF  
• .BMP  
• .JPEG  
• .AWD (Windows 98 only)  
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In some cases, converting from one format to another causes the source image to permanently 
lose certain attributes. For example, if you save a color .BMP file to .AWD format (which is 
black and white only), the saved image is converted to black and white. If you convert the .AWD 
image back to .BMP, the color information that was lost in the first conversion cannot be 
recovered. 
Change Image Display 
You can change the image display by zooming to increase or decrease the size of the image, by...