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When the 
annotation 
icon appears 
next to a 
thumbnails 
page number, 
it means the 
page contains 
one or more 
annotations. 
Annotating an Image Dialog 
Create a Contact Sheet 
You can create a contact sheet that contains a thumbnail rendition of ea\
ch page of an image 
document, similar to a photographic contact sheet that displays images of each negative on a roll 
of film. Before you create the contact sheet, you can globally set the t\
humbnail size  larger to 
display more detail, or smaller, to fit more thumbnails onto the contact sheet. To create a contact 
sheet, choose the Create Contact Sheet command from the Tools menu. 
 
 
Contact Sheet Dialog 
Image Processing 
During scanning and faxing, documents can pick up small speckles of dust that degrade the 
image. The Remove Speckles option electronically processes the document to remove these. 
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Using the Straighten Page option from the Tools menu, you can straighten an image that is 
crooked in relation to the background page. After you draw a reference line on the displayed 
document, the application rotates the image to the correct orientation. 
You can specify a portion of the image to crop or let the program automatically crop the edges of 
a displayed image for you. 
Using the Imaging Application 
This section guides you through some basic operations when working with the Imaging 
application. For additional information, refer to the on-line Help. 
Starting Sharpdesk Imaging 
To start Sharpdesk Imaging: 
1. Click the Start button. 
2. Point to Programs, then Sharpdesk, and then choose Sharp Imaging. 
NOTE: If you use the sample image files installed with Sharpdesk to practice working with 
Imaging options, you can access the original versions of these files on \
your installation CD. 
Finding an Image Document 
You can assign properties to your images, Author, Keywords, Comments, Title, and Subject, to 
make locating them later easier. 
Setting Properties 
To assign a property to an image document (the following example uses a sample file installed 
with Sharpdesk). 
1. Choose the Open command from the File menu. 
2. Navigate to the folder where you installed Sharpdesk Imaging. (The default location is 
C:\Program Files\Sharp\Sharpdesk\Imaging). 
3. Open the Samples folder. 
4. Double-click HQ.TIF, or highlight it and click Open. 
5. Choose the Properties command from the File menu. The Properties window appears. 
6. Click the Summary tab.  
 
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							The Summary tab allows you to specify property values for your image documents. You may 
want to standardize the values you use so your documents are organized in a more useful way. 
For example, descriptive Keyword entries might be Invoices, Deposits, Inventory, and so on. 
7. Enter the property values you want to apply and then click OK.  
8. Choose the Save command from the File menu to add the property value to the document. 
Finding Specified Properties 
To find an image document using a property value: 
1. Choose the Open command from the File menu.  
The Open dialog appears. 
 
 
Open Dialog  
2. Click the Find button.  
 
The Find: Image Files dialog appears. 
 
Find: Image Files Dialog  
3. Enter the property value by which you want to search. 
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4. Select the drive or folder you want to search from the Look in drop-down\
. To navigate to a 
particular folder, use the Browse button. 
5.  Click the Include Subfolders checkbox.  
6. Click Find Now. The lower pane of the dialog displays the names of documents containing 
the specified property value. Clicking an image name displays a thumbnail of the document. 
 
Sample Image Dialog  
Displaying an Image Document 
Once you locate the image document you want to work with, you can open it, change the display 
attributes, display and resize thumbnails, or create a contact sheet. 
Opening the Document 
• From the Find dialog, highlight the document you want to open and click Open. 
Changing the Display 
1. You can change the size of the display window in the vertical and horizontal directions to 
suit your preference. 
2. Using the Zoom menu, you can choose different options to resize the document to fit in\
 the 
display window. When you change the size of the document, its height to width ratio is 
maintained. 
• Click Fit to Height to view the full height of the document page. 
• Click Fit to Width to display the full width of the page. 
• Click Pixel to Pixel. If the entire page does not fit into the display window, scroll bars 
appear along the right side and/or bottom.  
• Click Best Fit. This is often the optimum setting. 
3. Using the View menu, you can click Page and Thumbnails to display thumbnails of pages 
in a window next to the page view. The selected thumbnail has a border a\
round it. 
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							4. Position the pointer over the vertical bar separating the Thumbnail and Page windows and 
picture. When the pointer changes shape, hold down the left mouse button and then drag the 
bar left or right to resize each window. 
 
Sizing Windows Dialog  
5. Using the Tools menu, you can click Magnifier to enlarge a portion of the document page. 
[Note:  Magnifier controls can only be accessed with the mouse.  Keyboard control is not 
supported.] 
Displaying and Changing Thumbnails 
To display or change thumbnails: 
1. Choose the Thumbnails command from the View menu.  
Thumbnails of the image documents are displayed. 
2. Choose the Thumbnail Size command from the Options submenu in the Tools menu.  
 
The Thumbnail Size dialog appears. 
 
Thumbnail Size Dialog  
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3. Place the pointer over the handle in the lower right corner of the thumb\
nail, hold down the 
left mouse button, and then drag the handle diagonally to increase or decrease the size of the 
thumbnail. 
4. Click OK to apply the new size to the displayed thumbnails. 
Creating a Contact Sheet 
To create a contact sheet: 
1. Choose the Open command from the File menu.  
The Open dialog box appears. 
2. Navigate to the image document you want to open, and then click Open.  
The image document appears. 
3. Choose the Create Contact Sheet command from the Tools menu.  
The Create Contact Sheet dialog appears. 
4. Type a filename and select a location to create the file, and then click\
 Save. 
5. Choose the Open command from the File menu. 
6.  Locate the contact sheet you created and click Open. 
7. Click on a page to view the original page. 
8. Click the Back button  to return to the contact sheet. 
To have your contact sheet automatically open after you create it: 
9. Choose the Options command from the Tools menu, and then click Contact Sheet. 
The Contact Sheet Options dialog displays. 
10.  Select the Open contact sheet after saving checkbox and then click OK. 
 
Contact Sheet Dialog  
Annotating a Document 
This section describes how to add annotations to a document, change annotation properties, and 
save the annotated document. 
Applying a Rubber Stamp   
To apply a rubber stamp to the document: 
1. Choose the Open command from the File menu. 
The Open dialog displays. 
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							2. Navigate to the image document you want to annotate, and click Open. 
The image document appears. 
3. Choose the One Page command from the View menu. 
4. Choose the Rubber Stamps command from the Annotation menu.  
The Rubber Stamp Properties dialog appears. 
  
You  can also 
click on the 
Rubber Stamp 
icon in the 
Annotation 
toolbar to display 
this dialog. 
 
 
Rubber Stamp Properties Dialog  
5. Click the stamp you want to use in the Stamps list, and then click Edit. The Edit Text Rubber 
Stamp Properties dialog appears. 
 
Edit Text Rubber Stamp Dialog  
Click Font.  
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The Rubber Stamp Font Properties dialog appears. 
 
Rubber Stamp Font Properties Dialog  
6. Choose the desired font attributes and color, and click OK. 
7. Click OK to close the Edit Text Rubber Stamp Properties dialog.  
8. Click OK to close the Rubber Stamp Properties dialog. 
The pointer changes to a rubber stamp icon. 
9. Position the rubber stamp where you want to place the annotation, and th\
en press the left 
mouse button once. The stamp annotation is applied to the document. You can move the 
stamp by placing the pointer inside the dotted outline, and then draggin\
g the stamp to a 
different location. 
10. Click outside of the dotted outline to anchor the stamp. 
 
Adding a Highlight  
To add a highlight to the image document: 
With your document open, choose the Highlighter command from the Annotation menu. The 
pointer changes to a marker and crosshair. 
1. Position the crosshairs slightly above and to the left of a paragraph you want to highlight. 
Hold the left mouse button down and drag the pointer across and down to the end of the 
paragraph. Release the button to apply the highlight. 
Changing Highlight Properties 
To change the highlight properties: 
1. Place the pointer on the highlight and click the right mouse button.  
A shortcut menu appears. 
2. Click Properties.  
The Highlighter Properties dialog appears. 
NOTE:  To change the default properties for an annotation, right-click on the tool in the Annotation 
toolbar or choose the Set As Default option in the Annotation Properties dialog. 
 
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Highlighter Properties Dialog  
3. Choose a color, such as light blue, that allows the text to show through\
.  
4. Click OK to apply the new color. 
 
Document Enhancement  
This section shows how to enhance a document page by despeckling and straightening it. 
Removing Speckles From a Document 
To remove speckles from a displayed document: 
1. Choose the Best Fit option from the Zoom menu. 
2. Choose the Remove Speckles command from the Tools menu.  
The application removes small speckles which may have been added during the scanning or 
faxing process.  
Straightening a Page 
To straighten a displayed document: 
1. Choose the Straighten Page command from the Tools menu.  
The Straighten Page dialog appears. 
2. Move the dialog to the side or bottom of the page, so you can draw a reference line in the top 
portion of the page. The cursor will change to a crosshair. 
3. Draw a reference line that is slanted in exactly the same way as the text. Position the pointer 
between two lines of text and press the left mouse button. While holding the button down, 
drag the pointer to the right, parallel to the text above and below the line. Release the mouse 
button when the reference line you have drawn is positioned correctly as shown in the 
following example. 
 
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Straighten Page Dialog  
4. Click OK in the Straighten Page dialog.  
The page rotates until the reference line you drew is parallel with the top and bottom edges of 
the window. 
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