Straightening images  PaperPort straighten Straightening image items

PaperPort includes two buttons to help you straighten pages or images that were scanned into your computer at a skewed angle. You can use:

  • PaperPort auto straighten Straightening image items Auto-Straighten to let PaperPort analyze and automatically straighten images for you

  • PaperPort straighten Straightening image items Straighten to manually straighten any image item that you display in the Image View window

You can also use Auto Straighten in a scan profile.

To automatically straighten image items

  • Select one or more image items on the PaperPort desktop then choose PaperPort auto straighten Straightening image items Auto-Straighten on the Item ribbon,

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  • Display an image item in the Image View window, and then choose PaperPort auto straighten Straightening image items Auto-Straighten on the Page ribbon.

To manually straighten image items

  1. Display the image item in the Image View window.

  2. On the Page ribbon, choose PaperPort straighten Straightening image items Straighten.

    The pointer changes to a drawing tool when you move it over the image. Hold down the mouse button and draw a line along an edge that should be horizontal or vertical. When you release the mouse button, PaperPort uses the line as a guide to straighten the item.

Tips

Auto-straighten works best on images containing lines of text or pictures with clear borders. Auto-straighten removes annotations; use the following procedure to preserve them.

Choose PaperPort select all Straightening image items Select All in the Annotations group on the Edit ribbon  then click PaperPort cut Straightening image items Cut in the Clipboard group. This temporarily removes annotations so you can safely auto-straighten the page.

Finally on the Edit ribbon, click PaperPort paste Straightening image items Paste in the Clipboard group to put the annotations back on the page.

 

To automatically straighten all images scanned by a scan profile

  1. On the Scan or Get Photo pane, select a scan profile that should contain the straightening feature.

  2. Click Settings and the SET tab.

  3. On the SET panel, turn on Auto-straighten. Then click OK.

Tip

Be sure your setting is suitable for all pages you plan to scan with this profile.

 

 

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Straightening image items