Managing program icons on the Send To bar

To rearrange program icons on the Send To bar

You can move the program icons you use most frequently to the left of the Send To bar. This reduces the amount of scrolling you need to access your favorite programs.

  1. Display the PaperPort desktop.

  2. Press and hold down the Alt key.

  3. Use the mouse to drag an icon to a new position on the Send To bar.

  4. Release the mouse button to place the icon at the new position.

Tip

To remove an icon you do not use, right-click the icon on the Send To bar, click Send To Options, and then clear the Include icon on the Send To bar checkbox.


To add a program icon
to the Send To bar

When you install PaperPort, the software searches for programs on your computer and automatically adds icons for many of them to the Send To bar.

If you have a program on your computer that is not shown on the Send To bar, you can add it to the Send To bar by using the New Program Link wizard.

  1. Display the PaperPort desktop.

  2. On the Tools ribbon, click PaperPort new link Managing program icons on the Send To bar New  Link in the Links group.

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    On the Send To bar, right-click a blank area of the bar, and then on the shortcut menu, point to Send To Bar, and click New Program Link.

    The New Program Link – Program Type wizard dialog box appears.
     

  3. Follow the steps in the wizard, and then click Finish to end the wizard program. 

Notes

There might be a slight delay before you see the added program icon on the Send To bar.

On the Tools ribbon, choose PaperPort refresh sendto bar Managing program icons on the Send To bar Refresh Send To Bar. This instructs PaperPort to check for new programs on your computer and to update the Send To bar accordingly.

For a complete list of programs you can use with PaperPort or to download support for newly released programs, refer to the PaperPort program on the Nuance web site.


To remove a program icon from the Send To bar

You can remove seldom-used program icons from the Send To bar.

In addition, you can delete program icons that you have added to the Send To bar. 

  1. On the Tools ribbon, choose PaperPort sendto options Managing program icons on the Send To bar Send To Options, and then in the Program Links list, click the program icon.

    PaperPort displays the Send To Options dialog box for that program.
     

  2. Clear the Include icon on Send To bar check box.
     

  3. Click OK.

You can still send items to a program even though the program icon is not displayed on the Send To bar. Click on the PaperPort button, choose PaperPort sendto Managing program icons on the Send To bar Send To, and then click the program to which you want to send the item.

Note that removing a program icon from the Send To bar does not delete the program from your computer.

To delete a program icon you have added

On the Send To bar, right-click the icon for the added program, and then on the shortcut menu, click Delete Program Link. To add the icon at another time, use the New Program Link wizard to add the program icon to the Send To bar.

To change the Send To options for a program

You can change Send To options to specify how you want to use programs on the Send To bar.

For example, you can send scanned documents to a program, such as Microsoft Word, on the Send To bar. In the Send To options for the Word program, you can specify the default file type for PaperPort to use when it converts your image items to Word documents.

To quickly access the tuning options for any program link:

  • On the Tools ribbon, choose PaperPort sendto options Managing program icons on the Send To bar Send To Options, and then, in the Program Links list, click the program icon

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  • Right-click the program icon on the Send To bar, and then click Send To Options

The Send To Options dialog box for each program contains options specific to that program. Many programs share similar options, such as Microsoft Word and Excel. To learn about Send To options for a certain program, see Changing default Send To options.

Tip

For each program, you can choose to display or hide the icon on the Send To bar. To hide an icon, clear the Include icon on Send To bar checkbox in the Send To options for that program.

 

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Managing program icons on the Send To bar