by: Carolyn G. Agmata
Psy 409a, G11
Table of Contents
INTRO
My Fun Page
Dr. James' Report
G11 409a Photos
WHAT IT IS
AND HOW TO USE IT
Pictures
Documents
OTHER LINKS
EPILOGUE
INTRODUCTION
Don't know anything about
scanning? Well, not to worry because I had no clue whatsoever about
it before writing this report. The reason I chose this report is
because I wanted to experience how it is used and works, and I also wanted
to experience on hand what the whole fad is about. I was priveledged
to do a fun
page about myself in which I scanned pictures of me and the gang and
in addition to that, I did 2 big projects for Dr. James. They are
doing a pictureboard for my G11
class and scanning a 45 page report written by Dr. James himself entitled
"Physiology
and psychology of second language learning".
All you do is click on the link and it will take you to my directory
for 499. Click on psy.doc then it will ask you "What do you want
to do with this file?" You click on "open it" and press o.k.
That will take you to word and from there you can see the report.
WHAT IS IT and HOW IT'S USED
I DID ALL MY SCANNING
AT THE KELLER LAB USING the HEWLETT PACKARD SCANJET IIc FOR MY SCANNER.
I USED THE PROGRAM COREL PHOTO HOUSE FOR SCANNING THE PICTURES AND OMNIPAGE
PROFESSIONAL FOR SCANNING DR. JAMES' REPORT. THE FOLLOWING LINKS
IS WHAT I USED IN LEARNING TO SCAN.
Scanner Instructions for Photos
THIS WAS A "TOUGHY", TRICKY
TOO, BUT I GOT IT UNDER CONTROL NOW. I WENT OFF WITH MY FUN PAGE,
BUT THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF MAKING IT!
1. There are only a few
simple steps to creating a scanned image of a photograph or
picture. To begin the process, make sure the scanner is on (a green light
is lit on the front of
the scanner), and place the photo or picture in the indicated corner of
the scanner.
2. Try to place the photo
as straight as possible, and clear any debris to ensure a good
scan of the image.
3. Next, open up the DeskScanII
2.2 application and select the desired picture color on the
upper left-hand menus (see picture below). Then, press the PREVIEW
button.
4. NOTE: The resulting
DeskScanII preview image does not actually represent the picture
quality! It is merely a rough sample for editing the scan. To view the
image in its true quality,
save the DeskScan image as a PICT file to the desktop and then open it
with JPEG View.
5. DeskScanII allows you
to manipulate the image in several ways including brightness,
contrast, selected area, number of colors, and size. These are fairly easy
to adjust using the
controls on the Desk-ScanII window. If the photo you are scanning is somewhat
small in
size (i.e. 3x5), I would suggest using the ZOOM button at least once before
saving your
work.
6. The dashed box which
surrounds the photo is usually not precise, and may have to be
adjusted slighty to achieve clean-cut edges for the scanned image. This
can be done by
holding the mouse over the dashed lines and adjusting them according to
the cursor arrows.
7. Once you have the scan
you think is right, try viewing it with JPEG View (located in the
Internet Apps folder) to make sure it appears the way you want it to.
8. Now that you have the
final product, drag the PICT file from the Desktop onto your floppy
or student account. NOTE: PICT files can often have very large memory requirements
and
you may only be able to fit a couple on one floppy. If the file is too
large, you can try sizing
it down or using a lower color scale.
AT FIRST, I THOUGHT
IT WAS GOING TO COPY EXACTLY WHAT IS ON THE PAPER BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND,
IT READS IT THEN TRANSLATE IT. I WAS VERY SURPRISED WITH THAT, ESPECIALLY
SINCE DR. JAMES' REPORT IS A XEROX AND IT DIDN'T PICK UP ALL THE WORDS.
IT TOOK ME ABOUT AN HOUR TO SCAN EVERY PAGE AND THEN IT' TOOK ME A WHILE
TO CORRECT ALL THAT WAS MISPELLED BECAUSE IT HAD TO "RECOGNIZE THE PAGE".
ALL IN ALL, I MANAGED TO PULL THROUGH.
1. There are only a few simple steps for converting a pre-typed document
to a usable
Microsoft Word file. To begin the process, make sure the scanner is on
(a green light is lit
on the front of the scanner) and place the document in the indicated corner
of the scanner.
2. Try to place the document as straight as possible, and clear any debris
to ensure a good
scan of the material.
3. Next, open up the WordScan application and select the scan button in
the upper left-hand
corner (see picture below). The program will automatically begin to process
your
document.
4. NOTE: During the conversion process, you will be prompted to either
stop scanning, or
scan more pages. At this point you can either stop the process or continue
scanning more
pages by replacing the one already in the scanner with a new document to
be scanned.
5. Once the scanning is completed, the software will display a somewhat
hazy sketch of the
materials. To see how they've turned out, you need to select save from
the file menu, and
save the scanned document(s) as a Microsoft Word 6.0 file to the desktop.
Then, you
can open up the document in Word to see how it has turned out.
6. NOTE: The WordScan program is not always very accurate. Proof-reading
scanned
documents is a must because sometimes it will confuse letters or not entirely
recognize the
font. Also, the program does not recognize graphics,and it may confuse
the process if you
have graphics as background for the document(s) being scanned.
7. If your document doesn't seem to be turning out right, I would suggest
a few things: try
re-aligning the document on the scanner, be sure there isn't any debris
or smudging on the
scanner, and make certain the document is placed right-side up in the scanner!
OTHER LINKS
There are lots of sites
you
can visit. Click here
to view them in case you want to know more.
Want to order books?
They're in this.
EPILOGUE
Although I took a while
to get adjusted, I must say it was well worth it. I really enjoyed
the challenge. You just have to be patient, something I had to control
because I worked long hours at the school labs spellchecking Dr. James'
report and getting the pictures right (shout out to Marjorie at Keller
for helping me with the pix) . I think now that I got the hang of
it and actually know what I'm doing, I'll buy a scanner of my own.
For the future generations, instead of doing the same reports everyone
else does, think of something you'll benefit from and write on it, it's
much more interesting!