Panasonic Software Dp 130p Operating Instructions

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Document Management 
System Section
Image scanning is performed by the following procedures:
Image Scanning
1
Activate a TWAIN-compatible application.
2
Select Acquire Image... in the File menu
to display Document Scanner.
3
Specify the image type, resolution, paper
size of a document to be scanned and the
scanning method to be used.
4
Place a document on the ADF or the
Flatbed and click the   button.
A preview-scanned image is displayed in
the preview window.
5
Apply the following adjustments on the
preview image:
 Drag the scanning frame (black frame)
on the preview window to specify the
scanning area. If an area has already
been selected, double-clicking with
Shift key held down selects the whole
image.
 Clicking  / 
button zooms in/out a preview-scan
image.
 Adjust the Slice Level, brightness, and
contrast (difference between dark and
light portions) as required.
Preview
Zoom InZoom Out
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Image Scanning
NOTE1. Adjust parameters for an optimum scanning image, with the view on preview image.
Preview scanning can be repeated any number of times.
2. Image scanning is only possible by the PC that the device is connected to directly through the
parallel port.
6Click the   button to scan an
image into the document desktop.Scan 
						

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Document Management 
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Document Viewer
The Document Viewer is an application for editing documents (image files) to be managed with the
Document Manager  (See page 80). In addition to usual image editing, the program provides various editing
capabilities for documents with a wide selection of annotation functions.
Double-clicking on the document (thumbnail) in the Document Manager screen or selecting Open in the
Document menu displays the main window of the Document Viewer.
NOTE1. The program is activated also by selecting Panasonic → Panasonic Document
Management System  
→ Document Viewer from Programs of the Start menu.
Main Window 
						

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Main Window
1.Title Bar
Displays the title of the screen and the name of the image file being displayed.
2.Menu Bar
Displays the menu of the Document Viewer.
3.To o l  B a r
Displays the tool buttons of the Document Viewer. Tool buttons correspond to functions of the menus in
the menu bar.
4.Page List
Displays the pages of the documents as thumbnails (reduced image).
5.Size Bar
Adjusts the scaling of the display on the image window.
6.Link Icon
Dragging and dropping a document on a link icon activates the application corresponding to each icon.
7.Status Bar
Displays information such as image file name, image type, and size.
8.Image Window
Displays the image and annotations of the pages being selected.
9.Ruler
Displays the actual size of an image that is selected. The unit of measurement is switched by Ruler Unit
in the View menu. 
						

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Basic Operations
Selecting Page
Selecting a page by clicking in the page list displays an image
of the selected page on the image window.
Dragging and dropping a page in the page list can change the
order of the pages.
Image Editing
The image displayed in the image window is edited with the
menu below:
-Edit menu 
Editing operations such as cutting, copying, pasting
annotations added to an image.
-Page - Adjust Page menu 
Image correction and color balance adjustment of the whole
page.
Selecting Area
Dragging the mouse on the image window allows selection of
a specific area in an image. This function is used to save a
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Document Viewer provides the functions for adding various graphics and text to an image. The graphics and
text added to an image are called .
The annotation function, unlike usual image editing applications, does not change an image itself but lays
graphics and texts onto an image. Annotations and the original image are displayed as one image.
Annotations are managed separately from image data. Therefore, the Document Viewer can switch
between displaying and hiding annotations.
If an image is edited with the Document Viewer, and is exported (sent) to another image editing application,
whether to attach the annotation to an image or not can be selected.
Annotation Function
AnnotationOriginal imageAnnotation added
to the original image 
						

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Document Management 
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File Menu
Open
Opens an image file saved in the computer.
Files of the following formats can be opened on the Document
Viewer.
-TIFF
Tagged-Image File Format (TIFF).
-JPEG 
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) format.
-BMP 
Windows standard bitmap format.
-PNG
Portable Network Graphics format.
-DDM
Document Manager file format.
Save
Save a document being edited.
Save As
A document is saved as an ordinary image file under a specified
name.
-All page(s)
Save all pages in the document.
-Select page
Save only the selected page.
-Specified area
Save only the portion specified in the image window.
Document Viewer saves a file in the following formats:
-TIFF
Tagged-Image File Format (TIFF).
-Multi-page TIFF
Multipages Tagged-Image File Format (TIFF).
-Internet Fax TIFF
Tagged-Image File Format (TIFF) with Internet Fax format.
-JPEG 
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) format.
-BMP 
Windows standard bitmap format.
-PNG
Portable Network Graphics format.
-PDF
Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
-DDM
Document Manager file format. 
						

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File Menu
NOTE1. When saving a document with annotations, save the document in the Document Manager file
format (DDM). This format saves the annotations and image data separately (as objects) so
that they can be edited later. Although saving a document in another format allows further
editing, the annotations cannot be undone. They are merged into the File. Print
Prints a document under the editing operation. For a document
containing two or more pages, pages from-to can be specified
for printing.
Print Setup
Specify the layout, printing size, and printing of annotations for a
document to be printed.
1.Vertical position and horizontal position
Adjust the printing position on a sheet.
2.Print Size
Select printing in original size or printing in accordance with
the sheet size.
3.N in 1 printing
Select for printing two or more reduced pages on one sheet.
Acquire Image
Adds a new image to a document.  The application selected in
Select Source runs and a scan image is created.
Select Source
Selects the source for the image added through Acquire Image. 
						

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File Menu
Document Management 
System Section
NOTE1. See Setting Plug-in  (See page 84) for specifying an external application. Launch to another application
Opens a document selected in the document window with a
specified application.
Selecting External Application Setup displays a dialog box for
adding/changing/deleting the application.
Clicking the Add button displays a dialog box to Add External
Application.
1.Name
If an external application is specified, the name in this field
appears on a link icon.
2.Application Type
Specify the application type.
3.Program File
Specify the execution file of an application.
4.MAPI Compliant
Check here if the E-mail application is compatible with
MAPI.
5.Parameter
If the E-mail application is incompatible with MAPI, adding
a parameter here allows automatic activation of a
transmission screen. 
						

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File Menu
Tra sh  Ca n
-Open Trash Can
Opens the Trash Can and displays any pages. Selecting page
and clicking the   button restores page that has
been discarded.
-Empty Trash Can
Deletes the pages in the Trash Can. If the page is emptied from
the Trash Can, it is permanently deleted and does not stored in
the Windows Recycle Bin.
Undo