CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page About This Guide 1 Introduction 1.1 Image Concepts 1.2 Overview of DECimage EXpress 1.3 Features 1.4 Structure of the User Interface 1.4.1 Pull-Down Menus on the DECimage EXpress Window 1.4.2 Buttons on the DECimage EXpress Window 1.4.3 Pull-Down Menus on the Document Viewer 1.4.4 Buttons on the Document Viewer 1.5 Special-Purpose Keys and Mouse Buttons 2 Getting Started 2.1 Before Using DECimage EXpress 2.2 Starting a Session 2.3 Determining the Operations You Can Perform 2.4 Selecting Documents 2.5 Viewing a Document 2.6 Unselecting Documents 2.7 Selecting a Drawer 2.8 Ending a Session 3 Creating and Deleting a Document 3.1 Preparing Paper Documents for Scanning 3.2 Setting Up for Scanning (Manual Indexing) 3.3 Setting Up for Scanning (Autoindexing) 3.4 Scanning Documents 3.5 Setting Up Acquisition of Disk Files (Manual Indexing) 3.6 Setting Up Acquisition of Disk Files (Autoindexing) 3.7 Acquiring Disk Files 3.8 Rescanning a Document 3.9 Rescanning a Page of a Document 3.10 Appending a Document 3.11 Deleting a Document 4 Inspecting and Indexing a Document 4.1 Inspecting a Document for Scan Quality 4.2 Moving an Acceptable Document 4.3 Rejecting an Unacceptable Document 4.4 Manually Indexing a Document 4.5 Verifying Autoindexed Documents 5 Modifying a Document 5.1 Adjusting the View 5.1.1 Rotating a Page 5.1.2 Scaling a Page 5.1.3 Selecting a Scaling Style 5.1.4 Zooming to a Region of Interest 5.2 Modifying a Page 5.2.1 Applying the Current Rotation Angle to a Page 5.2.2 Aligning a Page 5.2.3 Cropping a Page 5.2.4 Saving Changes to a Page 5.2.5 Restoring a Page 5.2.6 Saving a Page as a VMS Disk File 6 Distributing a Document 6.1 Printing a Paper Copy 6.2 Mailing a Copy 6.3 Sending and Receiving a Fax 6.4 Copying Documents 6.5 Moving Documents 7 Customizing Your Account 7.1 Customizing the DECimage EXpress Window 7.1.1 Setting Up Acquisition 7.1.2 Setting Up Document Query 7.1.3 Saving Current Settings 7.1.4 Using Last Saved Settings 7.1.5 Using System Defaults 7.2 Customizing the Document Viewer 7.2.1 Using the Single Page Layout 7.2.2 Using the Side-By-Side Layout 7.2.3 Using the Top and Bottom Layout A DECimage EXpress Messages A.1 Operational Error Messages A.1.1 Acquisition Errors A.1.2 General Conditions A.2 Software Error Messages B Adding DECimage EXpress to DECwindows Glossary align . . . gray scale index entry . . . region of interest rotate . . . zoom FIGURES 1-1 Structure of the DECimage EXpress Window 1-2 Structure of the Document Viewer 1-3 Buttons on the Document Viewer 2-1 DECimage EXpress Window After Starting a Session 2-2 Set Up Document Query Dialog Box 2-3 Viewing a Document 2-4 Select Document Dialog Box 2-5 Pop-Up Menu with List of Available Drawers 3-1 Set Up Acquisition Options Dialog Box 3-2 Pop-up Menu of Autoindex Options 3-3 Set Up File Selection Dialog Box 3-4 Append Dialog Box 3-5 Delete Selected Documents Dialog Box 4-1 Inspecting Documents 4-2 Move Documents Dialog Box 4-3 Index Documents Dialog Box (Manual Indexing) 4-4 Index Documents Dialog Box (Autoindexing) 5-1 Before and After Rotating a Page 90 Degrees 5-2 Before and After Scaling to Fit the Window 5-3 Using Tab and Shift-Tab Keys with Regions of Interest 5-4 Before and After Zooming In 5-5 Before and After Aligning 5-6 Before and After Cropping a Page 5-7 Save Current Page Dialog Box 6-1 Print to... Dialog Box 6-2 DECimage EXpress Page Mailer 6-3 Send Fax Dialog Box 6-4 Copy Documents Dialog Box 6-5 Move Documents Dialog Box 7-1 Set Up Document Query Dialog Box 7-2 Document Viewer: Single Page Layout 7-3 Document Viewer: Side-By-Side Layout 7-4 Document Viewer: Top and Bottom Layout A-1 Sample Error Message Box TABLES 1-1 Buttons on the DECimage EXpress Window 1-2 Buttons on the Document Viewer 1-3 Special-Purpose Keys and Mouse Buttons A-1 Software Error Messages