6-14 Scanning Chapter 6Adjusting the Selection SizeWhen you first preview an image, the selection size is the same as yoursource document paper size.You can adjust the selection size of an image in order to isolate a specificarea of the image for a more selective preview scan. For example, inscanning a letter, you may want to isolate and save a company logo byitself, ignoring the rest of the letter.You define the selection size of your image by drawing a border aroundthe part of the image that you would like to isolate. Alternatively, you candefine and orient the dimensions of the selection with respect to theupper left corner of the preview area. Regardless of how you define aselection, you can easily and quickly change its dimensions.In defining the selection size, regardless of the method you select, youcan maintain the current height and width proportions of the image.For example, you set the width to 4 inches and the height to 6 inches. Youchange the width to 5 inches. If Keep Proportions is not selected, theheight remains the same. Thus, the proportion of the page height andwidth changes. If Keep Proportions is selected when you change thewidth, the height automatically changes. The lock icon indicates that thepage size will be maintained in the same proportion whenever youchange either the width or the height.To adjust the selection size:1. Click the Main tab.2. If you want to preserve the current proportions of the image, click theKeep Proportions button.Keep Proportions
