If you have said, "There has got to be an easier way" while photocopying pages, "Scan a Book" is for you. There is an easy way to prevent certain jams, scan pages that have text boxes, and scan color. Learn save time and energy. Read on to use the scanner more efficiently.
Instructions
Use the Right Weight of Paper
1. Use copiers other than automatic document feeders with actual book pages except when the pages are first copied on 20-lb paper. Copy onto one side of the paper only.
2. Scan the first two pages of an open book. Turn the page and scan the next two open pages. Continue the process.
3. Zone all pages and run the OCR program on them or set your text recognition program to zone and OCR the batch automatically.
4. Open the book and place it on the scanner. Put a weight on top of the book. Scan a couple of pages at once.
Determine Whether the Book Will Lie Flat
5. Divide books into categories: books that will lie flat and books that will not. Accept that a book cannot be scanned if text refuses to lie flat and curves into the center.
6. Understand that textbook publishers sometimes intentionally make text flow close to the center to make copying challenging.
7. Push down on the book's spine to get the text to lie flat.
8. Remove binding when possible to force a book to lie flat on the copier, when scanning books other than library books. Separate pages first. Use wood glue to reattach neatly. Cut pages later.
9. Understand that a separated book is valuable after scanning. Realize reading a separated book is often easier to read than a book where you have to keep the pages open.
10. Relax because you will not have to press down on the book, or lift and turn the book as you scan individual pages. Separate each book chapter into a different manila folder.
11. Expect your book bags to feel lighter because you will carry only relevant chapters. Use different folders for different chapters.
Avoid Colors Bleeding Through
12. Select the highest resolution when you scan to prevent errors on bold letters and italics. Pick the highest resolution setting for the best black and white pictures if you also have to scan pictures within text. Be aware that scanners tend to see through most textbook pages that use thin, shiny textbook paper. Know the scans show details from the back of the page.
13. Expect to lose quality when you make a copy. Know that loss of quality causes errors in scanning. Choose a high-quality copier. Scan from an open book that will lie flat or scan one page at a time.
14. Tape some black paper to the underside of the scanner's cover. Scan each page individually or scan from an open book where pages are backed up automatically.
15. Make one-sided copies of text pages and run them through the feeder. Be aware that this requires a good copier and it is expensive.
Watch Out for Captions and Graphics
16. Scan each separated page individually or from an open book that can lie flat.
17.Run OCR on the pages.
18. Mark captions and text boxes immediately.
Handle Color Correctly
19. Choose only sections of captions, text and text boxes in the OCR. Select in the order you prefer. Ignore pictures.
20. Insert pages individually and zone pages manually.
21. Save text in ascii. Open the text in a word processor program to read your picture in color.
22. Use only the scanner to scan a colored picture. Copy and paste the selected photograph into your word processor document at your chosen point. Select "screen" resolution to keep the file size small.
Check Text for Errors
23. Use the highest quality mode for the scan.
24. Scan straight from the text page to ensure text is error free.
25. Spell check every page of text immediately after the text is scanned and OCR'd.
Remove Headers and Footers
26
Make sure headers and footers are not in the scan.
27
Realize that not selecting headers and footers to be OCR'd in the scan will save you time from having to reformat the text later.
28
Add page numbers to the tops of pages after getting text OCR'd.
Create An Outline
29
Mark key words, titles and subtitles to move around in an e-text document.
30
Develop a five-level outline. Add key words in appropriate sections.
31
Scan a page at a time, or scan from an open book that can lie flat.
32
Use the outlines as study aids; they are a by-product of the scans.
Tags: from open, from open book, book that, open book, open book that, text boxes