Core Documentation-User Interface

• Introduction

  To access the UI settings
  Start ScanToPDF
  On the menu click Edit and choose Options or click the Gear icon
  Click the UI icon
  
  
  
  The UI (User Interface) settings control how ScanToPDF main windows look and feel. It also controls the appearance of the toolbar and the thumbnail pane.

• 1. Language

  Choose a language to use for the user interface.

• 2. Default Capture Button

  Choose the default function of the capture button on the ScanToPDF toolbar
  
  1. Scan from selected device - capture images from the selected TWAIN source
  2. Import from folder - import images from the import folder
  3. Scan & send - capture images from the selected TWAIN source and launch the email client

• 3. Capture Hot Key

  Choose a collection of keystrokes which when pressed will initiate a scan or import command (equivalent to the Scan or Import from folder toolbar buttons or the File Menu "Scan now" or "Import folder" option.

• 4. Capture interruption hot key

  Choose a collection of keystrokes which when pressed will initiate a capture interruption (scan or import from folder)

• 5. Device UI Closure Mode

  Choose how the device UI is closed after capture (when capturing from scanning device)
  
  1. Automatically closed after capture. The UI will be closed once capture of images is complete.
  2. Do not automatically close device UI - Never close the UI automatically.

• 6. Display only thumbnails during capture

  Enable this option to instruct ScanToPDF to only display images in the Thumbnail pane, not the Main Image pane.

• 7. Thumbnail size

  Select the size of the thumbnails in the image thumbnail pane to use when capturing images.

• 8. Minimize application during capture

  Enable this option to instruct ScanToPDF to automatically minimize during capture (from scanner or import from folder)

• 9. Select first page after capture

  Enable this option to instruct ScanToPDF to select the first image in the batch (in the Thumbnail pane).

• 10. Allow image file drop into the thumbnail image list

  Enable this option to allow drag and drop of suitable image files onto the thumbnail image list for easy file import.

• 11. Optional items on the UI

  Check the options as required for display on the ScanToPDF toolbar
  Toggle On (green tick) or Off (no green tick)
  
   from left to right
  
  Device User Interface - Show the device UI prior to scanning
  Automatic save after capture - save is triggered as soon as capture is complete.
  Launch email client after save - once save is complete, the email client will be launched with the saved PDF file already attached.