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Context-sensitive cursors
The shape of the pointer indicates the type of activity you can perform
in the scanning software.
Selection area cursor
New selection
area
Draw a new selection area.
Move selection
area
Drag the selection area to a new location in the
preview area.
Drag the selection area to another program.
Press C
TRL and drag the selection area to the
Windows desktop or a folder in Windows Explorer.
Resize selection
area horizontally
Appears over handles on the sides of the selection
area. Drag the cursor to resize the width of the
selection area.
Resize selection
area vertically
Appears over the handles on the top or bottom of
the selection area. Drag the cursor to resize the
height of the selection area.
Resize selection
area diagonally
Appears over handles on the corners of the
selection area. Drag the cursor to resize both the
height and width of the selection area.
Drop allowed The program or folder the image has been dragged
to accepts this kind of drop.
Drop not allowed The program into which you are trying to drag the
image does not accept this kind of drop.
Ready cursor
Ready for activity Click a menu item and select a command.
Click a list button to select an option.
Click a button to turn it on or off, or to increase or
decrease a number.
Typing cursor
Data entry
accepted
Click, then type a value.
Pixel value cursor
Highlight
eyedropper
Position this cursor over a light area in the image to
see its pixel value in the RGB meter and the
histogram. Click on pixels to set them as the
Highlight value. In the Transparency Exposure
Adjustment tool, click to set the RGB value.
Shadow
eyedropper
Position this cursor over a dark area of the image to
see its pixel value in the RGB meter and the
histogram. Click on pixels to set them as the
Shadow value.
Eyedropper and
the “no” symbol
Indicates this area is an area in which pixel value is
not available.
What’s This? Help cursor
What’s This? Help Click on a tool, field, button, or menu item for pop-up
Help on that item.