At that place may come a time when you want to digitize your priceless old pictures, or need to scan a receipts and documents for your visitor. Today we expect at how to browse a picture or document in Windows 7.

Scanning Your Certificate

In this example we're using an HP PSC 1500 All-In-One printer connected to a Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit system. Different scanners will vary, all the same the process is essentially the same.

The scanning process has changed a bit since the XP days. To browse a certificate in Windows 7, place the certificate or motion picture in the scanner, click on Start, and become to Devices and Printers.

When the Devices and Printers window opens, observe your scanning device and double-click on information technology to go the manufacturers Printer Actions carte du jour.

For our HP PSC 1500 we have a few different options similar printing, device setup, and scanner actions. Here we'll click on the Scan a document or photo hyperlink.

The New Browse window opens and from here you can conform the quality of the scanned image and choose the output file type. And so click the Preview button to get an idea of what the image will look like.

If y'all're not happy with the preview, and then you lot can go dorsum and make any adjustments to the quality of the document or photo. In one case everything looks good, click on the Browse button.

The scanning process will start. The amount of time it takes will depend on your scanner type, and the quality of the settings you choose. The higher the quality…the more than time it will accept.

You lot will have the option to tag the motion picture if you want to…

Now y'all can view your scanned document or photo inside Windows Photo Viewer. If you're happy with the await of the document, you can ship it off in an email, put it on an network drive, FTP it… whatsoever yous need to do with it.

Another method is to place the document of photo you wish to scan in the scanner, open up Devices and Printers, then right-click on the scanning device and select Start Scan from the context menu.

This should bypass the manufacturer screen and go direct into the New Scan window, where you lot can showtime the browse process. From the Context Menu you tin can also choose Scan Backdrop.

This volition allow you lot to test the scanner if you're having problems with information technology and change some of its settings.

Or you tin choose Scan Profiles which allows you to use pre-selected settings, create your own, or gear up one as the default.

Although scanning documents and photos isn't a common occurrence as it was a few years agone, Windows vii still includes the feature. When you need to scan a document or photo in Windows 7, this should go you started.