Picasa3 help please

MisterNick

My wife started using Picasa for photos but it seems to now be our default programme for the scanner.
I think that the previous default was Hewlett Packard.

The troubleis that when I scan something as simple as a Word document the file size is over 10 MB and I can't send it anywhere.

Is there something that I can do. I can't seem t find the HP software on the computer under programmes.

Many thanks

Wherryman

Can you reinstall the scanner software from the CD that came with it?

Apples2

Change the resolution of your scanned image (or resize it later)

Press file and import from. Select the device. Your scanner should appear under this option. Now select the preset, depending whether you are scanning a color or a black and white picture. You can also manually adjust the settings.

The lower the dpi, the smaller the filesize of the scanned image

MisterNick

Thanks for the replies.

I have tried reloading the HP software but it didn't work and I can't get rid of the intall screen now.

Apples2, Which screen do I press file from. I am sending it to the HP document viewer, but file is not an option

Apples2

From Picassa, File => Import

you should see your scanner in the drop down box.

MisterNick

Thanks for the reply

I reduced the resolution from 200 to 75 which was the lowest setting, but the file size is still 11.2mb for a word document that has about 20 lines of text on it.

Is it because it is saving it as a TIF file? Should I save it as a PDF or something similar/

Apples2

Not sure if saving as different file formats will have an effect or not.

If it is a simple Word Document, you may be better off with some OCR Software which normally comes bundled with Scanners.

Alternatively, if there are only a few lines of text, can you select the text only to scan rather than the whole page (can you do an initial scan, then drag a box around the area you require)?

There will be a lot of the filesize wasted scanning empty space on the page.

MisterNick

Apples2 wrote: »

Not sure if saving as different file formats will have an effect or not.

If it is a simple Word Document, you may be better off with some OCR Software which normally comes bundled with Scanners.

Alternatively, if there are only a few lines of text, can you select the text only to scan rather than the whole page (can you do an initial scan, then drag a box around the area you require)?

There will be a lot of the filesize wasted scanning empty space on the page.

I'll have a look at the options you suggest.

I am having difficulty with the software that came with the printer/scanner but when I close down the computer later I will see whether I can rsolve it.

Many thanks for the help