Autocrop an image
The Autocrop tool finds the page borders automatically and crops to them. It also corrects skew and distortion. Select one or more pages in the image window, then click theCrop an image
Unlike Autocrop, the Crop tool crops manually and can crop several regions on a single image.1
Select the page
In the image window, select the page to crop.
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Open the Crop tool
Click the
Crop button, or select Image → Crop from the Edit menu or the drop-down menu.
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Mark the regions to crop
Draw one or more regions to crop out. Each region is marked with a rectangular frame.
- To draw a region inside an existing region, hold Ctrl while drawing.
- To deselect a region, hold Shift and left-click inside it or on one of its borders.
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Apply the crop
Click Apply in the upper-right corner of the dialog box, press Enter, or left-click outside the image. Each marked area becomes a separate page.
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Save your changes
Click OK to save your changes, or Cancel to close the dialog box without saving.
Split an image
If a page contains two or more images (several documents, or several pages of one document), you can split it into separate pages, with each part saved as its own page. Select the page in the image window, then click the- No key splits the page into two parts horizontally (the default).
- Shift splits the page into two parts vertically.
- Ctrl splits the page both horizontally and vertically, into four parts.
Invert an image
If an image has light text on a dark background, invert its colors before further processing. Select the pages in the image window, then click theRotate an image
On a page with standard orientation, lines of text read from top to bottom. Rotate any page that has a non-standard orientation. Select the pages in the image window, then rotate them in one of the following ways:- To rotate 90° clockwise, click the
button or select Image → Rotate 90° Clockwise from the Edit menu or the drop-down menu. - To rotate 90° counterclockwise, click the
button or select Image → Rotate 90° Counterclockwise from the Edit menu or the drop-down menu. - To rotate 180°, click the
button or select Image → Rotate 180° from the Edit menu or the drop-down menu.
