Scan documents such as photographs and text on the scanner glass (known as the platen).
Scan photos and documents
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On the Windows desktop, double-click on the 
MP Navigator EX 2.0 icon or select Start > (All) Programs > Canon Utilities > then MP Navigator EX 2.0 from the Windows taskbar.
The MP Navigator EX navigation mode screen or one-select mode screen opens.
Navigation mode screen:
One-select mode screen:
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When the one-select mode screen opens, select the 
(Switch Mode) button to switch to the navigation mode screen.
If the Show this window at startup checkbox isn't selected, the last used screen opens. You can complete scanning to saving, etc. all at once if you select the corresponding icon on the one-select mode screen.
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From the Scan/Import screen, select Photos/Documents.
- Place the document face-down on the scanner glass, and select Document Type.
Refer to the table below the image for help with specific Document Type placement.
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Document type
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How to place the document
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Color Photo
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Allow 3/8 inches (1 cm) or more space between the edges of the scanner glass and the document.
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Black and White Photo
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Color Document
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Align a corner of the document with the corner at the arrow of the scanner glass.
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Black and White Document
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Magazine(Color)
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Text(OCR)
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When you select Color Photo or Black and White Photo, the position or size of the image may not be scanned correctly if you do not leave 3/8 inches (1 cm) or more space between the edges of the scanner glass and the document.
When you select Magazine(Color), the Descreen function will be enabled and scanning takes longer than usual. To reset the Descreen function, disable Descreen in the Scan Settings dialog box. Select Text (OCR) to convert hand-written text or image data of printed text to text data with OCR software.
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Select Specify... and set the preferences as required.
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The Scan Settings Dialog Box opens. Specify the document size and scan resolution.
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Select Scan. The scan will start.
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When the scan completes, the Scan Complete dialog box opens. Select Scan to scan the next document, or Exit to end.
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When the scan completes, the scanned image appears in the thumbnail list area.
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Edit the scanned image as required.
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When there are multiple images, first select the images to edit.
Selected images are outlined in orange.
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Use edit tools to rotate images, select a part of an image, etc.
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Drag the mouse or use Shift + arrow keys to select multiple images.
An orange frame appears around the selected image.
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Select Save or Save as PDF file.
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Specify the following settings as required:
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When Save is selected, the Save dialog box opens. Specify the destination folder, file name and file type.
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You cannot select JPEG/Exif when Document Type is Text (OCR).
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The default folder is MP Navigator EX in the Pictures folder (Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10) or in the My Pictures folder (Windows XP and Windows 2000).
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When Save as PDF file is selected, the Save As PDF file dialog box opens. Specify the file type, file name and destination folder.
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Select from the following PDF file types:
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PDF (Multiple Pages) - displays when you select multiple pages.
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The default folder is MP Navigator EX in the Pictures folder (Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10) or in the My Pictures folder (Windows XP and Windows 2000).
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PDF
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When multiple images are selected, each image is saved as a separate PDF file.
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PDF(Multiple Pages)
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Multiple images are saved in one PDF file.
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PDF(Add Page)
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Selected images are added to a specified PDF file. The images are added to the end of the PDF file. You cannot rearrange pages of the PDF file to which images are added.
You can select only PDF files created with MP Navigator EX. You cannot specify PDF files created with other applications. PDF files edited in other applications cannot be specified as well.
If a password-protected PDF file is edited, the passwords will be deleted. Reset the passwords.
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- Select Save.
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Scanned images are saved according to the settings.
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To further use/edit the scanned images on MP Navigator EX, select Open saved location in the Save Complete dialog box. The saved images appear in the View & Use screen.
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