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Add a picture directly from your scanner

Before you begin, make sure that your scanner is compatible with TWAIN or WIA and is connected to your computer. You should also make sure that you have installed the scanner software that supports TWAIN or WIA.

1. Set up your scanner to scan your picture.
2. On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click From Scanner or Camera.
3. In the Insert Picture from Scanner or Camera dialog box, select your scanner from the Device list.
4. Click Add Pictures to Clip Organizer to save a copy of the picture to your Microsoft Clip Organizer.
5. Do one of the following:

   Insert a picture automatically

   1. Under Resolution, do one of the following:
      • Click Web Quality to scan a 96 dpi picture that is suitable for viewing on the Web.
      • Click Print Quality to scan a picture at a higher resolution that is suitable for printing.
   2. Click Insert.

   The scanner software will scan the entire picture, and then Microsoft Publisher will insert the scanned picture on the current page of your publication where you can crop, resize, or modify it as desired.

   Insert a customized scanned picture

   1. Click Custom Insert.
   2. Using the scanning program, start the scanning process and make any adjustments you want to the scanned image.
   3. Click Scan.

      Note  The options that are available when you use Custom Insert depend on the scanner and scanning program you are using.

   The scanner software will scan the area of the picture you have selected, and then Publisher will insert the scanned picture on the current page of your publication where you can crop, resize, or modify it as desired.

Notes

• If you're printing your publication at a commercial printing service, it's best to have your printing service scan images for you. They have the equipment and expertise to create and modify production-quality scanned images. You may want to include the images you scan on your scanner in your publication as "For Positioning Only" (FPO), in other words, as placeholders to show where the final image is to be placed. But be sure to ask your printing service whether they want you to include FPO images.
• If you scan your own images, make sure to ask your commercial printing service for the correct effective resolution for the pictures in your publication.