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            <name>Robert Ancell</name>
            <email>robert.ancell@gmail.com</email>
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        <credit type="author" its:translate="no">
            <name>Ali Shtarbanov</name>
            <email>ametedinov@gmail.com</email>
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<p>As a special exception, the copyright holders give you permission to copy, modify, and distribute the example code contained in this document under the terms of your choosing, without restriction.</p>
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        <link type="guide" xref="index#acquire"/>
    <credit type="translator copyright"><name>Zander Brown</name><email>zbrown@gnome.org</email><years>2021</years></credit><credit type="translator copyright"><name>Bruce Cowan</name><email>bruce@bcowan.me.uk</email><years>2021</years></credit></info>
  
	<title>Scanning a Page</title>

    <p>To scan a document from your scanner:</p>
    <steps>
      <item><p>Connect the scanner to your computer and power it on.</p></item>
      <item><p>Open <app>Document Scanner</app>.</p></item>
      <item><p>Click the cog to the right of the <gui style="button">Scan</gui> button.</p></item>
      <item><p>Select the type of document you are scanning: <gui style="button">Text</gui> or <gui style="button">Image</gui>.</p>
	     <media type="image" src="figures/scan_toolbar.png"/></item>
      <item><p>Click the “Scan” button on the toolbar (or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>1</key></keyseq>).</p></item>
    </steps>

    <note><p>The page will be shown as it is scanned. To stop the scan at any time press the <key>Esc</key> key on the keyboard. Each page you scan is placed at the end of the document.</p></note>

    <p>To change the quality of a scanned page, see <link xref="dpi"/>.</p>
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