PaperPort Deluxe 6.0 User's Guide - Visioneer Product Support and ...

136 CHAPTER 13: IMPORTING, EXPORTING, AND PRINTING6. Click Save.Note: PaperPort items exported as BMP or TIFF files can be as muchas 10 times larger than the original PaperPort items. If you have anapplication that compresses files, you might want to compress theexported files before saving them on a floppy diskEXPORTING WITH COMPRESSIONWhen you export color and grayscale images, the files can become largeand occupy large amounts of hard disk space. To overcome thisproblem, PaperPort has a built-in compression feature that uses theJPEG file format to compress files. The more a file is compressed, theless disk space it requires. As compression increases, the image qualitydecreases. You can determine the best level of compression by setting theimport and export preferences.To set the amount of compression when exporting a file:1. From the Edit menu, choose Preferences.The PaperPort Preferences dialog box appears.2. Click the Import/Export tab.The Import/Export preferences appear.