I have my scanner on a side cart next to my computer. I take off the cover for speed and reduction of repetitive motion, and then optimize. During optimization, I don't want to wait around, so I put a heavy rock on each half of book to hold it down to center binding. Then when scanning I manually hold it down with left hand while doing something else with right hand. Since I can't do other programs at same time as KES, I tend to multitask by eating or cleaning up earlier pages. Liz the native Oregonian, not the Oregonite. Heehee, sorry BlindGeek, but it will be a good local joke for a while Liz Halperin Portland, OR lizzersagain@xxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.