I'm so glad it worked!

Now, the next step is to scan a slightly smaller area ! On the same screen where you set your dpi, I think it says "custom size"...click that, then click it again, and it will put a perforated line around the scan area. In the middle of each line will be a red dot...that dot is a "handle" and you can click on it and change the area to be scanned, to get rid of all the empty space.