Product Description

Scansoft PaperPort Deluxe 9.0.PaperPort Deluxe is the easiest way to turn piles of paper and photos into organized digital files that you can quickly find, use and share. Stop wasting time searching for paper documents. End the frustration of organizing, editing and sharing your digital photographs. PaperPort will make you organized saving you time and giving you the security of knowing that important documents and photos will never be lost. PaperPort is the easiest way to organize your home office, finances, school work, photos, hobbies, crafts and more. ... Read more

Reviews (16)

DO NOT BUY THIS SOFTWARE
Worked okay until I installed XP Service Pack 2.Now I can no longer scan using my Brother MFC-9700 and Paperport 9.It has been a long time since Service Pack 2 was released, and Scansoft has left everyone who bought Paperport 9 in the cold.I could not care less if they now come up with software that is compatible with SP2.This kind of treatment of customers makes it clear that they do not deserve our business.Don't take my word for it.Google the issue, and you'll find out that there are a lot of dissatisfied customers.From now on, I'll avoid Scansoft.

PaperPort 9.0 unable to hyperlink MAX files from MS Office
PaprePort is a good application.Starting from PaperPort 9.0, it handles MAX and PDF files.However, it can not let you hyperlink MAX files from MS Office (97, 2000, 2003) application.MAX files hyperlinked from MS Office documents will not be opened.[...]

Terrible disappointment
I was very excited to get this product.It scans well, files well, is very sexy and promising.Then I decided to Search for a few files based on my Keywords.Oooops!It won't search!!
If you don't know already, PaperPort offers you only one free tech support call.After that it's $20 a pop.The rather surly technician I reached had me re-install my program.Okay, but it still wouldn't search.Then he told me to un-install Windows Service Pack 2.Uh uh, no way.Nada.That's when I asked for a refund.
I bought MyCab for $40.Tech support is marvelous, within one hour over the Internet.The only thing it doesn't do is scan within the program, but then I can do that, can't I?
AK
Napa, CA

Very poor software
I have used both Paperport 8 and Paperport 9 Deluxe for over a year so I am qualified to report.

Both pieces of software have some form of severe incompatibility with Windows XP Pro.

I cannot really get version 9 to operate.Everytime I try its like cold molasses.Click...wait....wait....wait...wait...and then lock up.

I'm very experienced.I've been working with PCs since 1991.Every other piece of software I've loaded works very well...except for Paperport 8 and 9.

In theory Paperport 9 should be fine because it converts all scans to PDF which is more or less a universal file format.However theory is a lot better than reality.

Support is nonexistent from ScanSoft.If you pay the $19.95 per incident, you still do not get a solution.

The ScanSoft forum is always either not working (another bad sign) or it's full of people complaining about the software and lack of support.

Unfortunately there are not a lot of alternatives, but doQments looks promising.

Avoid Paperport unless you have money and time to waste.

This should be freeware minimum
I needed a document management system. After looking for software, there only appeared to be Paperport.

I had read somewhere that the software becomes incredibly slow with a large number of files. I guessed a large number meant 2500+ at least.

This concerned me, so I called pre-sales at ScanSoft, and asked if it was slow with a large number of files. He was not sure! So he told me to call technical. I called technical, and it his responses were very slow and sounded like he was reading them out to me. I asked if he was reading the ScanSoft website and he said yes, so I hung up. Obviously I read their site for an answer, and did not need to be paying international call charge for someone who seemed less knowledgeable than myself to read it.

I got the software. Basically all the software consists of is windows explorer and scanning software. It worked well, and I thought OK, expensive for what it is, when Windows Explorer and scanning software (usually free) would nearly do most of it, but THEN after around 560 PDFs, it started running VERY slow.

I thought it was my machine so installed it and the PDFs on a new Vaio 1.7Mhz, 1 gig laptop. Same problem. If you click to view the PDF then hit the return back, it takes 12 seconds! So if you view a document, it takes a good few seconds but then when you hit back to the Paperport Desktop to continue it takes 12 seconds!!! Completely unusuable!

If you have less than 500 files, it is maybe expensive software, but for more than 500 do not waste you money. It runs so slow you can not use it. I wonder how ScanSoft get away with it - surely they should have tested it internally with thousands of files. ... Read more

Features

• Improved! Salary Research
• Everything You Need to Land a Job You'll Enjoy!
• New! Career Research
• New! Search for Companies
• New! Online Networking

Reviews (4)

Dissapointed with the Resume Maker Software
I recently purchased this software from Amazon, and I've been experiencing technical problems from the moment it was installed on my computer. I am using the program at work, on my brand new Dell system, and it just won't act right! The print preview function creates error messages, and when I printed my resume the software placed weired lines and boxes on my resume.I've contacted tech support, and they are unsure as to what the problem might be. They've asked me to switch printers, remove the software, and then install the software. We've been going back and forth for about 2 weeks. I've used a previous edition of Resume Maker and I had technical problems with the software, but I assumed it was because my computer was a bit older.
As for the content of the software, I do feel that it offers some useful information. You are provided with a resume coach, with tips on the types of resume that may suit you. I'm giving this product 3 stars because of the quality of the software.

Disappointed by poor quality software...
I was very disappointed by this software. Sure it has some good features (that's why I gave 2 instead of 1) but the built in word processor is terrible (Nope, I was not expecting another MS Word but at least expected consistency between various features/parts of the software).

One of the supposedly great features of Resumemaker is the ability to preserve some general formatting if you choose to (e.g.) send the resume as plain text (an important thing mind you) in an e-mail. It does so by offering a number of styles for formatting your Resume.

For example, for the Summary section, you can choose a bulleted list as formatting style. Resumemaker would create one card for each bullet item you create. If you send the Resume as plain text in an e-mail, Resume maker would format each of these bullet items with a * in front. This is all nice and good, but for Rich Text Formats, you lose the ability to highlight individual words/phrases (you have to highlight the whole bullet!) So, for MS Word formatted resumes, you just cannot have bold words/phrases that call attention (I want to note here that if your style is paragraph, Resumemaker would allow highlighting of individual words or phrases).

RESUME MAKER SAVES THE DAY, MONTH, YEAR, CAREER!
I just received an offer for a "dream" job.I would attribute part of this success to Resume Maker Career Edition.Originally I wasn't going to get an interview because the interviewers weren't impressed with my resume.However, after one of the potential candidates couldn't meet, they approached me for an interview.I decided to run to Office Max and look for Resume software.Your product came highly recommended.I downloaded it into my PC and went to work.When I arrived at the interview, I gave them a new revised version of my resume.They were extremely impressed.The next thing I know I'm asked to fly to NJ for a second interview.This time I was meeting with upper level Executives.I used the Virtual Interview and practiced, practiced, practiced!!Well, apparently it worked!I got word yesterday that I will be receiving a final offer within 3 days.This position is a sales position where I will earn 6 figures my first year.This software had a hugh impact on my future.

The BEST Career/Resume Software Ever!!!
I've been looking for a software program like this forever! More than just resumes, this product helps you with 1) Career Planning & Assessment 2) Resumes and Cover Letters 3) Find Job Openings and Companies 4) Interview and Salary Negotiation 5) Career Coaching and Advice. Finally, no-hassle software that's easy to use, and really helps me land the career of my dreams. Within 3 weeks of using this software, I landed 10 new job offers and put myself into a career I really love!!! Finally. ... Read more

Product Description

InfoPath 2003 is a new program in the Microsoft Office System that can help you gather information flexibly and efficiently in rich, dynamic forms. You can more effectively share, reuse, and repurpose information throughout your team or organizationimproving collaboration and decision-making to positively impact your business.

The information collected can be integrated with a broad range of business processes because InfoPath supports any customer-defined Extensible Markup Language (XML) schema and integrates with Web services. As a result, InfoPath can help connect information workers directly to organizational information and give them the ability to act on it, which leads to greater business impact.

InfoPath is just one example of how the Microsoft Office System is an integral part of both formal and informal business processes in increasingly connected organizations.

Features:

• Gather Information More Flexibly and Efficiently InfoPath provides a flexible and efficient way to collect the information needed to make better-informed decisions.
• Connect People, Information, and Processes More Effectively InfoPath enables teams and organizations to easily reuse and repurpose the information they collect. The information can then be shared across business processes and organizations.
• Easily Develop and Deploy Rich, Dynamic Forms InfoPath makes it easy to create robust forms solutions and to deploy and maintain forms solutions across an organization.

Features

• Familiar Microsoft Office System environment minimizes training time & provides authoring features like spell checker, font formatting & other familiar tools
• Supports any customer defined Extensible Markup Language ( XML ) schema, and integrates with Web services
• Helps connect information workers directly to organizational information and give them the ability to act on it, leading to positive business impact
• Makes it easy to collect the right information, with data validation, screen tips and conditional formatting
• Lets you work with forms online or offline to gather and manage information anywhere, anytime

Reviews (2)

eforms made easy!
InfoPath is an awesome product that allows the creation of electronic forms quickly and easily.

When combined with InfoView from Unique World Software (www.uniqueworldsoftware.com) which converts InfoPath forms into ASP.NET forms then it forms a powerful solution to create web forms.

What , no VIEWER???
I would have to say this product is pretty amazing. However, to use it to it's full capability would require you to have a robust Active Directory, Windows 2003, Sharepoint Portal Server, Exchange 2003, SQL Server 2000 and a ton of trained end users.

The biggest downfall is that there is no viewer availiable so any forms that you create using Infopath will require the client PC to have a copy/liscensed version... You do the math. =) ... Read more

Reviews (11)

THIS IS FANTASTIC!
What a great piece of software.It is extremely user friendly and allowed me to do things I haven't been able to accomplish with other programs I have tried.I urge everyone to try this...you won't be disappointed!

Logo Design Studio
This product was fantastic!It did everything I needed and wanted it to do plus much more.I would highly reccomend it.

Amazing!
This is an amazing product. I need "easy to use" as I am not very computer savvy and this was incredibly easy! I was able to develop and use several unique logos. I highly recommend this product!

Amazing product!
This product was so easy to use!I am not a techy person at all.This product was easy to install and figure out without reading the manual.I ended up with a few amazing logos to choose from!So much less expensive then going to get one made but looks just as professional.I bought a few other products from Summitsoft and have always had great success.

Pleased
I was very pleased with the Logo Design product. It was very easy to use and has given me great results. ... Read more

Product Description

Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Standard Upgrade for MAC .Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Standard software is the quick and easy way to create and share Adobe PDF documents. You can convert files from applications such as Microsoft Office into Adobe PDF documents that can be read by anyone using free Adobe Reader software. Combine spreadsheets, presentations, images, and other files into a consolidated Adobe PDF document that others can read but not alter. Offer reviewers familiar commenting tools to quickly gather input. View comments and feedback from multiple reviewers, and then generate an Adobe PDF file with advanced security features that accurately represents the original document.Acrobat 7.0 Standard Highlights ⢠Create and share documents quickly and easily ⢠Combine different files to create an organized document ⢠Use familiar tools for review and commenting ⢠Protect document content to help preserve its integrityTop Reasons to Buy Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Standard ⢠Easily create Adobe PDF files Create PDF documents with one-button ease from Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Windows users can also convert to PDF from Access, Internet Explorer, Outlook, and Publisher. ⢠Protect sensitive and confidential documents Control documents inside and outside the firewall, online and offline. ⢠Control permissions Set document permissions and restrict whether Adobe PDF documents can be printed or changed. ⢠Assemble documents Create a single Adobe PDF file from multiple sources including Web pages and e-mail to deliver one professional document that anyone can open using free Adobe Reader 7.0 software. ⢠Manage reviews Collect comments, not rewrites, from multiple reviewers that appear together in a single Adobe PDF document. Manage comments using sort and filter tools. ⢠Search with more power Search according to text and document properties to quickly find files on... ... Read more

Features

• Protect sensitive and confidential documents—control documents inside and outside the firewall, online and offline.
• Enjoy improved attachment capabilities—easily attach source files such as spreadsheets and images to an Adobe PDF document.
• Easily create Adobe PDF files—create PDF documents with one-button ease from Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Enjoy improved performance—with improved performance you can quickly convert, collect, and organize Adobe PDF documents.
• Assemble documents—create a single Adobe PDF file from multiple sources—including Web pages and e-mail—to deliver one professional document that anyone can open using free Adobe Reader 7.0 software.

Amazon.com Product Description

IRIS Business Card Reader is an easy way to input your contacts into your computer. Simply slide a business card into your scanner and in seconds the information is automatically transferred to your contact management database. IRIS Business Card Reader will help you keep your contact database up-to-date and it relieves you of the tedious task of having to type card information into your computer.

Powered by the intelligent text recognition software from IRIS, Business Card Reader will accurately recognize and correctly place the information on any business card in the appropriate database fields. The software knows the difference between the first and last name, a city and its state, and a telephone and fax number. IRIS Business Card Reader supports all American and most European business card layouts and recognizes up to 24 languages. ... Read more

Features

• For Mac OS 9.x or OS X
• Converts business cards into database records
• Recognizes data types and assigns them to specific database fields
• Exports to any address database
• Sends contacts directly to your contact management software

Reviews (1)

Writing about a Reader
If you'd still like proof that the average human mind doesn't think in any manner resembling a computer's processor chip (even those computers we love that help us "think different!"), attempt to comprehend the challenge in how a computer "reads" a sheet of paper.

You and I read an article in the newspaper, skip over to a eye-catching advertisement, pull out our wallets and exchange business cards, and all the time, we have learned to scan the item of interest, pick out those words that are important, discard the rest as unnecessary, and go about our busy lives.

But not a computer.A computer lives for those details.And those same details can mire a processor down.

Which in a way is why the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software engine used by ReadIRIS Pro 9.0 is a delight to work with.The people behind the software have helped to link the scanned data into basic patterns and formats ever so much more useful to the daily lives of the user (me, in this case!)

I initially looked into this review by getting my hands on the Business Card Reader (BCR) device, in this version, roman number II, so that I might make my life easier by managing the growing pile of business cards that I collect, and have collected over the past decade, and expect to continue to collect well into the future.

There is something wonderful indeed about business cards, especially in how succinct the summary of a person's relevance.But I digress away from attempting to deal with this growing pile of cards.

Card files don't seem to work for me.But I have enjoyed manually inputting some of my more frequent contacts into Address Books (both Apple's version and Microsoft's Entourage version.)So it seemed an obvious step to begin to input the business cards using a Business Card Reader!

I will warn you -- skip the software that comes "standard" with the current Business Card Reader II.An upgrade is promised, but in the meantime, consider using another ReadIRIS product -- Pro 9.0 (in my case, I tried the corporate edition).

ReadIRIS Pro is a joy to work with.The install was smooth and easy.The software engine (with all files and reference information) installed in less than 80 megabytes.I thought that quite good, especially with how the software promised to handle so many different fonts and language styles.

I tested the software with both a Hewlett Packard scanner and the BCR device.Switching between the two was very quick.I can see how the OCR software could pay for itself due to some of the vast amount of reference materials still unconverted to digital format (the software outputs in text, rich-text, html and pdf formats).Keep in mind however to put aside some time to proof your new documents against the old.If you have a set of material which needs OCR review, one of ReadIRIS Pro 9.0's benefit's shines -- the work you do to input corrections into a dictionary format can help similar documents in basic recognition of font and language skill.

In order to get back to my original project of dealing with my card piles, I was able to get cards read into Entourage's address book in an average of 3 minutes per card.I'm not too quick at typing, but I might have entered them only slightly faster just by doing it all manually.But -- I haven't done this over time.And, I was sort of mesmerized by watching the scanner process my business card stack.That is the fast part.The other portion of the three minute average was spent looking over the scanned data (automatically exported from ReadIRIS Pro 9.0 into Entourage) and "proofing".I was very impressed by the quantity of correct data, even with "pretty" photograph enhanced business cards.

My business card organization project will be ongoing.But now I have a much better tool set.

I definitely recommend the Iris Business Card Reader, but I also recommend contacting the company to see when the enclosed version of software is upgraded, since I didn't benefit from the full corporate version of the software at the listed price. ... Read more

Reviews (4)

Very much the best
I do a great deal of OCR in my research and have scanned tens of thousands of FineReader 6 (FR6). I have also tried every other OCR software that is available for PCs. There are other good packages that can serve some needs adequately, but for my work, FR6 is superior in every respect. In particular it is substantially better than the most popular OCR program, OmniPage Pro 12, as well as quite a bit less expensive. Others might have different preferences depending on what they do and what their equipment and software are.

The bulk of my scanning/OCR involves academic articles and historical materials. For the most part I produce PDF files, although I also scan some tables to produce spreadsheets and do some scanning to Word files. Depending on the quality of the original and my precise purpose I may make a PDF with an image and hidden text, an OCR text file, or an OCR text file with images of uncertain words. I use an HP 7450 scanner connected to a Windows 2000 system with a 1.8 GHz P4 processor and 512 MB of RAM.

On this system, FR6 is quite speedy and normally can perform recognition as rapidly as the fastest of desktop scanners will scan. It offers a choice of a fully automatic mode, partly automatic modes, or a very wide selection of user-specified modes. New users will get very good results on most material using the automatic mode and can learn to use its more powerful features as their needs dictate. Even in its automatic mode FR6 is superior to other packages in recognizing difficult text, speed, tools for correcting errors that do appear, and flexibility of output.

One notable and important strength of FR 6 for my purposes is its ability to deal with the many superscripts, subscripts, and special symbols in the typical academic article. FR6, by contrast, gives reasonably good accuracy with such material and makes it easy to correct the mistakes that do crop up. Very often I can scan an entire 20-page article and find not a single mistake.

As I say, there are other products which will no doubt serve many people well. If something else comes free my advice would be to try it and see if it fills your needs. However, if you find you need something better, FR6 is the clear choice.

If you do have another product be sure to see if you qualify for a "competitive upgrade" to FR6 at an even lower price...

Recently ABBYY has brought out version 7.0, which for some reason Amazon carries only in the expensive "corporate" edition, intended for networked operations. The improvements over version 6.0 include somewhat better recognition accuracy; manual control over page splitting; ability to read PDF files, edit, and re-save the edited file in PDF or another format; and improved editing tools. It is definitely worth getting version 7.0 rather than 6.0, but it appears that you have to go to some other vendor than Amazon to get the consumer-oriented "professional" edition.

Multilingual OCR that works!
The FineReader OCR package performs as advertized. I required a package that worked with other alphabets and FineReader fit the bill. I was able to perform OCR on faint 9.5 point Czech typeface with no training -- and I got Czech spell checking to boot.The package is so simple that I failed to read the manual for the first week of use, then when I finally read it, discovered all kinds of OCR aids built into the package. The FineReader does everything I need and more. What's more, you can download a fully operational package and use it for two weeks to be sure it does what you want.

Abbyy FineReader 6.0 Professional Upgrade
Integrates well with Word. Works well under both Windows 98 and Windows XP Professional edition. Using with Mustek Bearpaw 1200 USB scanner with no problems. Marked improvement over the TextBridge software that came with the scanner. Works well with both photos, handwriting documents, and typed documents. Would highly recommend this product for both home and business use.

Register the Product to get Form Filler
I haven't used any other OCR software packages except the one that came with my scanner.Abby FinePoint is, obviously, far superior.So far, I've had good results.Tables aren't as automatic as I'd like, but things have been moving more and more quickly.It's fairly easy to format tables and graphics.I also like that it doesn't put whole pages of text in text boxes.This was one of the main reasons I decided to upgrade.It was making it difficlut to flawlessly merge multipage documents.Abbyy FinePoint is far better.

A couple of things that were't clear to me:
The Presto! OCR 4.0 that CNET recomments is made by Abbyy and is based on their v. 3.0, so you might as well go with the Abbyy 6.0....

You can buy the upgrade is you have ANY OCR software.I upgraded from the version of Presto! that came as Epson Smart Pannel.That makes this package a great deal.

It was also a good deal for me because if you register the product, you get Abbyy FormFiller free.The eliminates the need to ever use a typewriter again.Great for any sort of applications, in my case grant applications.It's saving me tons of time and hassle....

You can download a sample version ....I highly recommend trying it before buying. ... Read more

Features

• Then select from multiple designs for a resume that really stands out.
• Creating a winning resume couldn’t be easier!
• WinWay® Resume Deluxe is the result of more than a decade of research and innovation in career development software.
• This updated new edition features an enhanced Resume Auditor,™ the foolproof system to catch mistakes before employers do.
• Choose from thousands of customizable resumes for virtually every career, plus more than 100,000 job-winning phrases.

Product Description

PDF Create! 3.0 ... Read more

Features

• Combine different formats into one PDF - Easily merge Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, JPEG, TIFF and PDF files into a single multi-page PDF document
• Instantly turn entire Web pages into searchable PDF files that you can easily save and share
• Archive important E-mail and attachments into searchable PDF files that can be saved on your PC

Amazon.com Product Description

The IRIS PenExpress handheld scanner is the perfect tool for quickly scanning information directly into your computer. Weighing less than 4 ounces, the PenExpress can easily be taken on the road, to school, anywhere you go. And, it features fast plug-and-play USB setup, and it doesn't require batteries or a separate power source.

The PenExpress is able to recognize up to 1,000 characters per second (or 3.15 inches per second), in as many as 55 langauges. Additionally, it offers a menu interface in your choice of five languages (English, French, German, Dutch, Italian or Spanish). The PenExpress hardware is PC and Mac compatible. Note that the included software (Cardiris Limited Edition) works with Windows only. A 30-day trial version of Readiris Pro is also included.

What's in the Box
IRIS Pen Express, software CD-ROM (Cardiris Limited Edition (Windows only) and 30-day trial version of Readiris Pro), user guide, warranty information ... Read more

Features

• PC and Mac compatible
• Easily scans text and numbers into your computer
• Recognizes up to 1,000 character per second
• Fast plug-and-play USB connection, USB powered
• Multilingual interface, foreign language recognition

Reviews (1)

Pen Dead on Arrival; Worse Customer Service
Software loaded OK, but scanner pen failed to be recognized by the software on all of the five USB ports on my emac and ibook.

So I called customer service and spoke to some guy named "Jessie." I told him about the scanner pen, he asked for the pen batch#, and said, well, you can return it to Amazon or I can send you a new pen. I'm a patient guy, I wanted to give the product a fair shot, so I asked for a new one. It never arrived, and I even called three weeks later and some other guy said, oh yeah, that pen will arrive today. It never arrived. Nothing like customer service types who will lie in order to get you off the phone.

The only good news here is that Amazon accepted my return and gave me a full refund. So if only IRIS could emulate Amazon's customer service philosophy, maybe they'd sell a few more pens, instead of antagonizing once interested customers.

Maybe I'll try the C-Pen next. ... Read more

Amazon.com Review

PaperPort Deluxe 8.0 is a terrific way to streamline your life, both personal and professional. Even if your goal is not a paperless home or office, its hard to argue that getting rid of the excess and getting organized isn't a great idea.

Installing PaperPort Deluxe 8.0 was a quick and easy process, especially since the program incorporates any scanner software that you might already use. PaperPort Deluxe 8.0 offers teaching demos for the inexperienced user, but we found this program to be highly intuitive for those familiar with windows-based navigation and functions. One thing we did notice--PaperPort Deluxe takes a heavy toll on your system's resources, so you may want to close out of especially taxing programs while running this software.

PaperPort Deluxe 8.0 includes tons of valuable features that make paying bills, organizing your home office, or doing your taxes faster and easier. You can organize your images using folders and subfolders that can be color-coded, and then annotate them with your comments, dates, history, and contexts. Manage your files visually with clear thumbnails, make use of the PaperPort search engine (which allows you to search for your documents by keywords and phrases), or drag any digital image into a Word document or spreadsheet for instant editing. For business users, PaperPort Deluxe 8.0 allows files to be shared electronically via PaperPort Online. PaperPort also does photos, so you can create albums, and add notes, flags, and annotations to keep your photographs organized and secure.

Perfect for the home office user, student, or small business owner, PaperPort 8.0 makes it easy to clean up your workspace and get organized. Depending on the speed of your scanner, PaperPort Deluxe 8.0 could possibly be faster than looking for another inch of space in your already overcrowded file drawer. --Kendra Hayden ... Read more

Reviews (27)

Came with my visioneer scanner & it was love at first sight!
Works great for me.
I showed it to coworker's (whose scanners came with a different software package) and they liked it so much that they ordered paperport for their systems.

Stable. Not buggy.

All around nice program.

Paperless home
I have a paperless home now, thanks to PaperPort Deluxe. I've used it since the early versions.

I scan all of my bills, and store them electronically.

However, I recommend getting version 9. The primary file type documents are stored in is the propriatary MAX file format and extension.Version 9 has a PDF file generator, and the MAX file viewer may eventually go the way of the dinosaur.Only this company's products use it, and it's not directly supported in Windows.Company mergers and buyouts happen all of the time, but I have a feeling that PDF will be supported for many many years to come.Version 8 will store MOST PDF files, but won't generate them from scanned pages. Some encodings of PDF files will for some reason not open in version 8.Version 9 seems to handle them all.

If you only want to keep papers short term, this version is more than adequate.But if you're looking at 5-20 year retention, then you really should get the version 9 for the PDF capability. I say 5 years is critical, because future versions of Windows may eventually stop supporting this version of the program.For example, this software will NOT load on Windows 3.1...and may barely load on Windows 95.Operating systems do move ahead, and companies often just release new software to keep up.

Manages to barely keep up, but the basic product is great
I have used Paperport for years.It is an outstanding product with wonderful features.Version 8.0 Deluxe is the best yet and worth the upgrade.Unfortunately, in spite of some nice new features, there are some old things that don't work anymore or have been put in out of the way places so they are no longer readily accessable.In spite of that I am happy with the upgrade to 8.0 because of its improved robustness.

As a new user, be aware that there are also certain bugs and usability problems that never get fixed.And occassionally they re-arrange the user interface for the worse.Why they can't put functions that I use a lot on the toolbars or allow customizable toolbars, I'll never know.There is a long list of suggested bug fixes and wish list features I sent them years ago, none of which have been addressed.

They don't really seem to listen to the user community or to make changes other than to add "features" that they can use to sell new users or encourage upgrades (typical software company).

That said, the core feature set is worth having.I consider it a necessary piece of software, in just the same way a Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Web Browser, Email reader are necessary.This is a Document Storage and Filing system.

You can store scanned documents in PP. It has a builtin OCR engine.You can print documents to PP (ie. print a web page you want to always have offline into PP via a "dummy" printer).You can just drag a Word or Excel, etc document into PP.You can stack and unstack pages.Straighten scanned pages (others don't need it).And you can store photos (jpgs, gifs, tifs, etc). It also has some ok photo manipulation, cut and paste, crop, etc type of features.

Paperport, works great with a few minor problems
I am upgrading from Pagis scanning software produced by the same company. I decided to upgrade to Paperport 8.0 last week (3/10/03) Right after I got my copy I saw on the Scansoft website that a new version is out already, 9.0. An upgrade is listed as $....

The program works fine. Seems a little less powerful in some of the editing and file manipulation abilities of pagis. It works better with Windows XP. One glitch, it cannot directly import my Pagis files with an *.XIF format! I have read that the new version (9.0) has a pagis importer built in.

My overall comment: If you are upgrading from Pagis wait for version 9.0 to be widely available. So I now have to upgrade or buy the newer version to have XIF compatibility?

Get organized and paperless easily
I upgradedtoPaperport 8whenI will upgraded to Windows XP.I have been using Paperport for many years.I keep hard copies very few documents.Other than my tax return, pretty much everything else is filed electronically.

I originally used PaperPort to organize my scanned documents but have found that it allows me to have a virtually paperless office.With PaperPort, you can create folders and subfolders just as you would organize a file cabinet.You can scan your documents to these different folders.Even better, you can select PaperPort as your printer and print directly to PaperPort.For example if you purchased something online, you would "print" the receipt to your designated PaperPort folder and never have to deal with a sheet of paper.You can similarly store downloaded items from the Internet, such as a bill or bank statement.You can electronically file any document from any application that allows you to print.

It's easy-to-use interface also allows you to drag the scanned item to different applications you might have, such as your faxing software, Outlook, or Adobe Acrobat. You can also use it to save a file into jpeg or other formats.

I have not experienced the CPU drain that others describe.I am using PaperPort on a computer with 512 MB of RAM. ... Read more

Product Description

Bridge the gap between your paper and digital workflows. Adobe® Acrobat® Capture® 3.0 is a professional production tool that teams with your scanner to convert volumes of paper documents into searchable Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Accurate OCR, advanced page and content recognition, and powerful cleanup tools let you turn all your important paper-based information into high-quality electronic documents ready for publication via the Web, intranets, extranets, CD-ROM, and more. Sophisticated productivity features streamline processing from start to finish, so you can get your jobs done more efficiently than ever.

• Convert scanned pages to searchable Adobe PDF files that anyone with the free Acrobat Reader™ can view, navigate, and print.
• Create reusable document-processing workflows tailored to different types of conversion projects.
• Accurately perform OCR, font, and page recognition.
• Automatically create intra-document links, including tables of contents, cross references, and indexes.
• Efficiently correct OCR text suspects with the new QuickFix tool.
• Use the new Zone tool to define areas of scanned pages to be treated as images, text, or even keywords.

Amazon.com Product Description

AppleWorks 6.2 combines six core capabilities--word processing, page layout, painting, spreadsheet, database, and presentation--in one easy application. By seamlessly integrating these capabilities with Apple's QuickTime digital technologies, AppleWorks 6.2 makes it easy to incorporate text, spreadsheets, digital photos, images, sounds, and movies into a single document.

Sharing documents is a breeze with AppleWorks 6.2. New translators for Microsoft Word and Excel files let you open and modify these files from within AppleWorks. You can even save AppleWorks documents in these formats to share with friends and colleagues.

If you're running AppleWorks 6.2 on Mac OS X you'll notice additional benefits. Preemptive multitasking means that you can work on AppleWorks projects while iTunes rips your CD collection in the background, and your system will still stay responsive. The advanced Quartz graphics system in Mac OS X lets you save your print previews of any AppleWorks document as a PDF file. Anyone with Adobe Acrobat Reader on any platform can view and print these PDF files.

An expanding library of templates--stored on the Internet--can be downloaded via AppleWorks 6.2 without launching a browser or decompressing files. Many of the templates are designed by affiliated organizations, such as the AppleWorks Users Group, and new templates are added regularly. ... Read more

Reviews (7)

Very good software, well, the best for me.
It is amazing software, really smart and pleasure to use. There are some things to improve to my taste, but overall it is definitely worth the money. In two hours of the actual using it appears by far more convenient that notorious MS Office. Extremely rich applications fulfilled by right tools. It is not overwhelmed with unneeded garbage but with smart and well organized things.
As one reviewer has mentioned it isn't Word. it is better. You don't have a filling that some one staying and breathing into your neck.
BTW, MS Word brought wrong habits and misleading conceptions, but if you know how to work , this one is much more productive tool.
All pieces well coordinated and inter working.
Very recommend. The interface a bit different and a few things to learn, but since you started to use it there is no way to back to MS Office. MS Office has more features in the same way as track has more horsepower, but will you drive it on vacation rather than coupe ?
One more thing to say, there is no any issues with MS Office compatibility. I converted many different documents and had no difficulties at all.

It's not Word.
Let me make one thing clear: AppleWorks is not Microsoft Word. It is not Microsoft Office. And it is not a substitute for Word or Office, just as a Honda Civic isn't a substitute for a Hummer. It is, however, much easier to use, much less intrusive, and much less expensive. If you need Microsoft Office's features, by all means buy a copy. If you need to exchange files with Office users, it's probably a good idea to buy Office. But If you need to get work done quickly and easily, grab a copy of AppleWorks. All the modules (Word processor, graphics, spreadsheet, and presentation) are seamlessly integrated. Screen clutter is minimal (though the toolbars could be smaller.) Basic (and I stress basic) compatibility with Word and Excel files is included. But its strongest point is its ability to stay out of your way: it doesn't try to reformat your work to suit it's own ends, or make grammatical decisions for you, and the on-line help is helpful, not intrusive.

Easy to use with many good features.
A great application.If you don't want to spend the extra money and get Office X then this is the application for you.It's very easy to use and has a lot of great features like templates and clip art plus, you can make your own templates and clip art.It has many features that Office X has except it doesn't have grammar check.That is the only draw back but half the time I never paid attention to it when using Office 2000 for windows so this isn't a big deal for me.I have converted many documents from Office 2000 to AppleWorks with no problems.I also use it for college and I have yet to feel the need to get Office X.Some other features it has are spell check, a word counter, and it can read back your documents to you!!Try it out.You won't be sorry!I use this application on an iBook running Mac OS X 10.2.4

Great upgrade from office mac
I am a computer programmer and have been using MS Office since office 97 was released.I bought an Ibook 2 weeks ago in order to get away from the Wintel platform (and Linux too).The appleworks program is great it lets me create documents that MS Office can read and will also open MS documents.AppleWorks (as far as I can tell) has all the power of MS Office and is way easier to use.I have only been using it for a couple of weeks and can already create better documents faster using appleworks.I have not used the presentation part of AppleWorks yet but I assume its as good as the rest but, for presentations I reccommend keynote.

Well worth your money!
...Appleworks Office does everything I want an office program to do and it's stable and reliable. (I'm running system 9.2 on a G4). Another reviewer claims it isn't compatable with other programs, but fails to give any useful specifics, such as what programs and how it isn't compatable with them. I ignored that review and bought this software, and I'm glad I did. ... Read more

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Palo Alto Software Marketing Plan Pro Premier.Designed especially for marketing experts, Marketing Plan Pro PREMIER allows you to focus on the strategy behind your plan. Focused and complete, it takes care of all formatting and calculations. Whether you are a self taught marketing utive or an MBA, you will benefit from the organization and streamlining that PREMIER will bring to your marketing strategy. Expand Your Team Planning Advanced Financial Spreadsheets Chart Your Organization Market Demographic Analysis Expert Analysis Email-Based Collaboration Competitive Analysis Sales Channel Analysis ... Read more

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Knowledge Point Ultimate Employer - Complete Product - Management - 1 User(s) Complete Product - Standard - English - PCUltimate Employer's power-packed features make mastering the complexities of effective personnel management simple, easy, and quick.Ultimate Employer streamlines all your HR-related tasks and responsibilities. It gives you the solid advice you need to be knowledgeable and confident when handling all types of employee-related situations. It helps you comply with the many employment laws that could potentially put your business at risk. And it's highly flexible to meet your company's specific needs. Nice electronics is your source for everyday low prices on theKnowledge Adv UEDVD - ULTIMATE EMPLOYER .and all other Knowledge Adv Software - Office ... Read more

Reviews (2)

Helped me be a better boss
These tools are great. I had used the KnowledgePoint policy writing software years ago. Wrote an entire personnel policy handbook in an afternoon. And I knew nothing about HR or employment law!

So when I started a new company I looked for the latest version, I saw that they had bundled it into the Ultimate Employer suite. Now I have started writing job descriptions for my (4) employees and I plan to evaluate them using Performance Now. It's a great value and time saver.

These tools have helped me create a better work environment and, as we grow, it'll be easy to add new employees and make sure we're all moving in the right direction.

Five stars on quality of output, value and ease of use. Minus one star because the individual programs aren't fully integrated.

No small business should be without this software
With all the legal liabilities out there today from employees, this software is wonderful.I reviewed the individual software packages on those pages, but this is the "bargain pack" where we got 4 packages for less than the price of 3.It enabled our new company to write a policy manual in less than 2 hours;write job descriptions quickly, with legally appropriate language, and consistent through each job;enter and track employee info;and my favorite, manage performance more efficiently and effectively for employees.Includes free technical support, although we have not read the manual and have not had to call. ... Read more

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Presto! PageManager 6 turns your computer into an extremely organized filing system. You can easily convert paper documents into editable files and efficiently manage text and image files created with programs like Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat (PDF). You will have the ability to share your files on other computers without any problems. ... Read more

Features

• Turn your documents into PDF files in one click.
• Manage and browse Microsoft Office documents.
• File, annotate, print, copy, fax, OCR, e-mail and more.
• Supports TWAIN or WIA-compliant scanners and digital cameras.

Product Description

Presto! OCR Pro 4.0 is the best OCR for "real-life" documents. The Scan & Read Wizard takes you step-by-step to scan any document, article, or letter in color, grayscale, or black-and-white. It accurately recognizes 40 languages, even several languages on a page. It even retains the original text formatting and page layout -- including text, tables, columns, and graphics -- and sends recognition results to popular word processors and spreadsheets. ... Read more

Features

• Reads documents with "Human Eye" precision.
• The best OCR for "Real-Life" documents.
• Scan & Read Wizard guides you through OCR.
• Recognizes 40 languages.

Amazon.com Product Description

An affordable way to quickly share information, automate sales and marketing, and manage e-mail, GoldMine is a team-based contact manager. Specifically designed to help small and mid-size organizations grow, this solution reaches far beyond personal contact managers. Businesses can automate their sales and marketing activities, while utilizing powerful features that help centralize customer information. GoldMine Business Contact Manager provides results right out of the box, and can be even further customized with simple wizards. GoldMine calendar and contact information can also be synchronized with PDAs and other handheld devices. ... Read more

Reviews (14)

Goldmine grew buggier over the years
We've been using Goldmine after switching from Act! several years ago. Believe it or not, but back then, Goldmine was an elegantly written software, much more stable than Act!

But since then the featurelist grew, and so did the bugs! Goldmine has given our software department (and please note that we ARE a software company) nightmares. Especially moving from its internal database format to SQL server has been painfull to say the least. Although we do have a support contract, the local reseller refuses any serious help, because they just wants to sell us consultancy hours.

It's (16 bit aging Borland based) database interface cripples the performance of our SQL server from 9000 records/sec to about 20/sec. And despite modern server, network and client PC, performance is a laugh. The amount of crashes of the GM client make the situation barely workable.

If only we had an easy way to convert to another program, we would have abandonned this badly written and badly supported program years ago. Its a shame. Without the bugs it would remain our number one choice.

Powerful - Can be a dream solution with the help of Add-Ons
I admit, I've had to give GoldMine time to grow on me.It is powerful, but unless you know sql or dbase, OR you have money to invest in a consultant, it can be a little frustrating, especially on reporting tasks.I now LOVE GoldMine, and this is largely due to finding a few select add-on products to make my life easier.For example, MasterMine software totally solved for my reporting and analytical needs (a BIG gap in GoldMine!!).Buy GoldMine for your business (it works GREAT for financial professionals using seminar marketing models, and for managing a sales force) but do yourself a favor and buy MasterMine too!You'll be much happier with your CRM tool!

This is great software!
I have used many different contact management software systems in the past and Goldmine is definitely worth it's weight in gold!As an insurance agent, I have many customers who may have several different types of policies and I may send out many different types of marketing pieces based on my internal market research.Goldmine has allowed me to customize my database to gather specific information relevent to MY agency.It is not the easiest software in the world to learn but once I have invested the money in a good trainer, a world of options opened up.It's very easy to synch with Word or Excel and export client lists to labels or envelopes or form letters.It's great for running data-specific reports and has ultimately saved me thousands of man hours and money. More then worth it if you are willing to invest time and money into learning the system and all the customizable options.

I give up
After trying to use Goldmine for 6 months, I finally gave up and switched to Act.Sure, you can customize to your heart's content but it was too complicated and had too many "bells and whistles" to make it practical for me and my small business.I never did figure out how to print labels or use half the features, evern after hiring a private tutor to help me out.I had to type all my addresses into a separate file for labels, etc. before importing them. So why bother doing twice the work?I'm no techno-babe but this was just too much for me.I've had Act for a month now and use it all the time, much more user-friendly for me.

Goldmine Business ContactManager
This software is a nightmare. Do not buy this. Installation was a nightmare in itself, will not read BDE. Support is not a big help. ... Read more

Product Description

ACT! 2005 Premium for Workgroups From the #1 selling contact and customer manager, ACT! 2005 Premium for Workgroups helps sales teams and corporate workgroups make contact, build relationships and get results. It helps teams gain greater customer insights by accessing, organizing and managing contact details; improve the bottom line with tools for forecasting, tracking and reporting on sales opportunities; increase team efficiency with centralized data, robust scalability, group scheduling and advanced security for up to 50 users; manage time more efficiently by tracking and completing calls, meetings and to-do items; and take important contact information along by working with Palm OS® and Pocket PC handhelds.Choosing ACT! 2005 Premium for Workgroups makes you a part of the Best Software family. Best Software has led the way in developing and supporting automated business management solutions. With a wide range of front office and back office solutions—including accounting, human resources, payroll, fixed asset management, contact management, customer relationship management and e-commerce—Best Software offers award-winning products and services that have revolutionized the way small and medium-sized companies do business. So you can rely on outstanding service and a commitment to providing your business with the technology it needs to succeed, today and into the future. ... Read more

Features

• Includes Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition
• Easy-to-use contact and customer-manager software
• Access, organize, and manage contact details
• Stay on top of schedule 24/7; share customer info securely
• Enhanced group scheduling; link to Palm OS and Pocket PC handhelds

Reviews (1)

After all these years I thought this product would be better
I've been a user of ACT software going back to version 3.0. Being in software sales, over the years most software vendors have adopted more souped-up CRM solutions such as Salesforce.com or Siebel or the like, so I can imagine the interest in this product category has been lacking. STILL, the feature set of this product hasn't changed much in the ten or so years sinced I used the earlier version. In fact, this product has become more bloated and buggy than any commerical software product I have ever used. I've considered listing all the bugs but it would be too long. But I will say this, other than a weird bug that sometimes mis-categorizes contacts into groups I didn't intent them to be a part of, the other bugs tend to be obvious use-ability type things. Bugs that a half asleep QA tester should've found.

Having said that, the positives are these: First, ACT! is nothing if not a good contact manager and task manager - nothing more, nothing less. I like being able to group contacts into multiple groups, and do pro-active email marketing to the members of specific groups - that feature works really well inconjunction with MS Outlook. In fact integration with Outlook and my PocketPC Cell phone is really exceptionjal. Integration with Word is also very strong. So, its this integration strength that keeps me booting this product up each day. BUT, if I was to purchase a product in this category again, I'd buy Goldmine (it wasn't on the shelf when I bought ACT! - my impatience!). Part of the problem with this product may be that its been owned by a number of different companies over the years. Best Software now owns the IP - let's hope they will issue bug fixes and then truly innovate this product in future releases. ... Read more