I am currently in Italy attending a wedding at a castle. I’d say something like “that’s how I roll”, but who am I kidding? The way “I roll” is usually hanging out in my basement or sitting at Starbucks listening to elderly people argue with each other. Since I am not in a situation where […]
Continue readingWhether it is to save space or speed things up, sometimes you want to scan a document in black and white vs. color or grayscale. This video shows you how to do it with any Fujitsu ScanSnap using the ScanSnap Manager software that comes with it. View the video below, or click here to watch […]
Continue readingI go on and on (and on) about backing up your computer when going paperless, and for good reason. I always mention that Mac users have a great built-in option called Time Machine that they can use to back up their important files. It is not infallible, but for a built-in application it is quite […]
Continue readingHere are some of our posts from this week in years past. 2011 Would You Use A Scanner Mouse? Looks like the mouse is now available, and gets pretty decent reviews. How To Install Fujitsu ScanSnap Drivers With No Optical Drive Another option is this download page. Evernote: The Unofficial Guide To Capturing Everything And […]
Continue readingI’ve been using scanners for a long time, but I’ve never given much thought to how they actually work. I guess I just assumed there was a tiny Fraggle in there taking a picture with a camera. It turns out that while the Fraggle part may have been wishful thinking, the camera part is sort-of […]
Continue readingI am a pretty fast typist on the iPad and iPhone keyboard, but when there is repeated text, it can be a bit of a pain. You may not be aware of this, but iOS has simple text expansion built in, so you can define handy shortcuts. It is not nearly as fully featured as […]
Continue readingFor years now, I have been resisting writing about faxing. Perhaps resisting is the wrong word. Back when my wife and I bought our first house in 2003, there was a mountain of paper to sign and fax. Since we didn’t have a fax machine, I used a popular electronic faxing service at the time. […]
Continue readingNow that summer is over (in the Northern Hemisphere, your season may vary) and we are heading towards the end of the year, I am working on relaunching the Paperless Action Plan in a few weeks. If you're not familiar, the Paperless Action Plan is where an awesome group and I work together for a […]
Continue readingHere are some of our posts from this week in years past. 2011 A Burglary Could Help Your Paperless Adventure A great guest post from Peter Whalley, and still my favourite video ever on DocumentSnap. Video: Use Windows 7 Snap To Compare Documents Some people hate Windows 7's "Snap" feature, but I love it. I […]
Continue readingI don’t know what it is, but the software that comes with flatbed or all-in-one scanners is almost universally terrible. Thankfully, there are usually ways around these monstrosities by using the scanning functions that are built-in to modern operating systems like Mac OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, and Windows 7. Over at the consistently-excellent MacDrifter, […]
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