On the weekend, I returned from Macworld|iWorld. Usually when I go on these sorts of trips, two things happen afterwards: I end up with a stack of receipts that sit around until I get around to/am forced to scan, organize, and categorize them I end up with a stack of business cards that I get […]
Continue readingHere are some of our posts from this week in years past. 2011 How To Set PDF Keywords In Microsoft Windows If you want to add keywords to your PDF files on Windows, here are some ways to do it. Introducing The Going Paperless Jumpstart Teleseminar Last year I had an hour long call where […]
Continue readingBeginning with the ScanSnap S1100 and later with a software update for other ScanSnap models, Fujitsu has provided Evernote integration built into ScanSnap Manager. This works well, but perceptive ScanSnappers may have noticed something strange: there are two different settings for enabling searchable PDFs (aka Optical Character Recognition, or OCR). Why on earth would they […]
Continue readingThis video on redacting sensitive text with PDFPen is part of a series of quick videos on paperless tips and topics. View more in the series here. In the spirit of full disclosure, the subject for this video was ripped off from an ad that Katie Floyd did on the Mac Power Users podcast. If […]
Continue readingI have written about ways to electronically put your signature on a PDF quite a few times (for example, using PDFPen or in Preview), but they have all been on the Mac. Today it is Windows’ turn.[1] The latest version of Adobe Reader X has added the ability to drop your signature into a PDF. […]
Continue readingHere are some of our posts from this week in years past. 2011 How To Find PDFs That Are Not Searchable If you want to find the PDFs on your computer that have not been OCR’ed here is how to do it. Reader Story: Accessing Documents On The Go This was the first of the […]
Continue readingIf you have read my Doxie Go review, you will know that I like the scanner but I felt the lack of OCR capability (the ability to make a PDF searchable) was a bit of a stumbling block. I’m happy to report that with the Doxie 2.1 software update, the software now has OCR built-in. […]
Continue readingHaving your PDF documents with you on the go can be extremely handy, and a growing way to do that is with a tablet. However, when I say tablet, I am not just talking about the usual suspects like the iPad, Android, or even the new Kindle Fire. Many people don’t realize that you can […]
Continue readingHere are some of our posts from this week in years past. 2011 How To Use An iPad In A Legal Setting An extremely thorough five-part series on how to use an iPad in a legal practice. Share Your Going Paperless Stories A very popular series on DocumentSnap where readers share how they went, or […]
Continue readingAt the end of 2011, I did a quick survey of both the DocumentSnap blog readers and readers of the weekly DocumentSnap newsletter. I did this at the end of 2010 too, and I found it was an incredibly helpful way to find out how I can help you in the year ahead. This year, […]
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