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Document imaging is an information technology category for systems capable of replicating documents commonly used in business. Document imaging systems can take many forms including microfilm, on demand printers, facsimile machines, copiers, multifunction printers, document scanners, computer output microfilm (COM) and archive writers. Document imaging is a form of enterprise content management, built around the need to manage and secure the escalating volume of electronic documents (spreadsheets, word-processing documents, PDFs, e-mails) created in organizations.
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I've published three five-minute Experts Exchange video Micro Tutorials that describe terrific features in an excellent, free PDF product called PDF-XChange Editor:
How to rotate pages in a PDF with free software
How to OCR pages in a PDF with free software
How to password-protect a PDF with free software
PDF-XChange Editor has many other features in its free version, but, unfortunately, it cannot do scanning — you must purchase one of its non-free versions to get scanning functionality. Fortunately, there's another excellent, free PDF product that can perform scanning — Foxit Reader. However, the free Foxit Reader cannot do OCR, so you'll want to keep the free PDF-XChange Editor for its OCR capability, and add Foxit Reader for its scanning capability. The combination of the two products will allow you to create searchable PDFs (aka PDF Searchable Image files) with your scanner, utilizing free software.
N.B.: As with any "free" software, there may be restrictions, which are always specified in the software's licensing agreement, typically known as the End-User License Agreement (EULA). I encourage you to read the entire EULA of these products to be certain that you are in license compliance.
In order to scan, Foxit Reader requires an …
How to rotate pages in a PDF with free software
How to OCR pages in a PDF with free software
How to password-protect a PDF with free software
PDF-XChange Editor has many other features in its free version, but, unfortunately, it cannot do scanning — you must purchase one of its non-free versions to get scanning functionality. Fortunately, there's another excellent, free PDF product that can perform scanning — Foxit Reader. However, the free Foxit Reader cannot do OCR, so you'll want to keep the free PDF-XChange Editor for its OCR capability, and add Foxit Reader for its scanning capability. The combination of the two products will allow you to create searchable PDFs (aka PDF Searchable Image files) with your scanner, utilizing free software.
N.B.: As with any "free" software, there may be restrictions, which are always specified in the software's licensing agreement, typically known as the End-User License Agreement (EULA). I encourage you to read the entire EULA of these products to be certain that you are in license compliance.
In order to scan, Foxit Reader requires an …
You did a proper uninstallation of PaperPort. You even ran the official PP14 Remover Tool. But when you try to reinstall PaperPort, you get the dialog box above, which you can't get past. There is simply no way to install PaperPort! This article presents a solution that has worked for many PP users.
Sometimes PaperPort will not even open. It displays the splash screen (above) and exits, or it may show an "Application Crash" dialog before exiting (sometimes with a dump, sometimes not). There are many reasons for this problem. This article discusses several of them and offers possible solutions.
Sometimes PaperPort will not even open. It displays the splash screen (above) and exits, or it may show an "Application Crash" dialog before exiting. There are many reasons for this, but a recent cause that has reached epidemic levels is due to an issue with Firefox. This article offers a solution.
This worked for me also, PP 14.5 stopped working about a month ago, changed the registry to Chrome and it now opens again.
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Hi James,
Thanks for joining Experts Exchange today and reading my article. I'm very glad to hear that, after a month of not being able to use PaperPort, it is now opening again — great news! Regards, Joe
Thanks for joining Experts Exchange today and reading my article. I'm very glad to hear that, after a month of not being able to use PaperPort, it is now opening again — great news! Regards, Joe
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Nuance's PaperPort may display this error message: PaperPort appears to be running Windows XP Compatibility Mode which may result in errors. We recommend disabling Compatibility Mode for the PaprPort.exe program, see Technote 6629. This article provides a possible solution to the problem.
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You're very welcome...and thanks to you for joining Experts Exchange today, reading my article, and letting me know that it worked for you...I'm glad to hear that! If you take a moment to endorse the article by clicking the thumbs-up icon at the bottom of the article (not the one under this comment), I'll be grateful. Welcome aboard to EE! Regards, Joe
You're very welcome...and thanks to you for joining Experts Exchange today, reading my article, and letting me know that it worked for you...I'm glad to hear that! If you take a moment to endorse the article by clicking the thumbs-up icon at the bottom of the article (not the one under this comment), I'll be grateful. Welcome aboard to EE! Regards, Joe
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In a question here at Experts Exchange, a member asked how to create a signature in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (the free Reader product, not the paid, full Acrobat product). The member requested step-by-step instructions. This 5-minute Experts Exchange video Micro Tutorial provides detailed steps showing how to do it.
Open the PDF file with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.
Click either:
the View>Tools>Fill & Sign>Open menu
or:
the sideways triangle on the right side to open the Tools panel.
If you used the first method in Step 1, the Fill & Sign tool will be open.
If you used the second method in Step 1, click the Fill & Sign tool in the Tools panel to open it.
Either way, you'll have this:
Click the tip of the pen, which brings up the Add Signature and Add Initials choices.
Click Add Signature.
Click the Type or Draw or Image icon (default is Type).
Enter your signature, depending on the choice you made above.
Position the mouse on the page and left-click to place the signature.
Use the sizing handle in the lower right corner, if desired, to size the signature.
There is no way to edit/change the signature, so delete it and create a new one, if needed.
Click the minus sign to delete it, then start over at Step 3.
After placing the signature, do a File>Save or Save As to save the file with your signature.
That's it! If you find this video to be helpful, please click the thumbs-up…
1. Open the PDF file and view the Tools
Open the PDF file with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.
Click either:
the View>Tools>Fill & Sign>Open menu
or:
the sideways triangle on the right side to open the Tools panel.
2. Run the Fill & Sign tool
If you used the first method in Step 1, the Fill & Sign tool will be open.
If you used the second method in Step 1, click the Fill & Sign tool in the Tools panel to open it.
Either way, you'll have this:
3. Click the sign tool, which is the pen tip
Click the tip of the pen, which brings up the Add Signature and Add Initials choices.
Click Add Signature.
4. Select Type or Draw or Image
Click the Type or Draw or Image icon (default is Type).
Enter your signature, depending on the choice you made above.
5. Place your signature
Position the mouse on the page and left-click to place the signature.
Use the sizing handle in the lower right corner, if desired, to size the signature.
6. To edit/change signature, delete it and create new one
There is no way to edit/change the signature, so delete it and create a new one, if needed.
Click the minus sign to delete it, then start over at Step 3.
7. Save the file with the signature
After placing the signature, do a File>Save or Save As to save the file with your signature.
That's it! If you find this video to be helpful, please click the thumbs-up…
If you are (or ever were) a Mozilla Firefox user, I suggest that you immediately head over to this Experts Exchange article:
What to do when PaperPort crashes, hangs, or fails to start - popular fix for Mozilla Firefox users
The problem discussed in that article reached epidemic proportions in July 2018. The solution proposed there is very likely to solve your problem, but if it doesn't, come back here to try the idea in this video.
Please read the paragraph below before following the instructions in the video — there are important caveats in the paragraph that I did not mention in the video.
If your PaperPort 12 or PaperPort 14 is failing to start, or crashing, or hanging, it may be because of corrupt metadata (likely) or corrupt data files, such as bad PDFs (much less likely, but possible). This video Micro Tutorial shows how to use a utility called CheckPPFolders that ships with all releases of PaperPort 12 and PaperPort 14. CheckPPFolders is able to remove all PaperPort metadata, as well as identify problem files that may be causing PaperPort to crash, hang, or fail to start. PaperPort will rebuild the metadata, but there are two caveats. First, Folder Color and Folder Notes are in the MaxDesk.ini files, so you will lose those — and there's no easy way to retain the colors and notes. Thus, if you make heavy use of Folder Color and …
What to do when PaperPort crashes, hangs, or fails to start - popular fix for Mozilla Firefox users
The problem discussed in that article reached epidemic proportions in July 2018. The solution proposed there is very likely to solve your problem, but if it doesn't, come back here to try the idea in this video.
Please read the paragraph below before following the instructions in the video — there are important caveats in the paragraph that I did not mention in the video.
If your PaperPort 12 or PaperPort 14 is failing to start, or crashing, or hanging, it may be because of corrupt metadata (likely) or corrupt data files, such as bad PDFs (much less likely, but possible). This video Micro Tutorial shows how to use a utility called CheckPPFolders that ships with all releases of PaperPort 12 and PaperPort 14. CheckPPFolders is able to remove all PaperPort metadata, as well as identify problem files that may be causing PaperPort to crash, hang, or fail to start. PaperPort will rebuild the metadata, but there are two caveats. First, Folder Color and Folder Notes are in the MaxDesk.ini files, so you will lose those — and there's no easy way to retain the colors and notes. Thus, if you make heavy use of Folder Color and …
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Document imaging is an information technology category for systems capable of replicating documents commonly used in business. Document imaging systems can take many forms including microfilm, on demand printers, facsimile machines, copiers, multifunction printers, document scanners, computer output microfilm (COM) and archive writers. Document imaging is a form of enterprise content management, built around the need to manage and secure the escalating volume of electronic documents (spreadsheets, word-processing documents, PDFs, e-mails) created in organizations.
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