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Free Photo Editing Apps – A Comparison and Some Personal Experiences

byPaul Sauvé

2023-09-12

This is a more or less short article about how I handle and edit my digital photos. There are a few apps I use to manage and edit my digital photos.

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Free in-place upgrade of Nuance PaperPort Professional 14.5 to Kofax PaperPort Professional 14.7

byJoe Winograd

2019-12-264

Earlier this year, Kofax acquired Nuance's Document Imaging Division, which included PaperPort. Kofax recently released the first version of PaperPort under its stewardship — V14.7. This article explains Kofax's method for upgrading from PaperPort Professional 14.5 to Professional 14.7 at no cost.

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How to Install Microsoft Office Picture Manager in Office 2019

byJoe Winograd

2018-10-26

Microsoft Office Picture Manager was included in Office 2003, 2007, and 2010, but not in 2013 or 2016. Now that Office 2019 is here, the bad news is that it is still missing, but the good news is that the same no-cost method that works to install it with Office 2013 and 2016 also works with 2019.

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Manipulate Embedded Graphics in your articles using IrfanView

byAndrew Leniart

2018-10-035

This article discusses and shows how to use some of the excellent features in a Freeware app called "IrfanView" that (going by questions I've received) many people seem to overlook or just don't know about. Enjoy...

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PaperPort installer detected previous installation

PaperPort will not install - the installer detected a previous installation

byJoe Winograd

2018-07-11

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 below, 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.

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What to do when PaperPort crashes, hangs, or fails to start - display settings and non-existent drives

byJoe Winograd

2018-07-08

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.

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How to fix: PaperPort shows the splash screen then immediately closes - cannot run PaperPort

byJoe Winograd

2018-06-29106

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.

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How to fix: PaperPort appears to be running Windows XP Compatibility Mode, see Technote 6629

byJoe Winograd

2018-03-0927

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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How to Create a Greeting Card from a Frame Image and a Photo

byPaul Sauvé

2017-02-21

This tutorial shows how to create a greeting card by combining two image layers and a text layer on a PC using a free image editing app.

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Creating Art with Digital Media Forms: Where to Begin

byFaith Primozic

2017-01-01

All of the resources available today make learning a new digital media easier than ever-- if you know where to begin. This is a clear, simple guide to a few of the basic digital art mediums and how to begin learning them on your own.

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PaperPort 14 with Office 2016/Office 365 - A First Look

byJoe Winograd

2015-12-1116

PaperPort has a feature called the "Send To Bar". It provides a convenient, drag-and-drop interface for using other installed software, such as Microsoft Office. However, this article shows that the latest Office 2016 apps (installed with an Office 365 subscription) do NOT work with the Send To Bar.

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How to Install Microsoft Office Picture Manager in Office 2016/Office 365

byJoe Winograd

2015-12-10120

Microsoft Office Picture Manager was included in Office 2003, 2007, and 2010, but not in Office 2013. Users had hopes that it would be in Office 2016/Office 365, but it is not. Fortunately, the same zero-cost technique that works to install it with Office 2013 also works with Office 2016/Office 365.

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Convert a multi-page PDF file into multiple image files

byJoe Winograd

2015-11-205

This article shows how to convert a multi-page PDF file into multiple image files, with one image file created for each page of the PDF. It does this by utilizing an excellent, free software package called GraphicsMagick. The solution is amazingly simple — a single line of code!

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Install Patch 1 Update for PaperPort 14.5

How to install the Patch 1 update for PaperPort 14.5

byJoe Winograd

2015-11-0434

PaperPort 14.5 Patch 1 update is often not detected or downloaded automatically. This article provides direct download links to solve the problem for retail (non-bundled) versions of the Standard and Professional editions, as well as the Professional edition in Nuance's own OmniPage Ultimate bundle.

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