PaperPort Deluxe 9
by ScanSoft

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Software Summary

• The easiest way to turn piles of paper and photos into organized digital files that you can quickly find, use and share
• Stores and organizes exact copies of your scanned documents and photos on the computer
• Capture local copies of web pages on PaperPort's desktop using the powerful WebCapture feature
• Helps you find any document or photo on your PC instantly via word or phrase search
• Quickly find all the paperwork needed to prepare you taxes - previous returns, receipts, mortgage information, stock transactions and more

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Software Reviews of PaperPort Deluxe 9

Customer Review: Good Program with Some Problems
Summary: 3 Stars

Irritations: First, PaperPort 9.0 insists on creating a folder in My Documents entitled "My PaperPort Documents." You can cosmetically rename it WITHIN PaperPort to anything you want. But, you can't actually change the name that Windows itself shows and you can't delete it (except via a Registry hack). You can delete everything out of the folder and use whatever other folders you want, but still, it's irritating that the folder exists. Another irritation is with the version numbering. I actually downloaded the upgrade from Scansoft's site. According to their site, with the latest Service Pack (SP-2), the latest version should be "9.0, SP-2 (9.0.0.503)." In my case, under Help -> About PaperPort, I show a version of "9.0 (9.1.0.497)." So, I'm not sure what I have (I'm missing the SP-2 designation, but I have a higher version number). PaperPort 9.0 does have a "Get Latest Updates" function under Help -> ScanSoft on the Web, and it says I'm fully up-to-date. So, I'm a tad confused.

Problems: The first glitch I ran into was when I was batch converting folders full of MAX files to PDF files. In a few cases, the new files didn't name correctly, so I had to copy the old names and paste them on the new documents. That problem seems to be related to the existence of periods in the document names. The next, and more serious, problem is that it doesn't handle multiple page printing of PDFs properly. I tried printing some stacks of PDFs to my Tektronix Phaser 740 Postscript color laser printer (on my network (not shared)). Stacks of 8 and 6 pages just timed out. A single page PDF prints fine. If I duplicate twice that properly-printing page and either stack and print those two pages or just print the two pages as one operation, the first page prints, but the second doesn't. Any time a page prints, it's followed by a printed Postscript "ERROR: ioerror, OFFENDING COMMAND: image" page. I'm assuming this is what's stopping multiple page PDFs from printing.

From within Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.1, I can print the smaller PDFs fine (the 6 and 8 page ones still time out).

If I unstack objects and separately print each page in it's own operation, I can get everything printed (with a doubling of used pages since each page generates that error page). Also, if I re-convert the PDF back to a MAX file, it prints fine. For instance, I re-converted that non-printing 8 page PDF stack (about 3.9MB) to a MAX stack (about 4.5MB). It printed in about 13 minutes (which seems reasonable for that file size). So, it is possible to work around this problem.

Another problem was mentioned by j. zehala, here. PaperPort's ScanDirect program allows you to scan a document directly to other applications (no need to open up PaperPort). Though it offers the theoretical capability to scan directly to my copy of Outlook, the file it attaches to the email doesn't arrive with an extension and there doesn't seem to be any way to rename it. Thus, Windows won't open the attachment. The work-around I found was to scan the document into Paperport and then just drag it onto an email. The other problem j. zehala mentions (Print to PDF) I can't reproduce: with PaperPort set to default to PDFs, telling a program to print using one of PaperPort's print drivers puts the file right in the last folder used in PaperPort (which is where the program will open).

In general, I'm fairly satisfied with the program. Once I get the printing problem solved, I'll be very satisfied. But, whatever you do, make sure you either go to Scansoft's web site or do the "Get Latest Updates" from within the program itself. As of this writing, SP-2 is out and it's supposed to correct many problems.

Description of PaperPort Deluxe 9

Capture local copies of Web pages on PaperPort's desktop using the WebCapture feature. This lets you save online receipts, directions, articles, and other important information from the Web. Also, you can turn your scanned images into editable Microsoft Word, Excel, or text files with a simple drag and drop to PaperPort's Send To bar.

The software virtually eliminates the need for retyping documents, as well. FormTyper automatically recognizes the fields on a scanned form. Simply tab and type in PaperPort to neatly fill all in the information. Print the filled-in form and PaperPort automatically saves an electronic copy for your records.

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