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Did You Know You Can Scan Documents with Your ScanSnap and Send Them to Your Kindle DX*?
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
For all of the Kindle DX* and ScanSnap owners out there, here is another reason to love your ScanSnap even more. Now you can scan articles, recipes and other important documents with your ScanSnap and put them on your Kindle DX to easily carry them with you on the go.
Recently, I went on a family [...]
How to Scan a Long Document with Your ScanSnap S1500 Series?
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
With the new ScanSnap S1500 and S1500M, you are able to scan long documents up to 34 inches, such as a long receipt you get from a warehouse store.
To scan a long document with your ScanSnap S1500 series, first load the document into your ScanSnap and hold the document with one hand to prevent it [...]
Scanning a group of documents that is bigger than the capacity of your ScanSnap ADF
Friday, September 11th, 2009
We often are asked “how can I scan a report that is 60 pages into one PDF file when my ADF capacity is only 50 pages (S510 or S1500) or only 10 pages (S300)?”
Here are the ScanSnap settings to follow for scanning a file bigger than your ADF capacity:
Click on the ScanSnap icon in your [...]
How to Utilize the ScanSnap S1500 Series Rubberbanding Function
Monday, August 17th, 2009
There are many ways to be productive with ScanSnap S1500. In this video we’ll demonstrate a feature that allows operators to use a highlighter pen to crop sections out of a black and white document automatically. This is a function we call “rubberbanding” and it can be used to create editable contact lists [...]
Get the Basics on Business Card Scanning – Part II
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
We recently shared basic tips for business card scanning with CardMinder business card software and ScanSnap to help you more efficiently manage your business contacts. That was just the beginning. Here are some more advanced tricks, including how to show different viewing options, use CardMinder with a USB drive for a “mobile” CardMinder solution and [...]
Using ScanSnap Quick Menu With Your Mac
Monday, July 20th, 2009
For all you Mac users, the ScanSnap S1500M – just like the ScanSnap S1500 for PC – makes it easy to quickly convert documents to PDF files. But that’s not all it does. Watch this video to learn how to leverage Quick Menu to seamlessly navigate through the ScanSnap’s various features with the [...]
Electronic Signatures Made Simple!
Monday, July 20th, 2009
Electronic and digital signatures are hot topics these days. Not only for the convenience they provide in their use with electronic records, but for some of the legal issues they have raised when used for online transactions as well.
For this post, however, I’ll stay away from the legal discussions and laws concerning these signatures and [...]
Get the Basics on Business Card Scanning
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Who has time to manually enter business card contacts into Microsoft Outlook? Up until a few years ago, I tried to bypass this by keeping an old cardboard box at my desk that I filled with cards and used as the “database” for all my contacts. Efficient? No. But it was better than spending my [...]
How to Convert Scanned PDF Files To Searchable Documents with ScanSnap Organizer 4.0
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
For those of you who have had the opportunity to watch our video describing the proper method of leveraging the OCR capabilities of ScanSnap at the point of scanning, you know that using this searchable document functionality provides an efficient and easy way to discover and access your electronic documents. So how do you [...]
How can I scan to SharePoint with ScanSnap?
Monday, May 18th, 2009
The combination of ScanSnap and Microsoft SharePoint® allows you to expand the benefits of your ECM System. By attaching corresponding data or indexes to scanned documents and then releasing them into an existing SharePoint server via the Connect module included with ScanSnap, you have the ability to search, review and share with others in your [...]
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