What are your opinions on Portable Document Scanners for my Samsung Galaxy III phone?
I am new to the Smartphone crowd and find the descriptions of the scanners available in Google Play lacking. I need to be able to scan old newspapers and other print media of similar quality. I am hoping for sufficient resolution to convert PDF scans to Word in ReadIris Pro 12.
posted by Raybun
on May 2, 2013 -
6 answers
Is there an integrated system that will let me digitize scraps of paper very quickly? The intended use case would be removing the paper clutter from a busy person's desk. Household uses Linux, Android phones, an iPad and a Mac.
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posted by themel
on Apr 7, 2013 -
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Friend is divorcing a high conflict personality (to put it more than politely). Since he is pro se, he generates a massive amount of emails and motions and false accusations etc. This results in having to collect a huge amount of documentation to be able to say in court "you're lying and here's the proof"
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posted by anon4now
on Jan 28, 2013 -
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How do I prevent OCR on a document (typically a PDF but I could use another document format if necessary)? I know that when I scan it from a hard copy to a PDF I can disable/stop the OCR process, but Adobe allows it to happen on any PDF I scan in, whether OCR was eliminated at scanning or not, and I have to stop that (I have work product I'd like to distribute electronically, but my boss would like to make sure it's not searchable and it's as hard as I can make it to copy).
I can use any software or process within reason.
posted by mrs. taters
on Jan 25, 2013 -
27 answers
If I'm using Word for Windows, I can double click at the bottom of a page to create one big page. But if I double click at the bottom of a document inside Word on MacOS it opens up the footer prompt. Does Word for Mac have a similar "join pages" feature?
posted by professor plum with a rope
on Jan 12, 2013 -
12 answers
I have a word document (a functional specification) with a bunch of tables and in these tables every row is a requirement. The tables are often separated by blocks of text (business logic, calculations, screen shots, data modle, etc). Each requirement needs to be numbered. I want every row in every table to be numbered in increments of 10, the numbering continuing from table to table. I don't want to have to do this manually.
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posted by PuppetMcSockerson
on Jan 4, 2013 -
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I'm giving a workshop to a group of humanities scholars (historians, philosophers, etc) on how to work with digitized sources that they have collected from various archives. What killer software/apps should I highlight?
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posted by arco
on Oct 18, 2012 -
7 answers
Occupy Wall Street held a
National Gathering in Philadelphia which ended this week. There was supposed to be a collectively drafted "blueprint" document emerging from sessions. The last report I could find mentioned that it was still being compiled on July 5. It was supposed to be completed to hand off to a group marching to NYC over the course of this weekend. Does anyone have a link to this document? All I've seen are some painted signs that were used in the process.
posted by Miko
on Jul 6, 2012 -
4 answers
Tell me about document control for the beginner, without specialist software?
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posted by b33j
on Jun 23, 2012 -
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Cloud based Document Management System (DMS): what is the lastest and greatest (Mid 2012)?
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posted by Slackjaw37
on Jun 22, 2012 -
3 answers
I want to make a 70-100 page report look as sleek and professional as possible. It includes text, references, figures, and photos, as well as "call-out boxes" of various sizes (100-500 words, plus 1-2 figures/photos) that need to be set apart from the text in a non-ugly way. Almost like a high school science textbook. I know there are a ton of Word "report templates" online, but I haven't found any that handle this many types of content, and I don't know if Word is really the way to go here. What *is* the way to go? Is there an easily learned, cheap software you would recommend for this?
posted by unknowncommand
on Feb 7, 2012 -
15 answers
Hivemind: Do you know any respectable/trust-worthy company in North America specialized in document digitizing? Details inside.
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posted by helloworlditsme
on Jan 19, 2012 -
5 answers
So I've been tasked to find some sort of 'document repository & tracking system' for use in the non-profit I work for. I could really use your help.
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posted by mordecai
on Dec 14, 2011 -
10 answers
Is there a way to make all text at the beginning of a line, preceding a colon, BOLD in Microsoft Word?
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posted by lovableiago
on Dec 5, 2011 -
11 answers
I just spent a lot of time writing something and now it is gone. Please please help me.
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posted by mrfuga0
on Oct 1, 2011 -
13 answers
Looking for a document clustering application for a one-off search. Would prefer not to code my own.
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posted by benzenedream
on Aug 5, 2011 -
3 answers
Do I need to keep the
original paper copy of my "Certificate of Insurance", and other documents?
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posted by antiquark
on Jun 11, 2011 -
7 answers
I'm a Mac, my business partner is a PC. We use Dropbox. We are having compatibility issues between Pages and Word.
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posted by gauche
on Jun 9, 2011 -
14 answers
How does one create a paper form/survey that can be scanned and have the info mapped to separate data sets?
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posted by lukeklein
on Mar 23, 2011 -
4 answers
I work in a school and have made a number of resources of my own for my classes and my department. I would like to upload these to the school's website but I wanted to have them as PDF files where the content was not copyable.
I am currently running Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2010, and Adobe Reader X. I also have the Serif X3 Applications package installed on my machine.
Is what I want achievable with the software I currently have or should I forget the idea?
posted by ndaguiar
on Mar 16, 2011 -
19 answers
I've found that the practice of tailoring resumes and cover letters (to various jobs in various industries) is a somewhat cumbersome process. I'm looking for ideas and/or software from those who have found an efficient workflow for doing so.
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posted by hungrysquirrels
on Oct 28, 2010 -
11 answers
Is it silly or futile to try and convince my university to copyleft (rather than copyright) my Master's thesis?
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posted by tybeet
on Oct 20, 2010 -
20 answers
Could anyone identify this antique document written in an unknown script (Kashmiri?) and perhaps comment on its purpose? (Pictures inside)
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posted by Petromyzon
on Sep 22, 2010 -
13 answers
Needed: content management/collaboration for a new lab. Details inside.
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posted by googly
on Sep 10, 2010 -
8 answers
I need a Digital Camera (Sub-$300) suitable for taking handheld pictures of documents.
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posted by Benjy
on Jul 7, 2010 -
9 answers
Where can I find an old US government document? I found a reference to it in the
June 1912 Monthly Catalogue of United States Public Documents:
Sabath, A. J.
Report amending by substitute H. 23284, to authorize Great Northern Development Company to construct dam across Missisippi River from Scott Countv, Iowa, to Rock Island Countv, 111. June 14, 1912. 3 p. (H. rp. 891.)
posted by clockworkjoe
on Jul 1, 2010 -
10 answers
I'm looking for an open-source alternative to SharePoint for a small workgroup. The main thing we need is reasonably robust document management/distribution, but other features (workgroup calendaring, etc.) would be useful. We're using a wiki now to distribute docs and we need better metadata, version control, etc.
The solution needs to run on Linux (ideally). The obvious candidates seem to be
Alfresco Community Edition or
Liferay, but I have zero practical experience using or administering either. Thanks in advance, hive mind, for any tips or advice you can offer.
posted by enrevanche
on Jun 15, 2010 -
5 answers
What's the best font to use for an approximately 20-page document? I'm applying for something and I need to send in a summary of the proposed project. I would normally use Times but I'm worried it's too cramped—it's really quite squeezed in there compared to other fonts. Is there a better one with a little more space? I feel like it should be common enough to be found on most machines, as I think the application will go in both electronically and on paper.
posted by saltykmurks
on Apr 25, 2010 -
18 answers
Business document generation: How can I create a document / template system such that I can keep only the "body" of a document in a client's folder on my computer, and use a command or software package that merges that into my latest template design when I want to send it to them as a PDF?
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posted by circular
on Apr 10, 2010 -
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How much does it cost for the city clerk's signature to be verified, on both a marriage license and a marriage certificate, by the county clerk of New York County? I cannot find this information anywhere and I need it for an apostille.
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posted by mdonley
on Feb 7, 2010 -
5 answers
What document imaging company do you recommend that is user-friendly, cheap, and secure?
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posted by Merlin144
on Dec 25, 2009 -
6 answers
Document Imagine/HR-Filter: How does your large company store its secure documents?
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posted by griphus
on Dec 21, 2009 -
5 answers
Scribd alternatives? Need suggestions on libraries or products for displaying rich documents (Word, PDF, etc) in web pages, like
Scribd, but one that I can host.
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posted by Woo!
on Dec 1, 2009 -
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Document Management Software? I work in a small (less than 10 ppl) company. We all save documents to a common drive. Of late, this has become a problem because we have multiple people working on different versions of the same document. So for Example person A may save a document to the common drive and also send copies of the document to persons B and C to review. B and C will make their edits save the edited documents to the common drive.
It's gotten to the point where no one can locate the latest version of a document or find the copy of the document they were working on. When it's time to present a document, no one knows which document is the latest version. We've tried saving documents with initials and the date, but that hasn't worked.
Any software or system recommendations to solve this problem would be much appreciated. Thanks.
posted by bananafish
on Nov 5, 2009 -
17 answers
I want advice on setting up a basic, password protected, document management system to host pdf documents and pdf forms. I am inundated with terms like Joomla, Drupal, Alfresco each one with its pros and cons [similar questions on askmefi havent helped much]
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posted by london302
on Sep 26, 2009 -
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I'm looking for a way to snazz up my documents (and in particular my thesis) so it looks a lot less like the canned default Word/Pages themes. Any suggestions on some nice looking (free to cheap) fonts and document layouts I can use anywhere from short report and research proposals to my full-blown thesis?
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posted by doctor.dan
on Sep 13, 2009 -
10 answers
I want to automate a Word document for some sales drones. I'd love it if I could check for when a Quick Part field ends with an "s", and if so insert
just an apostrophe as opposed to apostrophe then "s". But how?
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posted by Ridge
on Sep 4, 2009 -
8 answers
Non-profit group looking for a web based document storage / file sharing system to allow remote offices to share (mainly download) relevant organization documents. Does not have to have check in/check out capabilities. Will need to be able to password protect access so that general public does not have access. Could also use web portal capabilities and wiki like features - a lite CMS, but not required.
Have looked at things like Drupal (too complicated to get set up), Alfresco (wayy too expensive!), OWL (couldn't get demo to work).
Prefer to host on our own Linux based webserver, and have tech resources for installs etc, but not extensive coding.
posted by dukes909
on Jun 1, 2009 -
21 answers
How can I convince a document management vendor to stop embracing 100 DPI / JPG as a universal format for scanned documents?
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posted by anonymous
on May 20, 2009 -
13 answers
What is the best free online document management solution with the intended use by a few individuals for academic purposes?
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posted by Outis
on May 13, 2009 -
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