Features

• Create PDF files with the click of a button from Microsoft applications and AutoCAD
• Create a single Adobe PDF document from multiple sources, including portions of Web pages and previously combined Adobe PDF documents
• Use the included Adobe LiveCycle Designer 7.0 software to create PDF forms that look like the paper forms they replace
• Easily attach source documents such as spreadsheets, multimedia files, images, and drawings to an Adobe PDF document
• Enable anyone with free Adobe Reader 7.0 software to use highlighter, sticky note, pen, and other commenting tools

Features

• Easily create Adobe PDF files—create PDF documents with one-button ease from Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Windows users can also convert to PDF from Access, Internet Explorer, Outlook, and Publisher.
• Enjoy improved performance—with improved performance you can quickly convert, collect, and organize Adobe PDF documents.
• Create Adobe PDF documents from Microsoft Outlook—Collect, convert, and organize Microsoft Outlook e-mails into searchable Adobe PDF documents. Include attachments, links, and bookmarks sorted by sender, date, or subject.
• Assemble documents—create a single Adobe PDF file from multiple sources—including Web pages and e-mail—to deliver one professional document that anyone can open using free Adobe Reader 7.0 software.
• Protect sensitive and confidential documents—control documents inside and outside the firewall, online and offline.

Features

• Create PDF files with the click of a button from Microsoft applications and AutoCAD
• Create a single Adobe PDF document from multiple sources, including portions of Web pages and previously combined Adobe PDF documents
• Use the included Adobe LiveCycle Designer 7.0 software to create PDF forms that look like the paper forms they replace
• Easily attach source documents such as spreadsheets, multimedia files, images, and drawings to an Adobe PDF document
• Enable anyone with free Adobe Reader 7.0 software to use highlighter, sticky note, pen, and other commenting tools

Features

• Easily create Adobe PDF files—create PDF documents with one-button ease from Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Windows users can also convert to PDF from Access, Internet Explorer, Outlook, and Publisher.
• Enjoy improved performance—with improved performance you can quickly convert, collect, and organize Adobe PDF documents.
• Create Adobe PDF documents from Microsoft Outlook—Collect, convert, and organize Microsoft Outlook e-mails into searchable Adobe PDF documents. Include attachments, links, and bookmarks sorted by sender, date, or subject.
• Assemble documents—create a single Adobe PDF file from multiple sources—including Web pages and e-mail—to deliver one professional document that anyone can open using free Adobe Reader 7.0 software.
• Protect sensitive and confidential documents—control documents inside and outside the firewall, online and offline.

Features

• Microsoft's desktop enterprise project management program
• Used with Project Server 2003 and Project Web Access
• Offers all the tools found in Project Standard
• Provides powerful enterprise project management capabilities when used with Project Server
• Use for portfolio management, modeling, resource management, and project collaboration

Features

• Efficiently organize, find, and share paper and PDF documents
• Exceptional document management system; high-speed scanning
• Quickly and easily create PDFs from Windows applications
• Assemble scanned and digital documents with drag-and-drop simplicity
• Find documents, PDF files, photos, and paper instantly

Features

• Easily create Adobe PDF files—create PDF documents with one-button ease from Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Enjoy improved performance—with improved performance you can quickly convert, collect, and organize Adobe PDF documents.
• Assemble documents—create a single Adobe PDF file from multiple sources—including Web pages and e-mail—to deliver one professional document that anyone can open using free Adobe Reader 7.0 software.
• Protect sensitive and confidential documents—control documents inside and outside the firewall, online and offline.
• Enjoy improved attachment capabilities—easily attach source files such as spreadsheets and images to an Adobe PDF document.

Amazon.com Product Description

PaperPort Deluxe 9 is one of the easiest ways to turn piles of paper and photos into organized digital files that you can quickly find, use, and share. PaperPort Deluxe stores and organizes exact copies of your scanned documents and photos on the computer. Plus, PaperPort's native support for the standard PDF format brings you the power to scan, annotate and e-mail documents and photos in a format that ensures everyone can view and print them on any computer.

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. ... Read more

Reviews (11)

Great program
I absolutely love this program. Easy to install and fast. I have converted many documents to electrons using Paperport version #9 and I love it. It converts them to .pdf files quickly and automatically and they print as fast as any other documents. I am in the process of converting all my files from paper to electrons and this software is the most saytisfying I have purchased in quite a while. No installation problems (Win XP pro and a Pentium 4 - 2.8.). Absolutely love it.

Good product, not perfect but improved over 6 & 6.
After reading all the negative review, I was going to pass on this version - that would have been a mistake. Installation on an XP Based Dell with HP7130 multi went quite smoothly. Loaded an update and rebooted - all were recognized and functioning quite smoothly. This was installed over Version 6.0 Paperport. While converting files from max to pdf was a bit of a problem - that was a one time (though fairly lengthy) procedure.
While it does create a default directory (which is differenet from the one I actually use) - in the options you can direct it to open up from where you left off. So I just directed it to my regular directory. The other one still is there but basically as an empty line.

Pros: PDF format is a big improvement of the max. Web capture to save my web pages in pdf files (either in color or B&W (save space).
Was considering buying a separate program to allow me to create pdf documents from MS Word. With this - you have a Paperport windows printer - that prints to a pdf format.
Only a couple of problems with system hanging up - vs. frequently on version 6.0.

Cons:
No serious ones so far - depending on my experience over the next 60-90 days the rating may go to either 3 or 5 stars.

Paperport... a re-packaged dog called Pagis??
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I first went the [Scansoft] Pagis route, putting thousands of business docs in their format, hoping to get better at using it and all the supposed features. I was dutifully getting each new version, adding the scarce patches, hoping that the next would fix some of it's many problems... but it never got much better.

I am coming to believe that after ScanSoft dumped all of the Pagis users to the wolves, they re-bagged it and called it PaperPort.

I say this because all the program problems are there, and the same poor customer support is back with it - problems are sometimes acknowledged but never really fixed. If all you do is store and search, it might be ok, but if you try to use other more advanced features, they often don't work.

Just enough is done to make it work, kind of, and that seems to be where it stands. If you look back at the horror stories of those who trusted Pagis, you might want to be careful that this situation, looking a lot like the one we Pagis users went through, doesn't turn out the same way.

I have a clean, modern system and a powerful machine, and it had problems with printing, scanning and keyword scans. Also, data was lost.

Deja Vue all over again... ;-(

With my last experience with Scansoft,I can't take that chance again, can you ??

Ed Judge

I think this software is great!
I scanned a decade worth of personal papers like tax returns and such into Paperport 9 Deluxe. I move around a lot and I am glad to turn all those papers into electrons. I have a HP All in One printer, the HP 5510. I have never had any problems with the software. It parks all your documents into thumbnails which are easy to view without opening them. The software is just basically like having a big file cabinet. The only two critisms I can make is one: saved web pages into PDF do not come out very good. The text in a saved web page looks sloppy. And for me the web capture capability does not scroll the page down to capture the whole page like it is supposed to. It always only captures the visible portion of what is on the monitor. Paperport is making me buy PDF Create when I shouldn't have to. (It better work better!) Secondly, I wish Paperport had some backup capability built in.

Visioneer is trash
Great scanner, terrible software. Unfortunately, after the acnner works great for 6 months, the software stumbles and then errors and closes every time it is accessed. Visioneer is well aware of this and provides zero support for "older models" and requires customers to purchase new software. From what I have read on the web sites about Visioneer, the upgrades and new software fairs no better. Beware. ... Read more

Features

• Scanning and document management application for Microsoft Windows
• Quickly turn paper into digital content; save Web pages as PDF documents
• Create and annotate PDF files; convert static form into fillable electronic form
• Thumbnail management for Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files
• Download photos from digital camera; easily organize, edit, and find images

Product Description

Intuit Quickbooks POS 4.0 Pro Retailer Hardware and Software .QuickBooks Point of Sale Retail Management Software is affordable, easy to use software for managing retail inventory, sales and customer information. Designed to be completely user-installable, it runs on your Windows PC and provides essential features you need to make smarter decisions about running your retail business - complete information you'll never get from a cash register. ... Read more

Features

• Create PDF files with the click of a button from Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Internet Explorer
• Create a single Adobe PDF document from multiple sources, including portions of Web pages and previously combined Adobe PDF documents
• Easily attach source documents such as spreadsheets, multimedia files, images, and drawings to an Adobe PDF document
• Enable anyone with free Adobe Reader 7.0 software to use highlighter, sticky note, pen, and other commenting tools
• Protect documents with passwords, certificates, and other security controls

Amazon.com Product Description

Performance Now Enterprise is a software tool for logging events, tracking goals, providing effective feedback, and writing employee reviews that maximize the potential of your team. Flexible enough to adapt to your present review system, Performance Now helps you become a better manager and get the best from your employees.

The program features are based around four key efficiency zones. The Performance Appraiser is an intuitive and easy-to-use tool that allows you to master each step of the evaluation process, access job descriptions, and transform observations into valuable feedback. Use the Form Designer and enjoy the power to create a performance review system that is relevant to your unique organization. A Performance Manager lets you and your managers track and build performance on a daily basis. Finally, the Application Administrator gives you centralized security, control, and maintenance of access levels for your managers and employees. ... Read more

Reviews (1)

Great language checker catches legally inappropriate wording
I use this product to track the progress of members of my team. It enables me to set goals, enter notes on situations (both positive and negative) that occur with members of my team, and then writes most of the performance reviews for me. I now realize how much my former methods of managing the performance of my team was flawed and left my company open to legal liabilities. Now everything is documented. My team members are happier, are communicating with me more regularly, and like the greater detail that is in their reviews. ... Read more

Features

• Create PDF files with the click of a button from Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Internet Explorer
• Create a single Adobe PDF document from multiple sources, including portions of Web pages and previously combined Adobe PDF documents
• Easily attach source documents such as spreadsheets, multimedia files, images, and drawings to an Adobe PDF document
• Enable anyone with free Adobe Reader 7.0 software to use highlighter, sticky note, pen, and other commenting tools
• Protect documents with passwords, certificates, and other security controls

Features

• Create PDF files with the click of a button from Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Internet Explorer
• Create a single Adobe PDF document from multiple sources, including portions of Web pages and previously combined Adobe PDF documents
• Easily attach source documents such as spreadsheets, multimedia files, images, and drawings to an Adobe PDF document
• Enable anyone with free Adobe Reader 7.0 software to use highlighter, sticky note, pen, and other commenting tools
• Protect documents with passwords, certificates, and other security controls

Features

• Instantly converts PDF files into Microsoft Word documents and forms
• Delivers an exact rendering of the original document's content
• Unmatched ease-of-use via the PDF Converter Assistant
• PDF passwords and encryption; PDF thumbnail preview and page ranges
• Processes PDF image files into Microsoft Word documents

Reviews (5)

Don't throw your money away on this product
The activation process for this product ties hardware configuration to the serial number. Then if you upgrade your hardware, you can not re-install this product on a new configuration (even after uninstalling from older hardware). Then try to get a hold of Scansoft, $19.95/phone call and $9.95/e-mail. Poor product performance and poor product support.

Bogus technical support
Technical support is HORRIBLE. They want to charge me $9.95 to just tell them about a "glitch" in their software....incredible.

This is a decent product for the money. It is not perfect and sometimes converting documents it does not always come through perfectly. I can live with that.

What bugs me is that there is a glitch with this software and how the plug-in works with Outlook. On the second start of Outlook the plug-in buttons for this - and my other plug-ins are gone! I uninstall this program and everything re-appears and works just fine. The issue is with this software.

In reality it is no big deal right? I just tell the company and they work on a fix....however, just for the right to tell them I have to pay $9.95 for that. What a crock..

Is this what Scansoft is all about? They cannot even take user feedback on the issue without a charge? You'd think Scansoft would want to make its product even better and fix the glitches.....but I am not paying $9.95 to tell them about their error. Really stupid Scansoft.

This product is HORRIBLE!! Don't Buy It!!
I tried using this product on some PDFs and it just would NOT convert them properly! I called tech support and they said sometimes it doesn't work too well why don't you buy our more expensive Omnipage product. They would not return my product nor give me free tech support with this product. After charging me $20.00 per incident on tech support they were unable to resolve my problem. They just said well "It does not work sometimes, buy our Omnipage product instead". Horrible customer service over there. ScanSoft truly exemplifies poor customer service.

Finally a way to break free from PDF hell
This product is really great.period. I hated working with PDFs because Acrobat Reader didn't allow me to do anything with the file. Adobe is pretty smart giving away Reader to promote the technology, but stupid for trying to rape you if you want to buy a full version of the product. ScanSoft's product works really well for me and is reasonably priced. Adobe is in trouble...

Excellent Product. Cheaper and Better than Adobe
This product gives all the PDF features that Adobe does not provide and at a fraction of the Adobe price. In addition, it is much easier to use than any other Adober software. In addition its compatibility and integration with Microsoft makes it an Adobe Killer. No other PDF integrates so well with Microsoft.

A must have if you have to deal with PDF. ... Read more

Features

• Easily create Adobe PDF files—create PDF documents with one-button ease from Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Enjoy improved performance—with improved performance you can quickly convert, collect, and organize Adobe PDF documents.
• Assemble documents—create a single Adobe PDF file from multiple sources—including Web pages and e-mail—to deliver one professional document that anyone can open using free Adobe Reader 7.0 software.
• Protect sensitive and confidential documents—control documents inside and outside the firewall, online and offline.
• Enjoy improved attachment capabilities—easily attach source files such as spreadsheets and images to an Adobe PDF document.

Amazon.com Product Description

Ultimate Employer enables your personnel management tasks to become more organized, efficient, and performance-driven. Whether you are an HR professional or a small business without any HR systems in place, the Ultimate Employer is everything you need to quickly and easily manage your workforce.

Ultimate Employer streamlines all your HR-related tasks and responsibilities. It gives you the solid advice you need to be knowledgeable and confident when handling all types of employee-related situations. It helps you comply with the many employment laws that could potentially put your business at risk. And it is highly flexible to meet your company's specific needs.

This suite features four software titles in one complete package. Use Descriptions Now to quickly and easily define jobs and hire right. Write, publish, and maintain customized employment policies with Policies Now. Performance Now lets you create fast, easy, and effective employee reviews. And, you can manage all your crucial personnel tasks with People Manager. ... Read more

Reviews (2)

Helped me be a better boss
These tools are great. I had used the KnowledgePoint policy writing software years ago. Wrote an entire personnel policy handbook in an afternoon. And I knew nothing about HR or employment law!

So when I started a new company I looked for the latest version, I saw that they had bundled it into the Ultimate Employer suite. Now I have started writing job descriptions for my (4) employees and I plan to evaluate them using Performance Now. It's a great value and time saver.

These tools have helped me create a better work environment and, as we grow, it'll be easy to add new employees and make sure we're all moving in the right direction.

Five stars on quality of output, value and ease of use. Minus one star because the individual programs aren't fully integrated.

No small business should be without this software
With all the legal liabilities out there today from employees, this software is wonderful. I reviewed the individual software packages on those pages, but this is the "bargain pack" where we got 4 packages for less than the price of 3. It enabled our new company to write a policy manual in less than 2 hours; write job descriptions quickly, with legally appropriate language, and consistent through each job; enter and track employee info; and my favorite, manage performance more efficiently and effectively for employees. Includes free technical support, although we have not read the manual and have not had to call. ... Read more

Features

• More than 140 contracts and forms .
• Over 60 interactive forms -- create essential documents with simple step-by-step interviews.
• Five completely searchable Nolo business bestsellers.
• State-specific information.
• Your information remains private.

Features

• Easily organize, track, and manage project details
• Schedules clearly communicate project status and goals
• Bold new interface and a wealth of productivity features
• Communicate effectively; track and manage efficiently
• Increase productivity; templates to get started

Product Description

Knowledge Point Performance Impact Workplace - Complete Product - Performance Management - 1 User(s) Complete Product - Standard - PCDeveloped for small to mid-sized organizations, Performance Impact Workplace transforms employee review writing into an effective, year-round performance management solution for your entire organization. An intuitive, easy-to-use interface guides managers through every step of the review process, while our exclusive Intelli-text Designer gets managers past the "blank page" syndrome, ensuring proper language and guaranteeing professional, effective results. ... Read more

Features

• Reminders help maintain consistent interaction with employees
• Quickly and easily communicate and reinforce desired goals and behaviors
• Enjoy the simplicity of using 55 competencies written by human resource experts
• Review forms are provided to save you time and can be easily customized
• Set goals with employees and track their progress with progress notes

Reviews (3)

Please don't buy this
While I realize that it is probably difficult for HR departments to find appropriate software to make the review process easier for everyone, Performance Impact is not the software that they are looking for!

First of all, the technology is outdated. The instructions ask you to download Microsoft Virtual Machine, which I had to figure out on my own doesn't even exist. It also won't work on my Mac, so I had to sit at a terminal in the HR department to fill everything out, thereby missing many phone calls. It also wouldn't work with any browser other than Internet Explorer.

Secondly, the software is anything but intuitive. It is pretty complicated and required everyone in the company to attend training sessions. Things that should exist just don't. There aren't default settings or helpful tutorials.

Thirdly, the system is SLOW. It takes nearly a minute to load a page. This is hosted on their webserver, not ours.

Fourthly, there are so many problems with the system. Entire paragraphs dissappear. HR told everyone to be sure to save the review elsewhere.

Please don't buy this. Your employees will hate it. Maybe I will start a software company to build better software for HR.

Terrible user interface.Keep looking.
We've been using this software for the past two years and it is not by the choice of the managers or the employees actually using the product.The user interface is simply not acceptable in 2004.It is difficult to copy and paste, you need to be careful not to hit the backspace button on your browser or you may lose data, you drill down numerous levels to get to some views, then must find the "done" button to exit back -- and the location of the done button varies from one page to the next.

There must be better packages available.If you have a choice, keep looking.If you have been given this software to use, you have my sympathy.

Helps me manage more effectively
Major upgrade from KnowledgePoint's Performanace Now Enterprise software.Simple Outlook-like interface makes it fast and easy to manage people.My problem is following-up on goals set with employees.Now I just put a Task in Outlook to check PI Workplace every 2 days for reminders.PI Workplace reminds me when to follow-up on the goals and makes it easy to jot down notes on progress.Performance reviews take less than half the time, yet are much more comprehensive.Super solution I recommend to anyone seeking to be more effective in managing their team. ... Read more