Paperless
Paperless is a digital documents manager. Remember when everyone talked about how we would soon be a paperless society? Now it seems like we use paper more than ever. Let's face it - we need and we use paper.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
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Features
- OCR
- DMS
- Scan to PDF
- PDF OCR
Tags
- paperless-office
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What is Paperless?
Paperless is a digital documents manager. Remember when everyone talked about how we would soon be a paperless society? Now it seems like we use paper more than ever. Let's face it - we need and we use paper. But Paperless 2 is one of those incredibly useful applications that will help you manage all your paper and digital documents and at the same time positively affect the environment.
When it's tax time no more bringing a shoebox full of receipts to your accountant. According to ruling Rev. Proc. 97-22 from the IRS, a digital document is acceptable. With Paperless 2 you can create a Smart Collection and keep all your documents neat and tidy and in one place. Additionally, once you store your receipts in Paperless 2, you can select the receipts to email, print, or export to PDF, or even show as a chart.
Paperless 2 has the ability to keep up and maintain the task of not only reducing your need for paper but managing the paper you use. Simply scan your receipts, bills, statements, warranty cards, business cards - any paper document and the OCR function of Paperless 2 recognizes the data and adds it to the Details Window. The built-in search functionality even lets you find and organize receipts and documents into Smart Collections. Already have your documents as PDFs or other file formats? No problem. Simply drag and drop them into Paperless 2. By taking your paper receipts, product manuals and other documents and creating an electronic record you've already reduced your need for paper.
Paperless information
Developed by
Mariner Software Licensing
Proprietary and Commercial product.Alternatives
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Comments and Reviews
The developer's site is gone. The software is gone. I am looking for an alternative.
What happened to Mariner Software? Their website has be unreachable for weeks. I love Paperless, but not if the developer is out of business. I hope they come back in some form, there are no good document management alternatives out there for the Mac.
I attempted to use the Windows [10] version but it wasn't formatted properly and I couldn't fully view the icons on the toolbar or modify the toolbar settings. On the handful of docs I tried, the import was clean and good quality, but the organization options were clunky. For those not aware, the program will relocate your files and store them in numbered folders, making it difficult to find them if the program doesn't work properly (which was my case). Luckily, they give you a 30-day trial period! I tried working with support to see if I'd even be able to USE the program and after pointing out a couple of areas where settings could be changed, this was their response: "you are not a regular customer and we cannot help you further." So, I won't be using or recommending Mariner's Paperless.
Paperless for Mac seems to do the job well enough. I had no problem installing or getting it to work with my Brother DS-740D scanner.
The documentation is extensive, though not always clear or complete.
I had to do a fair amount of 'head scratching' before I got things to work as expected. There are also cases where the docs simply don't match to software. For example, the docs state: "To search all the items in the library, select Library from the source list in the left pane." The thing to click to see all items in the library is called "Everything" on the Mac addition. This and others are things that can be figured out, but some head scratching may be involved.
Working out how to filter, generate, save and print reports was a significant challenge, but in the end I was able to get what I wanted.
My biggest problem was with what appeared be missing features. Item detail fields and the + - buttons to add/remove/edit them simply did not appear as the docs indicated. After a reboot, everything appeared as expected.
I really enjoy how it helps you manage your electronic files. The Window's version seems outdated. Using keyboard shortcuts for copy, paste, select all, etc doesn't always work.