RE: Home document management?

[Ho Yin Ng <architect.hoyin@xxxxxxxxx>]

well I use a library switcher utility with itunes so there are
separate libraries for my music and documents.

I find it quite good as you can categories things, search for items by
title etc. The only downfall is you can not rename the headings so your
documents are organised by album and artist! It would be ideal if you could
hack it so you can renamethese group headings, maybe you can but I have not
looked further into this.

The only downfall for me at the moment is that itunes can only accept pdfs
and not images or other documents, and you can not search within the pdf
document. But other than that the database is fast and has been reliable.
Plus it is free and you know that it can handle a huge number of documents
and never slow down.

Hoyin

-----Original Message-----
From: "Malcolm Surgenor" <malcolm@xxxxxxx>
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: 11/12/06 21:13
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Home document management?

I scan everything as PDF and store in Paperport.  much to my wife's
annoyance I scan everything as it comes in and then shred it  "where's
that
latest Visa bill" is a common shout in our house!  I've only come a
cropper
once though when we had to open a new bank account and didn't have an
original recent utility bill!  :-)

I've found Paperport fast enough and it indexes everything - great for
finding telephone numbers in my Orange bills.  I also print online
statements to PDF and let PP index them.

I have an HP Scanjet 5550c scanner with ADF.  Incidentally I have a spare
unused ADF if anyone's interested (and can find out which Scanjet models it
fits).

Malcolm
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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Paul Gale
Sent: 11 December 2006 15:55
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Home document management?



Does anyone here employ document management at home i.e. scan in all
letters, bills etc etc and then have them stored on a home server or PC for
later reference?

I was thinking about this after the 1.000th time of searching for that
important document buried in a stack of papers!

Cheers,

Paul.

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