Comments

23 September 2009 | 6:10:29 PM  Laurence Gould wrote:

I have been using Paperport for many years and to be honest when i talk to IFA Software providers as soon as i tell them im using it to store documents they know that what they are offering is second rate. I use Paperport for everything.

20 August 2009 | 2:22:12 PM  Robyn Lovatt wrote:

I am amazed providers dont use PDFs more. The number of times I receive an illustration as a word document is unreal when they should be turned into a PDF so that it cannot be edited.

18 August 2009 | 8:59:20 AM  Kiran Shah wrote:

We use Primo PDF. Simple to use.

23 July 2009 | 4:20:16 PM  Michael Hains wrote:

The benefits of scanning in an application form and sending it to a client is invaluable. it looks professional, its quicker than the post, cheaper and more reliable than royal mail!

17 July 2009 | 12:09:33 PM  Mike Hornby wrote:

You can download something called CutePDF this acts like a printer.

When you press print on your document, you chose CutePDF as your printer and then save the doc as a PDF.

I use this all the time!

29 April 2009 | 11:33:43 PM  Mark Greeen wrote:

I use Paperport also and freely send .pdf copies of all sorts of documents to clients and companies.

However, it can be a concern sending financial documents without any encryption over the internet.
I don't think that the disclaimer at the bottom of our e-mail quite covers our responsibility to protect personal data.

Anyone use any form of e-mail or file encryption that clients can easily use?

30 January 2009 | 2:35:31 PM  Paul Richardson wrote:

Office 2007 has a facility whereby you are able to save documents in PDF directly - word/excel etc

14 January 2009 | 9:59:12 AM  GERRY CAMPBELL wrote:

Paperport comes free with most scanners, Xerox, Cannon etc. But you MUST remember to 'back up' your files to CD or flashdrive etc, in case your PC crashes. But PDF enables me to email illustrations to clients and saves multiple trips.

31 December 2008 | 10:50:03 AM  Chris Hornby wrote:

A colleague told me about cutepdf a free download from www.cutepdf.com it installs as a printer, so you just go to print and select it instead of your usual printer. excellent

19 December 2008 | 4:04:09 PM  Philip Herbert wrote:

Most Scanners will let you copy a document and convert it to PDF so you send it by email, and/or retain a copy for your records. It depends on what software came with the scanner......mine is Cannon 5000/5000F and does it OK.

17 December 2008 | 8:04:25 AM  Peter Callomon wrote:

Our National IFA firm Positive Solutions uses Paperport 9 exclusively. I could bang on about how good it is but here is not enough room to extoll its virtues. We hold no paper files and as my PA lives 200 miles from me I can get a pdf file to her in 2 minutes. Paperport is usually bundled into Brother multifunction scanners/printers such as the MFC7820N. In this day and age there is no reason why anyone should be using paper. Standalone paperport 9 costs about £60.- from PC world, so don't sacrifice functionality for "cheap" !

17 December 2008 | 7:52:45 AM  Brian Hill wrote:

If I need to send a document to someone I prefer to convert it from a .doc to .pdf - I use a free converting service called Doc2PDF which does a pretty good job for basic documents. It's free, so don't expect miracles!!

Brian