{"product_id":"9781492020172","title":"Take Control of Your Paperless Office","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDigitize your documents while reducing incoming and outgoing paper!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoin Joe Kissell as he helps you \u003cb\u003eclear the chaos\u003c\/b\u003e of an office overflowing with paper. With Joe's guidance you can \u003cb\u003edevelop a personal clean-up strategy\u003c\/b\u003e and choose your Mac-compatible tools—a scanner and the software you need to perform OCR (optical character recognition)—plus devices and services for storing your digitized documents and tools to \u003cb\u003ecategorize, locate, and view your digital document collections\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce you have your gear in hand, Joe shows you how to \u003cb\u003econvert your paper documents\u003c\/b\u003e to digitized files and gives you ideas for how to \u003cb\u003eorganize your office workflow\u003c\/b\u003e, explaining how to develop day-to-day techniques that reduce the amount of time you spend pressing buttons, launching software, and managing documents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBonus!\u003c\/b\u003e The book also comes with downloadable “folder action” AppleScripts that simplify the process of OCR-ing PDFs in Adobe Acrobat, ABBYY FineReader Express, PDFpen\/PDFpenPro, and Readiris. Save or move a PDF in the appropriate folder, and the script does the rest!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou’ll master these paper-reducing skills:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eScanning or photographing documents you find while out and about—business cards, receipts, menus, flyers, and more—so you keep only digitized versions. Joe discusses a variety of mobile scanning options, with an emphasis on using a camera-equipped iOS device, but with mention of a few options for Android smartphones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eCreating a digitized image of your signature so you can sign and share documents digitally, rather than printing them for the sole purpose of signing them with a pen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eSetting up your computer to send and receive faxes so you can avoid using a physical fax machine with paper input and output. Joe describes online fax services and using a fax modem (note that fax modem support is not available in macOS 10.12 Sierra).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoe also discusses standard techniques for reducing paper—paperless billing, online bank statements, reducing unwanted catalogs and junk mail, and more, as well as less common practices, such as paperless postal mail services and check depositing services.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou’ll find answers to numerous questions, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat is a \"searchable PDF,\" and why is it key to a paperless office?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat differentiates \"document scanners\" from other types of scanners?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat’s a book scanner?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat if I need a mobile, portable scanner?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat does TWAIN stand for, and should my scanner support it?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy do I need OCR software, and what features should I look for?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat scanners and OCR products does Joe recommend?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow can I automate my workflow for scanning documents?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow should I name and file my digitized documents?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat paper documents should I keep in physical form?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow do I use common tools to add a signature to a PDF? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow can I access my digital documents remotely?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow should I back up my important digital documents?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"TidBITS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157066662128,"sku":"9781492020172","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781492020172_p0.jpg?v=1763661597","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781492020172","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}