PaperPort 12 the world’s favourite document management software for the PC, and is the fastest and easiest way for home users to scan, organise, find and share documents and photos. It combines the power of document scanning services, the efficiency of digital desktop organisation and search, and the convenience of high-quality PDF document creation, assembly and sharing in one easy-to-use application.

Eliminate paper clutter, take control of the chaos, go green and organise your home office once and for all with PaperPort 12. You’ll wonder how you ever managed without.

PaperPort 12 helps the home user eliminate paper, keep track of important documents, and adopt a greener lifestyle. With PaperPort 12, your home scanner or all-in-one device becomes an efficient, easy-to-use organising machine. Turn all sorts of paper documents – letters, school assignments, tax forms, legal documents, receipts, bills, keepsakes and more – into searchable PDF documents.

It works with Microsoft® Windows® to organise all scanned documents and photos in one convenient location on your computer desktop. So it’s easy to search, assemble and share PDF files – even for the casual PC user. It’s a great way to save money and break the wasteful cycle of printing, copying and mailing.

Getting organised doesn’t have to be difficult. PaperPort 12 offers a comprehensive set of features you just don’t get with document scanning software or other document management software for the PC. It provides superior scanning, PDF creation and assembly, simplified file organisation and sharing, fast, accurate search and, automatic form filling – all in one application that’s easy to use right out of the box. You won’t find another PC software application that does all that – and at such an affordable price. Learn more about what PaperPort 12 has to offer and how it can help you conquer clutter, go green, and reach new levels of personal efficiency…

A better way to scan documents

Scan your way out of the clutter with PaperPort 12. You don’t have to be a scanning expert or purchase special equipment. Use PaperPort with your home scanner or all-in-one device to produce high-quality scans of all your paper documents and photos with the simple push of a button you get perfect scans on your PC desktop. It’s fast, easy and produces consistently great results. Your average scanning software can’t do that. Using PaperPort is like putting your scanner on steroids so you can eliminate paper pile-up once and for all.

Works with any scanner

PaperPort makes any all-in-one printer, mobile scanner, or desktop scanner work better and faster. And you can scan easily with the push of a button.

Control scanning destination

Scan anything into PDF or JPEG and view over 150 document and photo formats. PaperPort 12 lets you scan directly into the included PDF Viewer or another specific application – email, Microsoft® Word®, Microsoft® Excel®, and more. Just drag and drop to turn scanned document images into editable text for use in popular word processing or spreadsheet software.

Get the results you expect automatically

Tired of poor quality scans? PaperPort’s Scanner Enhancement Technology™ (SET) delivers excellent scanning results on almost any kind of document—newspaper articles, receipts, colour photographs, and more. PaperPort is so smart it will straighten, crop, rotate and enhance your documents automatically for optimal quality. Plus, you can take advantage of PaperPort’s ImageViewer to make further enhancements to scanned documents or photos and see the results immediately.

Get scanning right in one step

Not a scanning expert? Not a problem. PaperPort simplifies scanning with one easy-to-understand interface that works exactly the same way no matter what scanner you’re using. Plus, you can capture all your settings, including colour, format, Scanner Enhancement Technology™ corrections, and more, in Scanner Profiles. This way, you get the results you expect – predictably and consistently – without having to worry about settings every time you scan a document or photo.

Eliminate paper and go green

Paper clutter is a nuisance, making you feel disorganised and causing you to lose valuable time searching for important documents. But paper proliferation has more serious consequences, too. In the last 20 years, the combined usage of today’s top ten paper-consuming countries has increased from 92 million tonnes to 208 million – a growth rate of 126%. Paper represents everything that is environmentally unfriendly. By eliminating paper, PaperPort breaks the cycle of printing, copying and mailing, so you reduce waste and conserve energy. Plus, it puts all of your paper documents and application files in one convenient digital desktop location so you can be more organised than ever before.

Dig out from paper overload

PaperPort lets you use your scanner or all-in-one device to turn paper documents into high-quality searchable PDFs and brings all of these documents together in one place on your computer desktop so they’re easy to find. No more piles of paper cluttering your desk and kitchen counter. No more overflowing desk drawers and file cabinets. By putting all your documents on a convenient digital desktop where they can be easily managed, you can achieve new levels of organisation… and save a bunch of trees at the same time.

Fast, easy electronic form filling

Are you inundated with forms for insurance, healthcare, school activities, organisations, and more? Use PaperPort to create neat, shareable and searchable forms that mirror paper originals so you’ll never have to fill out another form by hand. Extensive control over form elements ensures perfect forms every time. FormTyper automatically recognises check boxes and identifies the form fields so you can quickly tab to the next fillable field, type in the information, and print, save or email the completed form. PaperPort’s transparent stamps are perfect for adding scanned signatures. It’s faster, cheaper, and greener than faxing or mailing. And you never have to worry about illegible handwriting!

Drag-and-drop document assembly

With PaperPort 12 you can create PDF files from your digital document and combine multiple scanned documents into a single file. It’s just like stacking and stapling real paper – only faster, easier, and greener. Add, delete or rearrange the pages within any PDF file just by dragging and dropping. Extract editable text from scanned document and put it into a word processor or an email message. No more tedious retyping and overloading clipboards. Avoid jammed fax machines and escalating postage costs by sending document by email. PaperPort 12 is all about increasing efficiency and reducing waste.

Share documents via email

Sharing files over email can be a daunting task. Recipients can open attached files. Or attachments are too large for the email server. That’s not a problem with PaperPort. Because PaperPort stores all documents as industry-standard PDF, opening attached files is easy for everyone. What’s more, PaperPort uses PDF-MRC High Compression Technology that can turn a 15MB colour file into less than 2MB! So even large colour files can emailed without any hassles. The results? No more wasteful printing, copying and mailing.

Minimum configuration

• A computer with an Intel® Pentium®, newer or equivalent processor
• Microsoft Windows® XP 32-bit (SP3 or above), Windows Vista™ 32- or 64-bit (SP2 or above), or Windows 7
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or above
• 512MB of memory (RAM)
• 500MB of free hard disk space for application files, plus 20MB working space during installation
• SVGA monitor with 256 colours, preferably 16-bit colour (called “Medium Color” in Windows XP and Vista) and at least 800 x 600 pixel resolutions
• Windows-compatible pointing device
• CD-ROM drive for installation
• A Web connection is required for activation and automatic updates