ScanSoft Ships PaperPort Pro 9 Office; Brings the Power of PDF Creation, Network Scanning and Document Management to All Office Workers
New Professional Office Version of PaperPort Transforms the Way Organisations of all Sizes Organise, Find and Share Documents - from Paper, on the PC and over the Network
PEABODY, Mass., March 4, 2003 - ScanSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSFT), a leading supplier of imaging, speech and language solutions, today announced the immediate availability of PaperPort® Pro 9 Office, a new Microsoft Windows application that transforms the way office workers can organise, find and share all of their paper and digital documents. PaperPort Pro Office is the first desktop product to combine the power of creating PDF files, the convenience of network scanning and the efficiency of document management, into a single, easy-to-use office productivity application.
PaperPort Pro 9 Office is a new, professional business version of PaperPort Deluxe, which is the world's most popular desktop paper and document management application for the PC. In the same way that PaperPort Deluxe has become an essential tool for millions of home and small office users for turning piles of paper into organised digital documents, PaperPort Pro Office provides organisations of all sizes with a more efficient way to work with all of their scanned paper, PDF and digital documents. PaperPort Pro Office replaces copying with automatic scan-to-desktop capabilities; streamlines business processes with document annotation and assembly features; and enables paperless document flows by connecting the PC desktop with existing backend enterprise systems, including Oracle® 9i and Microsoft SharePoint®.
"Prior to PaperPort, my office was overflowed and over worked with paper document handling and filing," said Duke Nguyen for State Farm Insurance. "With PaperPort Pro Office, paper copies are now replaced with digital PDF files that can easily be combined with other files, emailed through the Internet, faxed directly to a recipient, or stored on a local network. Coupled with our multi-function printers, PaperPort has significantly enhanced our productivity and efficiency."
A key capability within PaperPort Pro Office is its built-in support for creating PDF files from any Microsoft Windows application, without the need for additional PDF creation, editing or viewing software. Like other PDF creation applications, PaperPort supports popular PDF capabilities such as annotations, notes and highlights, sending PDF files as email attachments, and converting static PDF files into electronic forms that can be filled and printed. However, PaperPort offers a unique range of additional PDF capabilities, including automatically converting mixed document sets into PDF email attachments, allowing users to assemble custom PDF files using drag & drop stacking controls, and enabling automatic scan-to-PDF capabilities using networked multifunction printers (MFPs) and digital copier devices.
Gartner, a leading independent technology research and advisory firm recently noted, "Where word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications let you work on your documents, there's a need for an additional class of products that can enhance productivity by allowing you to efficiently work with documents - from paper, on the PC or over the network. With the deployments of networked multifunction and digital copier devices increasing, and with a growing interest in PDF capabilities, solutions that provide a document bridge between the office worker and centralised content management systems are well positioned."
PaperPort's intuitive thumbnail-based presentation allows pages within documents of all kinds - including scanned paper, PDF, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint® and more - to be instantly viewed and found without launching the associated application. Its sophisticated full-page optical character recognition (OCR) engine automatically creates search keywords for scanned paper and PDF files, allowing its SimpleSearchTM feature to find all matching documents - from standard Microsoft Office and other digital document types, to scanned paper and business cards, as well as PDF files received on email or downloaded from the Web.
PaperPort's DesktopDelivery™ feature reduces the costs associated with manually copying and storing paper documents by automatically delivering scanned pages to the user's PC from local or network scanning devices, including MFPs and digital copiers. DesktopDelivery instantly converts scanned images into PDF files and launches PaperPort, whose drag & drop tools users can use to send the files as email attachments, store the files on the PC or on the network, or print the files in color or black & white.
PaperPort also adds unique document management capabilities to networked PCs and Tablet PCs, simplifying the movement of local documents to network drives and Web-based content management systems, including Microsoft SharePoint and Oracle-9i.
"With PaperPort Pro Office, we see the ideal scanning solution for Oracle customers looking to bring their paper documents into Oracle Collaboration Suite and truly unify all their information sources", said Tim Payne, Senior Director for Oracle9i Marketing, Oracle EMEA. "And now, with the PaperPort's new ability to create PDF from all PC applications, PaperPort Pro Office and the Collaboration Suite provide an optimized environment for managing and archiving all types of content in a format that ensures portability and long term viability."
"We have been focused on expanding the productivity value that ScanSoft can bring to enterprise organisations, which resulted in a growing number of multi-seat purchases of our solutions over the past year," said Paul Ricci, chairman and CEO of ScanSoft. "PaperPort Pro Office demonstrates the continuation of our enterprise focus this year, and its robust capabilities make it a significant addition to our imaging product line."
Key Features of PaperPort Pro 9 Office
PaperPort Pro 9 Office is the most efficient way for everyone in an office to organise, find and share paper, PDF, and digital documents. PaperPort Pro combines the efficiency of document management, the convenience of network scanning and the power of PDF creation, bringing a new level of productivity to organisations of any size.
- The Power of PDF Creation
PaperPort Pro Office creates PDF files from existing electronic documents such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio, and can convert nearly any format into PDF files - including TIFF, MAX, JPG, BMP, Corel®, and Autodesk®. PDF, or portable document format, is an open standard format for sharing same-as-paper documents electronically. PaperPort's PDF capabilities are compatible with, but do not require, other PDF reading, creation or editing applications.
- Fast and Easy Document Assembly
With a single click of the mouse, users can quickly assemble custom PDF documents, combining scanned paper and pages from PC applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, into a single document. PDF documents can be reordered and merged using PaperPort's drag & drop stacking capability - just as you do with real paper.
- Intuitive Thumbnail Desktop
Nearly every application file type and image format can be viewed within the PaperPort Pro Office visual desktop, which provides clear thumbnails to allow users to quickly find documents without having to open them. PaperPort also includes built-in viewers for all popular formats, providing an affordable way to ensure that everyone can view image formats like TIFF, JPG, and PDF, as well as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.
- Safely Annotate and Collaborate
eMail is a convenient and fast way to review and approve documents within a workgroup, or with people outside your organisation. PaperPort works with your current email system to enhance the digital review process, by converting Word and other editable documents into more secure PDF files - which can be read, but can't be edited. This is especially ideal for reviewing contracts and other important documents. For capturing review comments, PaperPort supports creating and viewing annotations within PDF files, including sticky notes, highlights and stamps.
- Capture the Web to PDF
PaperPort Pro Office lets users capture Web pages as PDF files, providing a full-color duplicate for use offline. This is a great way to capture a permanent record of a Web site, speed Web-based research, or for sharing Web pages as PDF attachments instead of sending a link that requires connectivity to the Web.
- Cut & Paste Text - From Paper and PDF
Eliminate re-typing by using the OCR in PaperPort Pro Office to extract text from scanned images and PDF files. You can also copy a portion of a scanned document to the clipboard, then paste text into a word processor or an email message.
- Automatic Network Scan-to-Desktop
PaperPort DesktopDelivery automatically sends documents from a networked scanner or digital copier to the PaperPort desktop. DesktopDelivery makes it easier than ever to turn paper into digital documents that can be shared online and on email.
- Drag & Drop Document Workflow
The SendTo bar makes it fast and easy to send documents - or sets of documents - to your e-mail client, fax boards and printers. Better still, the SendTo bar is also a document on-ramp for sending documents over FTP, moving files within the network, and for connecting PaperPort to existing workflow applications and processes.
- All-in-One Document Search and Retrieval
The SimpleSearch feature allows users to quickly find any document with a single keyword or meta-data search request. Documents stored on local PCs and on the network are automatically indexed by PaperPort, which uses highly accurate OCR to make even scanned paper and PDF files searchable.
- Connect to Existing Content Management Systems
PaperPort Pro Office adds value to existing investments in enterprise content management (ECM) systems, including Oracle 9i and Microsoft SharePoint. PaperPort DesktopDelivery is a paper onramp for ECM, providing everything needed for users to scan, review and submit paper into the system using networked scanners. PaperPort also simplifies working with stored documents, providing an easy way to move ECM documents to and from the PC.
- Fast, Easy Electronic Form Filling
Filling out forms has never been faster or easier thanks to the FormTyper™ feature, which instantly converts static PDF forms into fill-able electronic forms. Form fields are automatically identified and created, allowing the user to fill, save and email the form online, or to print the form for submission.
- Edit and Clean - One or Many
PaperPort Pro Office supports performing editing and clean-up operations on one or many documents simultaneously - including de-skewing scanned pages, rotating documents, or adding search keywords. Image editing tools are also included, including contrast, color adjustment, and cropping.
About ScanSoft, Inc.
ScanSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSFT) is a leading supplier of imaging, speech and language solutions that are used to automate a wide range of manual processes - saving time, increasing worker productivity and improving customer service. For more information regarding ScanSoft products and technologies, please visit www.ScanSoft.com.
ScanSoft, SimpleSearch, DesktopDelivery, FormTyper and PaperPort are registered trademarks or trademarks of ScanSoft, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other company or product names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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