ScanSoft, Inc. just made it easier to organize, find and share documents and digital photographs. Only weeks after releasing the Asian counterpart, ScanSoft, Inc. made available the latest edition of the ever popular software: PaperPort Professional 10.

Users can now organize, share and find documents on their PC's 4 different ways.

Files can be copied or moved between remote folders, printed, faxed or sent by email with a simple drag and drop, while new Bookmarks allow specific folder locations to be accessed in the future with a single click using Split Desktop and Workspace. The Split Desktop allows workgroups and organizations to use PaperPort and the Microsoft file system to implement centralized document archiving, improving the way organizations work with documents within Microsoft Windows.

Users of PaperPort can easily reduce paper. One-Click Scanning makes it possible for everyone to get professional-quality document capture from practically any scanning device - sheet-fed, flatbed, all-in-one, multifunction device or digital copier. Users can even scan from a networked digital copier and have the electronic document automatically moved across the network to their PC by PaperPort. Eliminating the need to re-shoot a dark photo, or re-scan a crooked or poor quality document, PaperPort also provides Scanner Enhancement Technology (SET) tools that make image correction and annotation as easy as point & click.

PaperPort enables document assembly through its unparalleled support for the PDF document standard, a format that can be universally viewed and printed. Scan-to-PDF is built directly into PaperPort, as is the ability to convert any format into PDF. ScanSoft(R) PDF Create! is included with PaperPort 10, giving users fast PDF creation from within any PC application, as well as the ability to merge multiple files into a single PDF. Users can merge and re-order pages directly from the PaperPort desktop using the built-in PaperPort PDF viewer and editor. PaperPort also supports PDF security, providing 40- and 128-bit password encryption for controlling PDF viewing, printing, editing and more.

While the search capabilities included with Microsoft Windows and other search solutions can find digital documents, such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel documents, PaperPort Professional's All-in-One Search leverages ScanSoft's optical character recognition technology to also find the text information frozen in image and PDF files. The solution also supports loading and searching information about a document or photograph, called meta-data, which can include search information for the author, subject, special keywords and customer name. PaperPort Professional also includes a new Index Manager for specifying times and days for automatic indexing to be performed by the product.

"PaperPort is the one piece of software we just can't be without; it is crucial to our success," said Don Ethridge, Forest Man Insurance. "The ability to create a PDF file that I can email to a customer and be sure they can open and print is very important. Version 10's visual desktop makes it easy to see what's happening when you are working with information in different areas at the same time, bookmarking makes it easy to go back to key information and the ScanDirect feature simplifies the scanning process; it's an absolute home run!"

Key Features Include:

• Revolutionary Split Desktop
• Professional Scanning
• The Power of PDF Creation and Security
• Fast and Easy Document Assembly
• PaperPort Scanner Enhancement Technology (SET)
• Capture the Web to PDF
• All-in-One Search
• Scan Instead of Copy
• Drag & Drop Document Workflow
• Connect to Existing Enterprise Content Management Systems
• Electronic Form Filling

ScanSoft PaperPort Professional 10 is priced at $199.99, with multi-seat and enterprise site license discounts available. PaperPort 10, targeting flatbed scanner users, is $99.99. Both products will be available on November 8, 2004 through ScanSoft's global network of authorized resellers.

http://www.ScanSoft.com/PaperPort