Life at the Home20

I wasn’t anticipating a Part 5 but I thought I would post an update on my Genealogical Scanning Project using PaperPort 10.  I haven’t had much time to work on the project but I have run into a couple of issues I thought I would share.  Unfortunately, it has taken 119 documents to discover them.

• The software does not switch easily between letter and legal sized documents.  You have the option the make the change but sometimes it is grayed out for no apparent reason.  If it is not grayed out and you are able to change the setting, the software still scans the document in at the previous setting.  The only way I have found to fix this is to close the program and reopen it.  Clearly, this is not making me happy.
• When you close the program and reopen it, sometimes the default settings reload, sometimes they don’t.
• I really wish there was some sort of auto numbering system as you scan in the documents.
• It’s hard to tell if the program is scanning the document in the correct size until it is complete.  If you have a 7 page document, it can be a little frustrating.
• You cannot adjust the lighter or darker scale as it is grayed out.  I didn’t realize I had so many dim copies from old books that had been poorly printed to begin with.  I hesitate to try to scan them at all.  However, I could recopy them on a copy machine using a darker setting and then scan.

These things can really be worked around without a lot of difficulty and I am so far into the project that I really couldn’t see changing gears at this point.

Now if I could just find that little snippet I remember reading about Sam Houston’s great niece.  Where did it go?

ScanSoft PaperPort 11 is available at Amazon.com!

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