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Document Management for Law Firms – A Better Concept

It’s been just over 30 years since the personal computer really took hold in the law office as the primary means of drafting and storing documents. In those three short decades, technology has advanced to the point where you can not only manage those piles of paper, but, with effective use of scanning, email storage and electronic court filing, your firm can actually start to approach a ‘paperless office’ No, I’m not suggesting that any firm can become entirely free of paper. That’s not the [...]

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Scanning engineering drawings unlock valuable data and free up space.

Most people who have been involved with manufacturing or engineering have had to retrieve a drawing from the drawing stores, look through an index and thumb through drawers or hanging files. With the advent of CAD many years ago, the amount of paper for film drawings has nearly stopped however old archives still exist. At DocumentScanning.net we often get jobs where a company needs to scan their drawings to electronic format to save space, provide a disaster recovery backup, integrate with a Document Management System [...]

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Fire breaks out at National Archives in Kew, London

This is just one reason to scan your documents A fire broke out at the National Archives in Kew, home to some of the UK's most important historical documents. Some 20 firefighters tackled the blaze, which affected two disused water towers at the site in Richmond, south-west London. London Fire Brigade(LFB), which was called out at about 12:30 GMT, said the blaze was now out. The National Archives is the official UK government archive and publisher. Building evacuated Held there are 11 million [...]

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Document Management System For Researchers

A Document Management System For Researchers If there’s one thing that researchers get through – it’s a lot of data! Collecting evidence and proof of any facts is a task that can involve photocopies from books, papers, articles and other information. Once this material is collected it then needs to be kept in a place where it can be easily retrieved and referred to. This is where document management systems come into their own. So as a researcher or even somebody with a lot of [...]

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Scanned Drawings For Engineers

Revealed: What Can Scanned Drawings Do For Engineers? One of the most important aspects of an engineer’s role is based on drawings. Drawings not only ensure that the structure being designed or built is going to be safe and viable, but it guides the construction or manufacturing team on what needs to be done and what materials are needed. Drawings are also key as a way to communicate to the key stakeholders of a structure. Drawings aren’t easy to store or to find again once [...]

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Microfilm Scanning Services

7 Things You Didn’t Know About Microfilm Scanning Services If you’ve ever considered using our microfilm scanning service, here’s some facts for you to consider: Easy access Once you’ve had your microfilm scanned the images can then be stored on your computer system. Then the images are easy to find, access, print and .Once in an electronic format we can even convert the date to files such as .doc and Excel spreadsheets. Time savings Once electronic there is no need to manually search through your [...]

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Film Scanner Produces Better Results Than a Flatbed Scanner

Why A Film Scanner Produces Much Better Results Than a Flatbed Scanner One of our clients recently came to us with a collection of 35 mm film slides that she had collected as part of a family history project. These film strips were of great importance to her, as you can imagine and ranged in age from almost 100 years old to just one year old. Pictures of her family before they left their country of origin to the most recent family reunion. The condition [...]

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Document Scanning – Drawing and Plan Digitisation

Drawing and Plan Digitisation Although they may be large and cumbersome to deal with, plans and drawings are created in the size that they are for very good reasons. When constructing a building or redeveloping a property or even designing a boat, it’s important to capture all the intricate details of the project so that every team member and potential buyer is clear about what’s involved. However, access and storage of such large drawings can be challenging. Many businesses have now become aware of how [...]

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Why Use Document Scanning and Conversion Services

Why Would You Want to Use Document Conversion Services? Today’s digital world expects instant answers. Clients don’t expect to have to wait to have access to the information that they need – they want it immediately. That’s where our document scanning and conversion services come into play. With document conversion, it’s possible to convert any data into other formats. For example we can produce any of the following conversions for you: PDF to DOC or DOCX PDF to HTML web pages PDF to TXT Doc [...]

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Form Data Capture – Make Your Research Easier

If you’ve got an interest in data capture, then you’ve come to the right spot. In this post we are going to share with you how it works and what it can do for your business. Taking customer surveys, exam papers and questionnaires can make all the difference to the effectiveness of your business, however, this makes the contents very challenging to capture and analyse. Sometimes there’s no other way to take surveys than to collect typed and hand-written data. Who wants to sit with [...]

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