ScanSoft PaperPort 10 review:1 stars (Paperport was once a great product) - I've been using Paperport since Version 4. Each upgrade since has brought at least one important feature, and many new bugs, which usually get ironed out, but not always. I've never been able to use the indexing system, mainly because it's always been buggy and a CPU hog when it's running.

While storing in PDF is a great idea, especially since Paperport seems to be on a downward trajectory in quality (and no support other than paid support--you can't even report bugs without paying), it's a good idea to be able to get your documents out of the MAX format and into a format supported by others.

Version 10 is so slow on my dual processor programmer class workstatio (Dell Precision 650), that I hate having to go and look for my documents. It's not slow finding them, it's too slow opening them and working with them. It used to be instantaneous--now its wait, wait, wait. It's basically unacceptible.

With Scansoft's poor support policy, I will not be buying Paperport any longer. I will stay with Version 9 until I can find something else. My version 10, if used for anything, will be used to convert out of the MAX format.4 stars (PaperPort 10 works for me) - Had PaperPort7 that came bundled with my scanner and had no issues with it. Decided to buy PaperPort10. Used the uninstaller tool as advised from ScanSoft which was downloaded from their site to remove version 7.
Doing this must have been my saving grace because PaperPort10 worked as advertised right out of the box.
Use a lot of Forms and use the form filling feature the most. If you handle a lot of paper, this is the one. I found the tech support to be a little on the light side but the manual was well written.
John M1 stars (Nostalgia) - When I installed my first Paperport (v7), it was one of my top 3 programs of all times. Since then, PP has gone downhill with every major revision. It took me a year to get through the fatal bugs in v9, although it will still crash from time to time for no apparent reason, the only software from my 142 installed programs to do so. Of my 3 big reasons of use (search, compressed document format and document edit), I use PP only for edits of my scans, as Acrobat (for archive format) and Copernic (free) do a much better job in the other two departments.

In light of this track-record, v10 is an insult to injury as v9 should have been fully cleaned up before a new offering. I fervently hope the company can stitch the product up as I do not yet wish to abandon an old favourite.

I normally hate writing such reviews as all the negative publicity affects product sales, on which depend many jobs. Much hard work goes into product development so it is with a sad heart that I am moved to write this review, moved because a company could be so greedy to continue to milk its loyal customer base with half baked offerings. If this were a car, the streets would be littered with accidents.
ScanSoft PaperPort 10 Features:
Computer software (programs)
Document Management
OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
Scanning (Scanners)
Document Tracking (Inventory
Email e-mail electronic
CD
Download photos from digital camera; easily organize, edit, and find images
Scanning and document management application for Microsoft Windows
Quickly turn paper into digital content; save Web pages as PDF documents
Create and annotate PDF files; convert static form into fillable electronic form
Thumbnail management for Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files

ScanSoft PaperPort 10 is the CD-ROM version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around 84.99USD.