Of all the promises of information technology, none has proved more elusive than the paperless office. Although electronic communication has replaced much of the paper in my life, a lot of the most important information-financial and legal documents, expense report receipts, business cards-stubbornly remains on paper.rnScanners were designed to solve this problem by transporting such documents into a computer. This saves on storage space, but in most cases it's a very limited solution. You end up with an electronic image of the paper, rather than an interactive digital document that takes full advantage of a computer's ability to classify, sort, and search.rnThe aptly named Neat Co. has a new product that many folks, particularly those who run small businesses or need to maintain detailed tax records, will find attractive.
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