With the Neat Scan To Office toolbar, you can scan directly into Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint. You can edit documents in Word, manage contacts in Outlook, create expense reports in Excel, and add images or text to PowerPoint presentations. Scan to Excel, automatically reads and captures vendor, date, total, sales tax and payment type. Scan to Outlook, automatically capture contact information and image of card. Also information from documents is placed into calendar entries, notes and task. Scan to Word; transform printed documents into Word files that are editable. Scan to PowerPoint; places color images and text into presentation slides. Scan to PDF, creates searchable PDF files from any application. Scanner Specifications - Portable color/grayscale/B&W CIS USB powered, no external power supply needed Maximum Resolution - 600 dpi Unit Dimensions - 10.8 W x 1.6 D x 1.3 H; Weight - 10.6 oz Scan Area - 1'' x 1'' up to 8.5 x 14'' Speed - approximately 3-4 receipts per minute System Requirements - Microsoft Windows XP or Vista (64 bit is not currently supported) Pentium IV 1.3 GHz or later 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended with Windows Vista) 100 MB hard disk space to install CD-ROM drive Available USB port
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Good for documents but not for photos:
About the size of a small rolling pin and weighing just 12.8 ounces in its cloth carrying pouch this scanner fits easily in a computer bag, is powered by the computer's USB port and does a decent job of scanning documents. One very nice feature is its ability to scan directly into a portable document format (PDF) without the need for owning Adobe Acrobat, but I was unimpressed with its OCR (optical character recognition) software capabilities and the quality of its scanned photos. Aside from creating... more info
Excel support wonderful and awful:
First things first; this product requires Microsoft Office software to work; version 2003 or above. The scanner software will not install if you do not have Office. The packaging and product are top-notch quality. Everything is well-organized, and the "Quick Start Guide" actually has enough useful information to get up to speed with this product, instead of a few pictures with arrows. The scanner itself is lightweight, and sturdy. It has a "PDF" and a "SCAN" button, and an LED on indicator. It... more info
Great portable scanner, does the job:
I installed this scanner on my 6 month old Dell laptop running Windows XP Pro. The installation was quick and easy, and it integrated automatically into Microsoft Office. The first document I scanned was a two-page contract. In 20 seconds, I had a PDF version on my computer that I could email to the customer. This alone is worth the price of the product: not having to drive back to the office to use the scanner to make electronic copies of signed contracts. Next I tried some business cards. The... more info
Easy scanning!:
I bought the original NeatScan a few months back, so I was eager to see what they had changed in the new version. I was very happy with the new design and features. The first change I noticed was a small ledge in front of the input slot. This makes it *much* easier to get a document inserted correctly. And there's a little icon that shows you which end of the slot to align the document at, also very handy. However, it's not very clear from the icon that the document goes in face down! The driver... more info
