michaelmars Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 Anyone have any experience with this software? It looks too good and cheap to be real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Taxed Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 It is similar to the Drake Document Manager that is bundled within the software for paperless office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crank Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 A couple of years ago I purchased a Cannon (LIDE110 I believe) flatbed scanner for under $100 and I really like the included software. Of course it is probably not as feature rich as this product but it suits my needs just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmars Posted December 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdytxmn Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Have used File Center for several years. It is a good, solid program much superior Drake's file manager. File Center is a great, inexpensive application for paperless offices, It provides the availability of printing and scanning pdf files as well as the ability to manipulate and annotate these files. Additionally, it provides an interface that lends itself to quick, easy location of the files. They have a free trial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Also, check out the software that came bundled with your scanner &/or the capabilities of the full Adobe Acrobat that may have been bundled with your scanner, especially if you bought Fujitsu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelgilb Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Yes its Real! FileCenter (FC) is a Great DM! Very little compares to it at this price range. Although Drake DM is decent, it can't compare to FC 1. Scanning and OCR is built-in 2. Templates, 3. Separators (sort, autoname and move to folders automatically by using these) 4. You can use your existing File structure! No proprietory folders or file structure 5. Custom Cabinets to assist with Work Flow 6. Networkable 7. Combining is simple and you can print to the same file and append or prepend on the fly 8. Split view 9. Templates (allows creation of multiple folders simultaneously 10. Naming Conventions (auto name your files) 11. Convert multiple types of file formats to PDF 12. Emailing and protect/secure PDFs 13 Emailing. creation and protect/secure Zip files on the fly 14. Full Redaction capability 15. Typewriter allowing you to simply type on any PDF without creating boxes/fields (although it can do this as well 15. and more Yes there are some limitations to it, but as far as I can see, only the very high end DM's improve on it. Comes bundled with a Full PDF ability, well a lite version of PDF-Xchange that does virtually everything you will need. I wrote a review of version 7 here: http://gilassc.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/document-management-what-is-it-and-why-do-i-need-it/ And if you mention my name and my website they will give you a $50.00 off the $199.00 Pro version (at least they used to) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmars Posted December 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Also, check out the software that came bundled with your scanner &/or the capabilities of the full Adobe Acrobat that may have been bundled with your scanner, especially if you bought Fujitsu. I have the fujitsu too but with a real file management I can keep my clients quickbooks in it and emails etc. and it can all be set up to be automated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmars Posted December 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Yes its Real! FileCenter (FC) is a Great DM! Very little compares to it at this price range. Although Drake DM is decent, it can't compare to FC 1. Scanning and OCR is built-in 2. Templates, 3. Separators (sort, autoname and move to folders automatically by using these) 4. You can use your existing File structure! No proprietory folders or file structure 5. Custom Cabinets to assist with Work Flow 6. Networkable 7. Combining is simple and you can print to the same file and append or prepend on the fly 8. Split view 9. Templates (allows creation of multiple folders simultaneously 10. Naming Conventions (auto name your files) 11. Convert multiple types of file formats to PDF 12. Emailing and protect/secure PDFs 13 Emailing. creation and protect/secure Zip files on the fly 14. Full Redaction capability 15. Typewriter allowing you to simply type on any PDF without creating boxes/fields (although it can do this as well 15. and more Yes there are some limitations to it, but as far as I can see, only the very high end DM's improve on it. Comes bundled with a Full PDF ability, well a lite version of PDF-Xchange that does virtually everything you will need. I wrote a review of version 7 here: http://gilassc.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/document-management-what-is-it-and-why-do-i-need-it/ And if you mention my name and my website they will give you a $50.00 off the $199.00 Pro version (at least they used to) thanks Joel, in fact I did see your review [not knowing it was you] when I googled FC. Just my luck this morning I got a fraud alert on my business card had have to wait for a new one. So I will order it when my new card comes in and let you know if mentioning you gets me a discount. [and hopefully you get a referral fee too] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelgilb Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Nope, No referral fee or any compensation for that matter, but that is OK with me. Took me years to find this DM solution, so personally all I care is they continue thrive, grow and continue to add features. BTW, might need to mention or speak with Jeff to get the price reduction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmars Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 gotta tell you Joel, I am holding off, took 5 calls to get someone in sales to speak with and he sounded like he was asleep. told me to order on line for a single user and not through him [he did verify he is the sales rep]. When I asked for Jeff, he said there is a jeff in tech support but there are no promotions that he knows of. Didn't say he would check or anything. After the disaster with ATX customer support I am really afraid of using this company right now. I think I will search for a bigger company and a comparable product before going ahead with FC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdytxmn Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 gotta tell you Joel, I am holding off, took 5 calls to get someone in sales to speak with and he sounded like he was asleep. told me to order on line for a single user and not through him [he did verify he is the sales rep]. When I asked for Jeff, he said there is a jeff in tech support but there are no promotions that he knows of. Didn't say he would check or anything. After the disaster with ATX customer support I am really afraid of using this company right now. I think I will search for a bigger company and a comparable product before going ahead with FC Jeff is the tech guy. He has helped me with sales when between the two of us, Lucion had my account confused. I have dealt with the sales vp and he is easy to deal with but only for special pricing when I already had another license and wanted to upgrade a second one I had. The software's excellent and not pricey. You can spend a lot more money and probably get fancier interfaces but for the price, you can't beat FileCenter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmars Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 guess you are right and its only $200. since the I have a few light weeks here I can spend it trying it out. thanks to both of you for the comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdytxmn Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 guess you are right and its only $200. since the I have a few light weeks here I can spend it trying it out. thanks to both of you for the comments. Unless they have changed their policy, you can download a fully operational Pro version on a 30 day trial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmars Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 I got it already and am playing with templates before I bring in client files. My intention is to bring in 2013 and going forward. and whenever I have a free day will bring in another year going back. I can't decide if I want files by client then year or by year then client in the templates. And what about emails, do I bring them into client as general folder or do I sort those by year too? I am going to play with options over the weekend. I am impressed how fast you can drag a file into it. I don't plan on scanning files that weren't yet scanned [pre 2008] but maybe will hire an intern during the summer to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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