SimpleView

SimpleView is a FREE application for managing and viewing scanned documents, images and PDF files.

Unlike other freeware PDF viewers, SimpleView is designed to work with many files at once instead of one at a time. The free version also supports TWAIN scanning and the ability to move, rearrange and rotate pages.

Explorer-Based Document Management with SimpleView

SimpleView lets you quickly scan, organize, search and view documents stored on your hard drive or file servers. Most document management systems use a database to organize and search for files. This forces you to laboriously import files into the system, then you must rely on that system anytime you access your files. SimpleView lets you use your existing folder and filing system to find, view and annotate documents. This has several advantages:

• No server systems to learn or maintain, only a desktop application
• No reliance on proprietary technology to access your files
• Uses built-in Active Directory file permissions
• Use existing access rights or edit them from SimpleView
• Files can be shared with other applications
• No need to import and tag files manually
• Use existing backup plans
• Users who view documents infrequently can still use Windows Explorer

Most companies that use their file servers for document management simply use Windows Explorer to find and view files. SimpleView is a much better solution for anyone that works with documents regularly.

• Integrated document scanning
• View multi-page documents without opening in Acrobat or Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
• Double-click files to open in default application for advanced editing
• Rotate, clean-up, re-order pages, split and merge multi-page TIFF and PDF files
• Convert documents to text or searchable PDF with OCR
• Annotations – make notes, highlights and other mark-ups without altering original
• Automatically highlight or redact text search results
• More versatile file searching, including pattern matching (RegEx)
• Search large file shares in seconds instead of minutes
• Find text inside PDF files (also RegEx enabled)
• Dockable windows for customized viewing, including multiple monitors

New Interface Features in SimpleView 6

SimpleView was the fist Simple Software application to be built on our new imaging and user interface platform. Most of these updates take place behind the scenes and won’t be obvious to users of previous versions. However there are two very big enhancements to the user interface you will notice right away:

Ribbon Toolbar – we have adopted the Windows 7/MS Office Ribbon Toolbar which provides easy access to all program functions, is customizable and familiar to most users.

Dockable Sub-Windows – using Visual Studio style dockable panes for each element in the user interface lets you resize each window to get optimal viewing of folders, files and pages. Unused windows can be hidden. Windows can also be undocked, allowing you to view thumbnails on one screen and full page images on another. Screen layout is saved automatically and restored the next time you run SimpleView.

Publisher Description

SimpleView is a free application for managing and viewing scanned documents, images and PDF files. SimpleView is designed to work with many files at once instead of one at a time, with the ability to search or browse files and page thumbnails.The free version also supports TWAIN scanning and the ability to move, rearrange and rotate pages. Purchase the full version to enable annotations, OCR, advanced editing, auto-redact and other features.
Most companies that use their file servers for document management simply use Windows Explorer with a PDF viewer or Windows Picture & Fax Viewer to find and view files. SimpleView is a much better solution for anyone that works with documents regularly because it adds:
-Integrated document scanning
-View multi-page documents without opening in Acrobat or Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
-Double-click files to open in default application for advanced editing
-Rotate, clean-up, re-order pages, split and merge multi-page TIFF and PDF files
-Convert documents to text or searchable PDF with OCR
-Annotations – make notes, highlights and other mark-ups without altering original
-Automatically highlight or redact text search results
-More versatile file searching, including pattern matching (RegEx)
-Search large file shares in seconds instead of minutes
-Find text inside PDF files (also RegEx enabled)
-Dockable windows for customized viewing, including multiple monitors
-Advanced Regular Expression file search for filenames containing any date

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