Create PDF Files from Scans & Images with Scan2PDF
Posted by: Barry Cleave in Freeware, tags: Convert to pdf, Document Handling, Freeware, Independant Review, Programs, Scanner, Software, Utilities, Vista, Windows, Windows XPWhat Is It?
Scan2PDF is a small program designed to scan images or load images from standard image formats which can then be combined as pages to form a single pdf file. Images can be rotated and text can be added to overlay the image if required. What’s more, several images can be added to the same page, resized and arranged with text added as captions or for information.
Why Would You Want It?
In any home or small office environment there are hundred of documents you need to keep for one reason or another. In the home bank and credit card statements, normal house hold bills, receipts, guarantees, instructions, official letters, tax returns, car documents, etc. There are literally hundreds of documents you need to keep, some for a short time others for much longer. Managing all that paper, filing it, finding it when you need it, sorting out what you don’t need any longer and what you must still keep takes a lot of time to do properly. When you don’t do it well then you spend even more time trying to find something when suddenly you really need it.
The obvious answer is to keep all the documents on your computer. With an organised file naming system (and folders as well if you like, personally I prefer to minimise on folders and use the file naming system as a sort of virtual folder structure). A document scanner that is suitable for this is fairly cheap nowadays and many multi-function devices are also available.
So why scan to pdf rather than just standard jpg, tif, bmp or other image format files. Mostly as this is a convenient and standard document format which will store multiple page documents. That combined with the ready availability of programs to convert word documents to pdf also means that you can keep all correspondence in a single format and read it with a single application whether you use Adobe Acrobat or smaller and faster pdf applications such as Foxit or Sumatra.
There are a few quite to very expensive document management applications available to do this job so it is nice to find a freeware solution which will meet the needs of most home users if used with an appropriate file naming/folder storage method.
What Does It Do – The Essentials?
Summary:
- Scanning Interface for single or multiple pages
- Other images can be used to create pdf pages
- Text can be added where required
Pros: What’s Good?
Features & Benefits
- Freeware
- Easy to Use
- Multi-page documents
- Combine scans, images and text
- Rotate images if required
- Multiple images, scans and text on same page if required
- Simple or Pro mode
Cons:What’s Not So Good?
- Limited help
- Slightly clunky interface
- Language not fully implemented*
- Has a “work in progress” feel and needs some polishing
* Scan2PDF has been developed in German. Consequently some dialogs (warnings and others) are not in English although this is not a particular problem.
More About What it Does in Detail:
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Go to Page 3 for ProReviewer Summary
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December 24th, 2008 at 8:46 pm - Edit
So why scan to pdf rather than just standard jpg, tif, bmp or other image format files. Mostly as this is a convenient and standard document format which will store multiple page documents. That combined with the ready availability of programs to convert word documents to pdf also means that you can keep all correspondence in a single format and read it with a single application whether you use Adobe Acrobat or smaller and faster pdf applications such as Foxit or Sumatra.
January 18th, 2009 at 2:19 pm - Edit
Yes.. Who need everyday scanning and then converting images in to PDF this is form them. I think this is the best little programme for them.
February 5th, 2009 at 4:30 pm - Edit
interesting review, these little freeware programs are always interesting to look at
August 11th, 2009 at 10:50 pm - Edit
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August 13th, 2009 at 4:04 am - Edit
Very nice presentation, I didn’t know that we can use it for education as well.
March 6th, 2010 at 1:24 pm - Edit
i can keep all correspondence in a single format and read it with a single application whether you use Adobe Acrobat or smaller and faster pdf applications such as Foxit or Sumatra.