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Steps for Creating a Paperless Home Office

Productivity Bits

Simply configure your scanner software to use optical character recognition (OCR) to automatically turn every scanned document into a searchable PDF, which allows you to find documents by searching for words they contain. Does it contain important information that you will need to reference later? Then place it in the scan pile.

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The Three Day Productivity Retreat Everyone Needs

Productivityist

All the books you’ll need to reference. Maybe you want to get out of credit card debt by a certain date. Completely Out of Credit Card Debt—August 15. To help you out, I’d like to give you a PDF that breaks down this entire process in more detail. Grab the 3 Day Productivity Retreat PDF here.

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Snail Mail 101

Clutter Coach

Keep files you refer to near your desk. Also shred credit card applications. You can download PDF copies and keep them on your computer. Things you are keeping that you don’t need to: receipts that are not for tax purposes or under-warranty purchases. old catalogs. paid bills*. Shred every day. Shred as you go.

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Tips to Go Almost Paperless - Productive & Organized

Stephanie LH Calahan

.)  Statistics show that 80 percent of the information we keep, we never refer to again.    Eliminate a lot of paper by having your statements sent to you electronically in PDF format.    Do you really need to have it?   Most banks now offer this service for free.

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Best Business Technology for Small Businesses & Their Owners (28 ideas from them to you!)

Stephanie LH Calahan

My scanner serves all these purposes -- scan a document in and you can then e-fax it over the internet, print out a copy, edit it directly through OCR software, save it as a PDF and toss the paper. Evernote allows me to upload, add, bookmark, etc anything that I would like to store as a "note" for future reference.