PDF File Mgmt. Question

Posted by Ken
Mar 2, 2021 at 10:45 PM

Leib Moscovitz wrote:
With regard to scanning and manipulating PDFs in almost every way
>imaginable, I very highly recommend PDF-XChange (Tracker Software); they
>have multiple editions, offering a very wide variety of features at
>different prices, which address the needs of varied types of users. I
>might add that their service is splendid, and their software (in all
>editions) is very reasonably priced.
> >I don’t know about their OCR, as the edition I use has limited OCR
>functionality, although they apparently improved this functionality
>significantly in the newest version. However, for really complex OCR, I
>recommend very highly ABBYY reader, which, judging from my experience
>and that of some of my colleagues who deal with such things in
>extension, leaves many if not all competitors in the dust.
> >Finally with regard to organizing your PDF files, a trick which I found
>extremely helpful - assuming, of course, that you organize the files in
>regular directories and subdirectories rather than, say, importing them
>into a program like UltraRecall - is to use the free four-quadrant file
>manage Qdir. Each quadrant can contain multiple tabs for difference
>directories, and you can, in effect, organize quadrants by “themes” -
>say, one quadrant for directories of personal files, another for
>academic files, another for financial files, etc. Thus, if you scan by
>default to your desktop, it is very easy to drag and drop the resulting
>PDFs into appropriate predefined locations by using Qdir’s quadrants as
>described above.

Thanks for the additional recommendations. I am familiar with Free Commander, but have not heard of Qdir. Sounds interesting.

—Ken