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The Neat Company NeatScan To Office Scans to Excel Outlook Word and PowerPoint (White) | 
| Brand: The Neat Company
List Price: $279.95
Buy New: $179.99
as of 11/23/2009 01:18 CST details
You Save: $99.96 (36%)
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Seller: lookslikeadeal
Rating:  24 reviews
Format: CD
Color: White
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: N/A
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 14 x 10 x 4
nv:Scanner Type: Sheetfed
Optical Resolution: 600 dpi
Maximum Document Size: 1 x 1 up to 8.5 x 14 (up to 30 long)
Interface Connectivity: USB 2.0
Power Source: USB Powered
MPN: 00179
Model: 00179
UPC: 899061000179
EAN: 0899061000179
ASIN: B001CQDOR2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Installs a Scan button in all your MS Office applications | | • | Scans directly to Office applications | | • | Mobile, easy to carry scanner goes everywhere | | • | Boost productivity and cut down on re-typing, cutting and pasting |
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Product Description
With the Neat Scan To Office toolbar, you can scan directly into Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint. You can edit documents in Word, manage contacts in Outlook, create expense reports in Excel, and add images or text to PowerPoint presentations. Scan to Excel, automatically reads and captures vendor, date, total, sales tax and payment type. Scan to Outlook, automatically capture contact information and image of card. Also information from documents is placed into calendar entries, notes and task. Scan to Word; transform printed documents into Word files that are editable. Scan to PowerPoint; places color images and text into presentation slides. Scan to PDF, creates searchable PDF files from any application. Scanner Specifications - Portable color/grayscale/B&W CIS USB powered, no external power supply needed Maximum Resolution - 600 dpi Unit Dimensions - 10.8 W x 1.6 D x 1.3 H; Weight - 10.6 oz Scan Area - 1'' x 1'' up to 8.5 x 14'' Speed - approximately 3-4 receipts per minute System Requirements - Microsoft Windows XP or Vista (64 bit is not currently supported) Pentium IV 1.3 GHz or later 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended with Windows Vista) 100 MB hard disk space to install CD-ROM drive Available USB port
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 24
 Pretty Disappointing - cute but a little deceiving October 28, 2009
W. Long (Seattle, WA USA)
I was pretty happy with it at first. But I wanted to have you beware that although the progressing bar in the video seems to show that it scans pretty quickly. It's not true. It's not really a bar that shows progress. It just keep going down and up, but doesn't tell you how many % is done. You have to wait for it to scan and wait for it to convert. So that's kinda deceiving and annoying.
Then what's even more annoying is that the scanned page keep showing two lines vertically down the page. I've tried the dry cleaning sheet multiple times at first and it worked. But then it didn't work and I have to use the alcohol sheet to clean. Now that can only be used once and the lines keep showing up again. I cleaned three times and it's still as bad.
I'm getting frustrated with this scanner... Afterall, I've only mainly used it for scanning pdf. I'm starting to wonder if I should have tried the pentax or iriscan instead.
At least, I don't think this NeatScan to Office should be so expensive. Just in the buying process was annoying enough. I have to exchange it for multiple times just because it keep showing up with stains on the surface of the scanner.
 Intelligent scanning and OCR simply doesn't work July 30, 2009
Ian Courville (Sausalito, California)
I entered 100 receipts and it scanned 5 correctly. It's completely incompatible with Quickbooks. The stated features are grossely overstated. As far as I am concerned, I wasted $300 thinking it was actually doing what it says it does. The recognition is so unreliable it's essentially useless and all ought to be entered by hand instead. It's hard to customize too.
 Neat gets it July 2, 2009
esanta (San Jose, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This new NeatScan to Office product contains the same hardware you will find in the NeatReceipts Mobile Scanner and Digital Filing System or the NeatReceipts Mobile Scanner and Digital Filing System for Mac, but instead of the full version of software, it comes with plugins for the Windows version of Microsoft Office.
The box contains the scanner itself, a USB to mini USB cable and a cardboard folder holding calibration paper, cleaning paper, a single use wet cleaning pad, a soft carry pouch and the software CD.
The scanner itself is amazingly small and draws its power from the USB connection, so it doesn't require a power brick and desk clutter is reduced to an absolute minimum. You probably won't find a scanner with a smaller footprint, and you won't think twice about slipping it into your suitcase when going on business trips, so you can get a headstart on filing your expense reports (if you plan on traveling with the NeatScan, consider purchasing the Travel Case).
The software installs in a couple of minutes; it adds a NeatScan toolbar to Microsoft Office applications, from which you can control scanning. Configuration could not be simpler, and after a quick run of the calibration sheet you're ready to go. When scanning to Excel, you can use "Neat Sheets", templates allowing the software to know how to locate and assign information (this is geared towards filling up expense reports, but can be customized easily to perform a variety of tasks). When scanning to Word, OCR is performed automatically and results in an editable text document.
Scanning a letter-size page takes around 10 seconds. OCR processing can take about a minute on a complex page. The scanner is capable of passable color results with photographs, but it's clearly not its strongest point. The two buttons on top (Scan and PDF) trigger a scan (or scan to PDF) into the currently active Microsoft Office application (if available).
If you wish to upgrade to the full version of the NeatReceipts software, or if you're switching to a Macintosh, you can purchase the corresponding software directly from the company's web site (neatco dot com), and use it with this scanner.
This product is amazingly easy to use, and the Neat Company has quite a knack for crafting excellent software. If you need a scanner mainly for document archival and expense reports, it just can't be beat for the price. If you have lots of documents to scan, consider the more expensive NeatDesk scanner which is faster, easier to feed and supports duplex scanning.
A handy way to scan in documents June 12, 2009
L. Staley (Washington, DC area)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This product's set up was pretty easy. They included useful instructions. It did need to be calibrated a second time before it would work and scan adequately, but that may have been human error.
We used it to scan a paper copy of a word processing document. It did pretty well, a little better than average. It translated the document well into digial format, except for the parts that had been written on (with which you would expect to have less than optimal results) and where it would just insert extra returns.
It's small and portable, which is nice. My husband is thinking about asking his office to order him one for work. We give this a good recommendation, with the caveat that it is somewhat better than the average OCR program.
Great travel scanner April 17, 2009
NC Lib
Excellent product. Creates good scans and integrates with Office products as advertised. One of the best purchases I have made for travel equipment.
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