Microsoft Office Document Imaging Mac - How to Use? List Of Document Imaging Applications For Mac

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Microsoft Office Document Imaging Mac - How to Use? List Of Document Imaging Applications For Mac
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Microsoft Document Imaging

Microsoft Document Imaging is a document editing program that comes bundled with MS Office for Windows. It is a great tool for anyone who wants to scan faxes or documents, perform optical character recognition on images, scanned documents or fax, copy and export scanned images and text to MS Word and send scanned documents via fax or email.

Microsoft Document Imaging is an invaluable program in making digital copies of documents like attendance forms, time sheets, articles, tax documents and handwritten notes, etc. It is extremely handy and useful.

Any Windows user who has MS Office installed on his computer will also have Document Imaging on his computer (if he chose to install it during MS Office installation). Microsoft has created Mac version of MS Office that offers similar applications to Word, PowerPoint, etc., but unfortunately, they did not include Document Imaging in it. For some reason, Microsoft did not create it for Mac and even didn’t include it in Microsoft Office 2010 for Windows

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Document Imaging Programs For Mac

If you have used Document Imaging for Windows and now want to run it on your Mac, unfortunately you can’t do so but there are other similar options you can go for. There is a bunch of excellent document imaging applications for the Mac users, but they do not include the OCR feature. Here is a list of a few of them with links to download from the developer’s website:

1. DocHaven

Price: $99

Download: https://search.macupdate.com/search.php?keywords=developer:%2BHoly%20%2BMackerel%20%2BSoftware

2. Sonar Professional

Price: $495

Download: https://www.virginiasystems.com/

3. DocumentWallet

Price $29.95

Download: https://www.receiptwallet.com/products/documentwallet.php

4. Optix Scanning

Price: Call sales

Download: https://www.mindwrap.com/

5. Yep

Price: $39

Download: https://www.ironicsoftware.com/

6. DevonThink

Price: $79.95

Download: https://www.devon-technologies.com/products/devonthink/

7. EagleFlier

Price: $40

Download: https://c-command.com/eaglefiler/

8. Journler

Price: $34.95

Download: https://journler.com/

9. WorkingPapers Pro

Price: Call sales

Download: https://www.dominionsw.com/

OCR Programs For Mac

The above was a list of good document imaging programs for Mac without OCR. If you are particularly looking for OCR software to run on your Mac, here is a list of popular OCR software for Mac to consider

1. OmniPage Pro X For Macintosh

Price: $499

Download: https://www.nuance.com/imaging/omnipage/omnipage-macintosh.asp

2. AABBYY FineReader Pro for Mac

Price $99

Download: https://finereader.abbyy.com/

3. Readiris Pro 12 for Mac

Price: $167

Download: https://www.irislink.com/c2-1685-189/Readiris-12-for-Mac.aspx

4. Adobe Acrobat Pro

Price: $449

Download: https://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/

5. VueScan

Price: $39.95

Download: https://www.hamrick.com/reg.html

As you see, the prices of these applications vary very much. I would suggest that if you want a document imaging program for basic or home use then go for the cheapest one from the list. But if you are really looking for a professional program, then my recommendations are Dochaven and Readiris.

These were my lists of document imaging and OCR applications for Mac. If you know of any other good document imaging program for Mac, do share information about it in the comment box below.

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