30 GEN 2022 · While few can argue about the ecological benefits of going paperless, it seems no one is talking about the cost savings of doing so. These savings can help both businesses and individuals alike. Some of the ways are even a bit subtle. While there is still costs associated with storing digital documents (wear and tear of disk space, electricity, etc.) these are minimal compared to the cost of storing standard paper documents. Paperless is a bit of a misnomer as no organization will be able to go completely paperless. Governments still require certain documents in the paper form. But even governments are catching the digital document wave. You can now file your taxes in digital form, and it is the preferred method by the government.

28 GEN 2022 · In this age of trying to be more ecologically friendly, the reduction of paper is a major concern. People are becoming conscious of using less paper, which will reduce the demand for trees. This effort has led the way towards going paperless. Here are some tips on how to make the transition. Buy a high-end scanner, with good OCR technology. You can buy a cheap scanner but without the ability for it to recognized the words, you won’t be able to index the document easily. You would have to revert to creating keyword summaries. While these keywords can help find your documents, you have to make sure the keywords used are comprehensive enough to find. A decent OCR software gives you the ability to turn the scanned document into a word processing document

26 GEN 2022 · When the Personal Computer first arrived on the scene, the media heralded it as the Paperless Age. What happened is quite the opposite: paper usage tripled. Anyone who can remember those days will remember the screens of the computers were small. It could not fit full-sized documents. Managers had to scroll left-and-right as well as up-and-down. Presentations were equally difficult for this reason. Managers would have their staff print out multiple copies for meetings or presentations. Managers also discovered that computers could easily create multiple types of reports. These reports would be much more time-consuming and difficult to do manually. Computers can crunch numbers, summarize, flip the numbers, and print out all kinds of derivations of the report

24 GEN 2022 · Google Drive is a great tool to help people wanting to go paperless. For starters, it exists in the cloud. It contains several document creation software packages that can be used right from the interface. It also gives you 15 gigabytes of storage. If you need more, you can purchase one of their plans. Google Drive integrates with your Gmail account. This feature means you can save attachments directly to your Drive account, which makes you potentially more productive over time. The core software that comes as a default with your Drive account includes a spreadsheet program, a word processor, and a slideshow program. As extensions, they include a forms manager, drawing app, and a mind map app.

24 GEN 2022 · Google Drive is a great tool to help people wanting to go paperless. For starters, it exists in the cloud. It contains several document creation software packages that can be used right from the interface. It also gives you 15 gigabytes of storage. If you need more, you can purchase one of their plans. Google Drive integrates with your Gmail account. This feature means you can save attachments directly to your Drive account, which makes you potentially more productive over time. The core software that comes as a default with your Drive account includes a spreadsheet program, a word processor, and a slideshow program. As extensions, they include a forms manager, drawing app, and a mind map app.