I also just purchased the Fujitsu ScanSnap. It’s less useful in applications like PowerPoint where you’ve already created the file and just need to get it into EagleFiler. I have just begun to scan my immense quantity of paper and are just starting to organize my records in EagleFiler. Personally, I think the capture key is most useful in applications like Safari or Mail where you want EagleFiler to create a new file based on what you have selected. ![]() You can already import from those applications via drag and drop and other means so the script is more about adding a (potential) convenience than new functionality. Writing a capture script for an application lets you import the current file from that application by pressing F1. Would building the kind of custom script provide anything further? As of now, I can move them into EF but have them open in an external viewer with the original app, or I can print them to pdf, which allows them to be viewed within EF. I could invest some time figuring out the script stuff if there were a payoff, but I’m not sure there is one. You can enter the contents of the file, choose which library and folder it’s saved in, and set metadata such as the tags, label, and notes. ![]() The new Quick entry hotkey lets you create a new RTF or text file from from within any application. Since I use PowerPoint, KeyNote, Excel, and Mellel, I want to be sure that EF does as much as it can with them. This is a free update that includes the following enhancements: Highlights. Is there a problem with (or an argument against) having identical libraries on an iMac and MacBookPro, and then synchronizing them routinely with, e.g., Chronosynch? I have had enough problems using iDisk (slow and erratic synchronizatons) as to be a bit leery of that approach. To what kind of application, then, does the script option apply? However, I assume that does not apply to things like PowerPoint, KeyNote, Excel, and Mellel, or EF would already have the mechanisms in place. The documentation describes how to write scripts for capturing other kinds of applications. We now store documents, pictures, sound files, video. Gone are the days when the sum total of the data on our computers was a 5 1/4 floppy of WordPerfect files. If I create a note for some document, is its usefulness in the future tied to continuing to use EF? I see that it appears in a separate file, but if I were to transfer an entire Library to a machine that didn’t have EF, my impression is that I would not ever see a given note again unless I just happened to read some of the odd rtf files out of curiosity. Like a lot of people, I’ve been coming to the slow realization that I need a way to organize my digital life. What is the worst that can happen if one accidentally moves files and folders around in Finder rather than within EagleFiler? Is there a simple Rebuild action? This error strikes me as something I could easily do. ![]() In reading documentation, however, I was looking for “gotchas” or things to be worried about. I am rapidly coming up to speed on EF, which is very impressive.
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