Universal cataloger in Russian. Cataloguers. Recognizing text in scanned documents

Working with documents takes a lot of time from users, especially office workers. But there are many programs that can significantly optimize manual work when working with documents by automating some processes. Many of these solutions are easy to use, very convenient and inexpensive, and therefore available to a wide range of users. Such programs will be discussed in this article.

Organization of documents

Users who have to deal with a large number of electronic documents are familiar with the situation when, despite the strict system of directories and subdirectories, it takes a lot of time to find the right document. One of the options for solving this problem is the use of a special cataloging program, the main task of which is to organize and sort the data, which ultimately provides a quick search for the required information. There are a lot of such catalogers on the market, and all of them are focused on cataloging either disks, folders and files, or some highly specialized information (films, coins, stamps, etc.). For cataloging documents, any universal cataloger is suitable, which allows you to catalog folders and files of different types. The WhereIsIt package (http://www.whereisit-soft.com/) is considered the best among such solutions, but it is quite expensive, and its capabilities are clearly redundant for many users. Most people will be satisfied with the WinCatalog Standard package.

Another way is to combine related documents into complex hierarchically structured documents, stored within data files corresponding to these structures. In such structured documents, it is much more convenient to navigate and find the information you need due to both structuring and advanced search capabilities within the document. In addition, such structuring allows you to perform external search and search for documents by fragments of the text included in them. For example, the Maple package is intended for creating hierarchically structured documents.

WinCatalog Standard

Developer: WinCatalog.com

Distribution size: 1.62 MB

Work under control: Windows 95/98/2000 / Me / NT 4.0 / XP

Distribution method: http://www.wincatalog.com/ru/download/wincatalogs10ru.exe)

Price: RUB 200

WinCatalog Standard is an easy-to-use multifunctional cataloguer with a clear Russian-language interface (Fig. 1). The package allows you to catalog data from any storage media that can be connected to a computer: floppy disks, hard and network drives, regular CD and audio disks, Zip disks, etc. With it, you can sort and organize any folders and files, regardless of their location. You can enter data into the directory either manually (directly into virtual folders) or by scanning disks (including the Zip archives located there) - in this case, it is better to sort the folders and files extracted from disks from disks into virtual folders for convenient orientation, which, thanks to the support drag & drop operations will not take long.

Rice. 1. WinCatalog Standard interface

General directory management is easy and convenient. Dividing the data into thematic folders greatly simplifies the orientation, and the placement of folders and their nested elements can be easily changed by simple drag-and-drop. Advanced search (by name, comment, size and modification date; Fig. 2), which supports Boolean operations and the ability to select a specific folder for search, as well as taking into account keywords (they can be prudently added to individual elements of the catalog), allows you to quickly find the desired document and Find Duplicates removes duplicate items from the collection. Exporting all or part of the documentation catalog to a CVS file enables data processing in another application (for example, in MS Excel), and exporting to an HTML file is convenient for printing the catalog.

Rice. 2. Search for documents in WinCatalog Standard

Maple 6.25

Developer: Crystal Office Systems

Distribution size: Maple - 5.3 MB, Maple Professional - 5.89 MB

Work under control: Windows (all versions)

Distribution method: shareware (30-day demo: Maple - http://www.crystaloffice.com/maple.exe, Maple Professional - http://www.crystaloffice.com/maplepro.exe)

Price: Maple - $ 21.95, Maple Professional - $ 30.95

Maple is an easy-to-use document manager that allows you to combine diverse materials into hierarchical structures and get structured documents as a result: business plans, reports, analytical notes, brochures, etc. In such hierarchical trees of documents, diverse information is presented more clearly, and it is much easier to find any document than with standard cataloging. To view documents created in Maple, a special Maple Reader is required, which can be downloaded for free at: http: //www.crystaloffice .com / mreader.exe (2.51 MB). The package has a friendly interface (Fig. 3) and is so easy to learn that even the absence of Russian-language localization of the program will not become an obstacle for most users, and therefore this solution can be recommended to the widest audience.

Rice. 3. The interface of the Maple program

The manager is presented in two versions: basic Maple and extended Maple Professional. The main differences between the extended version include the presence of such additional functions as document search, grammar checking, file encryption and backup of hierarchical structures.

The basis of any document in Maple is a hierarchical tree of nodes, the nesting level of subnodes in which, as well as their number, is not limited. Each node is a separate document containing not only text (typed directly, pasted from the clipboard or imported from documents in RTF, DOC, WRI and HTML formats), but also tabular material, graphics, links to basic fragments of the final document or files, and etc. When preparing documents, a standard set of functions for working with text is provided: changing the type and size of a font, creating lists, formatting paragraphs, using styles, etc. Integration with MS Word allows you to use the spell checker built into MS Word to check grammar and find synonyms not only English, but also in Russian. The built-in backup system provides the ability to create compressed backups of hierarchical documents (in ZIP and CAB formats). The built-in encryption wizard helps you encrypt confidential documents using the Blowfish cryptographic algorithm. And the Finder search module allows you to quickly find the documents you need by name fragment, author, comments, content (Fig. 4), etc.

Rice. 4. Search for documents by content
in them the text in Maple

Quick access to documents

The technology of computer preparation of documents assumes that the created documents are used repeatedly in the future. For example, when developing a new document, you may need one or two paragraphs from yesterday's document, or the new document is generally a copy of the old one, but with changed variable information, etc.

Unfortunately, the user is far from always able to remember the name of the important document created the day before yesterday, and sometimes he has no idea where to look for it. Of course, you need to give documents meaningful names and save them, adhering to a clear cataloging, but, alas, it also happens differently, the reason for which is haste, distracting calls, etc. As a result, it can take a lot of precious time to find the document you want — it’s not at all a fact that you will be able to open it through the list of Windows links to the latest documents available through the “Start” menu. The fact is that this list:

limited to 15 documents - this means that the probability of getting into it documents, for example, a week ago, is practically zero;
does not allow you to locate the document if you remember part of the text, but forgot the name of the file;
does not include documents of the same name (but different), saved under the same name, but in different folders, which is important, for example, when working together on a document with the formation of several versions of it.

There is one more problem - the list of recent documents provided in Windows is one of the channels of confidential data leakage, since it can be used by any user (including an attacker) to find out about the nature of the owner's computer activities. Therefore, it is recommended to clean this list regularly, for example, using utilities to remove "junk" data from the disk. As a result, a seemingly paradoxical situation develops: if a user regularly destroys information about recently used documents for security purposes, then he loses quick access to them, and otherwise risks becoming a victim of intruders. However, there is a way out - you can use the specialized utility ActualDoc, which expands the capabilities of Windows in terms of working with the latest documents.

If the required document was created a long time ago and therefore cannot appear in the list of recently opened documents (both built into Windows and in the ActualDoc list), then you will have to resort to searching for it. Here another problem arises - as a rule, the user does not remember the name of the document (as well as the date of its creation), but he knows what keywords are found in the text. This means that you need to search for a document by fragments of the text included in it - alas, although this task can be solved with the built-in tools of Windows or, for example, Word, but very mediocre. And the point is not only that such a search is not entirely obvious and is carried out slowly - sometimes you can put up with it. It is much more important that not all files will be found - the morphological features of the Russian language will not be taken into account during the search, therefore, files will not be found in which the searched words have a different case ending. At the same time, specialized search utilities such as Snooper (http://www.isleuthhound.com/ru/), Superior Search (http://superiorsearch.ru/), Archivarius 3000 and Phoenix Search (http : //indexlab.net/) can quickly find the documents they need, no matter where they are. The Archivarius 3000 package seems to be the most attractive among the named solutions in terms of price / quality ratio.

ActualDoc 3.5

Developer: Flexigen Software

Distribution size: Standard - 4.1 MB, Professional - 3.6 MB

Work under control: Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista

Distribution method: Standard - freeware (http://www.flexigensoft.com/files/download/actualdoc-standard.exe), Professional - shareware (14 days demo - http://www.flexigensoft.com/files/download/ actualdoc.exe)

Price: Standard is free, Professional is $ 19.95

ActualDoc is a recent document manager that remembers used documents and provides quick and safe access to them. The program is simple and intuitive, has a friendly interface with support for the Russian language (Fig. 5) and practically does not require time to master, especially since it is accompanied by an exhaustive help system, and therefore can become an indispensable tool for both professionals and home users.

Rice. 5. ActualDoc program interface

ActualDoc keeps track of the downloads of an unlimited number of documents within a user-specified period (by default - 60 days), supports more than 40 file formats (text and graphic files, MS Office documents and HTML documents, PDF files, etc.) and allows you to quickly download any of them. Finding the required document in the program environment is not a problem. If the roll of the documents she memorized is relatively small, then you can select the document directly from the list. Otherwise, it is wiser to preliminarily limit the list of possible candidates by filtering it (filtering by time O interval, extension and category) or search by the name of the document (in general) or by a fragment of the text included in it (however, the search in the Russian text is not always successful). There is another way to quickly open the desired document - through the built-in bookmarks (the same as in Internet Explorer; Fig. 6), which can be assigned to individual frequently used documents and significantly speed up access to them, since there is no need to search. The selected document is available in the built-in viewer - for viewing, searching and copying, as well as in an external application - for editing and can be used for complete processing, selective copying of information from it or for sending the document by e-mail. In this case, the list of documents itself can be hidden from prying eyes and protected by a password - in this case, recently used files will not be displayed in the menu. Start -> Documents.

Rice. 6. Opening a document through a bookmark
in ActualDoc

The package comes in two versions: free basic Standard and paid Professional. The features of the free version do not allow viewing documents in the built-in viewers, using the search function (as a result, you can search for documents only visually by viewing the full or filtered list), create custom categories and edit bookmarks.

Archivist 3000 (3.82)

Developer: Likasoft

Distribution size: 3 MB

Work under control: Windows 95/98 / Me / NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista

Distribution method: shareware (30-day demo version - http://www.likasoft.com/download/arch3000-en.exe)

Price: student license - 195 rubles, personal license - 295 rubles, commercial license - 900 rubles.

« Archivarius 3000 "is an optimal solution for quick search of documents in 18 different languages (including Russian, English, German and French), targeted at a wide range of users. The program provides instant access to documents located on your hard drive, network and removable drives (CD, DVD, ZIP, etc.), and can work with all popular types of documents (PDF files, MS Office documents, text files, etc.) .). It can search archives (ZIP, RAR, etc.), mail messages (Outlook, Outlook Express, The Bat! And others) and attached files. In addition, it supports searching the Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino databases and the ICQ, Odigo IM, and Miranda IM message databases.

Along with the usual search by keyword or by a set of keywords, the program supports the advanced search mode using logical functions and can search documents not only by content, but also by file name, modification date, size, document type, encoding, etc. ( fig. 7). Thanks to full support for Unicode, the search is performed correctly not only in documents in one language, but also in multilingual documents (for example, with text in Russian and German languages at the same time). It is possible to remotely search for documents over the Internet with subsequent access to the found documents through any Internet browser, for example, through Internet Explorer. Search results can be presented in the excerpts mode, when the most significant (relevant) fragments of the selected documents are displayed with highlighting of the found words, and in the table mode, when brief information about the documents is displayed (Fig. 8), by which they can be sorted.

Rice. 7. Search for documents in the "Archivarius 3000" environment

Rice. 8. Options for presenting search results
in "Archivarius 3000"

Filling out standard documents

The preparation of standard documents takes up a significant part of the time for those users who, on duty, are engaged in the execution of various documents in insurance companies, banks, notary offices, companies providing various kinds of services, etc. As a rule, such documents are created in a text editor Word on the basis of initially developed basic documents, in which some variable information is simply replaced. There is nothing complicated about this, but with large volumes of documentation, errors are inevitable - for example, you can accidentally enter data in the wrong place, or erase a few words of the document, etc. Therefore, it is desirable that only those fields in which data should be entered were open for input, and all other text was blocked. The ability to create such documents in Word is provided by developers. It is enough to develop a series of templates for all standard documents used in the organization, prohibit changing permanent data for each template (command Service -> Set protection -> Prevent any changes, except for entering data into form fields) and train users to create documents from templates. For typical documents, where there is relatively little variable information, such templates will be quite enough to significantly speed up the process of preparing documents and reduce the risk of errors.

However, in practice, many standard documents are used, in which variable information occupies up to half of the volume, and some of the variable data in one form or another is repeatedly repeated (Fig. 9) - for example, full name. in different cases, writing for the entered dates or amounts, etc. In this case, the use of Word templates gives little benefit, since filling out documents even through templates will take a lot of time, because all variable data will have to be entered manually.

Rice. 9. An example of a document with a large volume
variable information

There is one more peculiarity of drawing up standard documents - it is often required to prepare more than one document, but several at once (for example, to draw up a bank agreement on opening a depository, three or four types of agreements are needed for signature). Thus, the same information has to be entered into different documents, which also takes a lot of time, and the likelihood of making an error increases accordingly. Much faster you can draw up such documents using specialized applications designed to automate the process of preparing standard documents, such as AutoDoc or Blitz Document. These applications are also based on the use of templates, which, unlike ordinary Word-templates, not only allow you to enter data in the designated fields (for which the user needs to fill out a set of forms with data), but also know how to transform the entered data in a programmed way, for example can replace the number with words, make declension of words and phrases by grammatical cases, etc. As a result, the necessary documents are filled out quickly, and the number of mistakes that can be made in this case is an order of magnitude less than in their traditional preparation in Word. In addition, the creation of standard documents through specialized solutions is also attractive because all created documents are automatically cataloged and in the future it is not a problem to find any of them, and the user is not required to know the intricacies of documentation, because all legal nuances have already been taken into account in the templates.

AutoDoc 1.2

Developer: EleWise

Distribution size: 6 MB

Work under control: Windows 2000 / XP / 2003

Distribution method: shareware (functionally limited demo version - http://www.auto-doc.ru/download/autodoc/AutoDoc_Demo.exe)

Price:"AutoDoc-Personal" - 1980 rubles., "AutoDoc-Server" - 2980 rubles., "AutoDoc-Client" - 1490 rubles.

"AutoDoc" is a program that allows you to automate and speed up the process of filling out standard documents using templates created using MS Word and a leading archive of documents and records made using these templates. The process of generating new documents in it is extremely automated - just select the required business scenario from the general list of scenarios (a business scenario means a customized template) and fill out an input form with the required data (Fig. 10). The created document can be viewed, saved, printed or opened in Word for further editing.

Rice. 10. Creating a document according to the script "AutoDoc"

The number of built-in scripts is small (Fig. 11), but it can be extended by custom scripts, the creation process of which is presented in detail and clearly in the help and is fully controlled by the wizard, and therefore is available to most users. Development of a new script involves performing five steps: entering the name of the script, creating a template, defining variables, setting up and testing the script and saving it for further editing (Fig. 12). At first glance, the preparation of a template may cause some difficulties, since it must be created manually in Word, and this requires knowledge of the scripting language. But in practice, everything is much simpler - it is enough to understand that variables are entered in curly braces, and the $ sign is set in front of them, the rest of the text is printed in the usual way (Fig. 13). New templates can be created not only from scratch, but also based on existing templates or ready-made documents - in the first case, you just need to change the script settings and test it with the changed settings, and in the second, open the finished document, replace the changing information with variables and specify it program as a template. Variables can be of several types, including those that allow:

enter data in several fields at once: full name, passport data, company details, etc .;
select a variable value from a set of values;
perform a variety of operations and conversions: calculate the percentage of a number or VAT of the amount, convert a number to a string, enter the current date, etc .;
indicate a word or phrase in a certain case, etc.

Documents created according to AutoDoc business scenarios are saved in the form of clearly structured records, and therefore at any time you can find the desired document by filtering or searching, view it, print it, regenerate it or delete it.

Rice. 11. Window "AutoDoc" with a list of groups of built-in
business scenarios

Rice. 12. Development of a new script in "AutoDoc"

Rice. 13. An example of a template text in "AutoDoc",
in which four variables appear: "number",
"Month", "organization" and "full name"

The program is supplied in two versions: single-user - "AutoDoc-Personal" and multi-user (network), represented by two modules - "AutoDoc-Server" and "AutoDoc-Client". In the single-user version, all system components are located on the local computer, and in the multi-user database of scripts, templates and records, it is installed on the server, and only the client part is installed on the user computers, which allows using all AutoDoc materials stored on the server.

Blitz Document 3.4.1

Developer: BlitzSoft

Distribution size: 991 kB

Work under control: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista

Distribution method: shareware (functionally limited demo version - http://blitz-doc.ru/insblitz.exe)

Price: RUB 500

Blitz Document is a compact program for the automatic compilation of standard documents using script templates. It allows you to quickly generate documents based on built-in templates, the number of which is more than 30 (Fig. 14), or custom scripts that can be developed based on built-in templates or blank layouts. Creating a document based on a ready-made script is extremely simple - just select the type of script and follow the instructions of the wizard, who will faithfully guide the user through all the stages of preparing the document (Fig. 15). The finished document can be viewed, printed, edited in the built-in text editor (you can correct both variable and permanent data) or open for editing in Word.

Rice. 14. List of built-in scripts Blitz Document

Rice. 15. Creating a script document
Blitz Document

The development of the created templates is a little more difficult, but it will also be within the power of most users. True, mastering this feature will take some time, since, unfortunately, the reference information attached to the program is designed for sufficiently trained users (it is very stingy and does not contain either illustrations or examples). Technically, the creation of a new template consists of two stages: the choice of a built-in template or layout, on the basis of which a new template will be developed, and the sequential correction of the constant and variable data included in it (Fig. 16). Permanent data is entered in their real form, but not directly into the text, but through dialog boxes. Variable information is also corrected in the course of the dialogue and is no longer entered directly, but replaced by variables with substitution marks, formatted taking into account the scripting language used in the program. Scripts can not only display the text entered when generating a document, but also modify it using a system of data substitution or transformation commands. For example, it is provided:

Rice. 16. Development of a new template based on the layout
in Blitz Document

declension of words and phrases by grammatical cases;
converting numbers to strings;
translation of calendar dates into strings;
carrying out any calculations used in legal and business documents;
changing the text depending on the value of the entered data, etc.

Documents created using Blitz Document are saved in structured accounting journals - this allows you to quickly navigate the documentation and almost instantly get access to the necessary materials, for example, to print them. In addition, documents can be grouped into virtual files, which is convenient for quick access to materials related to a specific subject or object appearing in the database.

Recognizing text in scanned documents

Users who often have to translate paper documents (pages of a book, newspaper, magazine or fax) into an electronic editable format cannot do without a character recognition system, or an OCR system (Optical Character Recognition), designed to automatically enter text on paper documents into a computer. In theory, you can use FineReader from ABBYY or CuneiForm from Cognitive Technologies - both are reliable in operation and have high recognition accuracy. But the FineReader package has a simplified and affordable version of ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Home Edition for home users, which makes it more attractive to a wider audience.

ABBYY FineReader 8.0

Developer: ABBYY Software

Distribution size: 40.5 MB

Work under control: Windows 98 / Me / NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP

Distribution method: shareware (demo version of FineReader Home Edition is missing, functionally limited demo version of FineReader Professional Edition - http://www.abbyy.ru/download/?param=45793)

Price: FineReader Home Edition - 990 rubles, FineReader Professional Edition - 3750 rubles.

ABBYY FineReader is an ideal solution for recognizing documents in which not only text is recognized, but also design, which ensures accurate transmission of tables, pictures and text breakdown into columns (Fig. 17). The program is easy to use, can recognize multilingual (179 languages are supported) and multi-page documents. It is possible to recognize the entire document as a whole or its individual pages. The result can be saved in one of the common formats: RTF, DOC, XLS, HTML, TXT or PDF. Possibility of step-by-step saving of recognition results to eliminate errors. OCR results can be exported directly to Microsoft Word, Excel, Lotus Word Pro, Corel WordPerect and Adobe Acrobat. The built-in spell checker (for 36 languages) will help speed up the check of the result, and the integration with Microsoft Word allows you to call the program directly from Word, without being distracted from working with the text.

Rice. 17. Result of document recognition
in ABBYY FineReader Home Edition

The program is presented in two versions: FineReader Home Edition, designed for novice users, and FineReader Professional Edition, aimed at professionals. The professional version allows you to control the recognition parameters (change the mode, carry out recognition with training) and has a richer set of recognition functions (recognition of PDF files, text taken with a digital camera, etc.). In addition, the Professional Edition provides more different save formats, added the ability to recognize barcodes and quickly recognize screenshots using the Screenshot Reader utility.

Converting documents from PDF-format

All technical documentation is delivered today in PDF format, which uses the free Adobe Acrobat Reader utility to view documents. But quite often there is a need to use fragments of PDF files when preparing your own documents or editing materials in PDF format (for example, an article, contract, report, etc.). In the first case, you will need to extract fragments of text and / or images from PDF files (theoretically, this can be done using the built-in Acrobat Reader tools, but with a very mediocre result). In the second case, you will have to convert PDF documents into an editable format (for example, into Word format) while preserving the design of the original document, which is not even provided in Acrobat Reader. In such cases, special utilities come to the rescue, of which the most attractive are the ABBYY PDF Transformer and PDF2Word packages (http://www.toppdf.com/pdf2word/index.html). We will consider the first of them - although it is more expensive, it has a Russian-language interface and allows you to convert PDF files into several editable formats, and it can correctly recognize not only English, but also Russian text.

ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0

Developer: ABBYY Software

Distribution size: 52 MB

Work under control: Windows 2000 (SP2 or higher) / XP / Server 2003

Distribution method: shareware (15-day demo version - http://www.abbyy.ru/pdftransformer/?param=35957)

Price: RUB 1490

ABBYY PDF Transformer is a utility for converting PDF documents into Microsoft Word document formats (Fig. 18), Excel, as well as HTML and TXT files. The package has an intuitive interface and is very easy to use, and therefore even novice users will be able to master it.

ABBYY PDF Transformer can convert any PDF files, including files without a text layer (such files are most often obtained from scanned documents and represent an image of text), and correctly processes PDF files containing any combination of supported languages (including Russian and English). The utility accurately preserves the design of the original document (pictures, tables, column layout, links) and allows you to manage conversion and saving options. For example, you can clearly define areas that should be perceived by the program as text or as an image (which is important for PDF files with complex design), save the finished document with the same design as in the original, or as a column of text (with or without pictures - optional), etc. If necessary, it is possible to selectively convert individual pages or even their fragments. In addition, ABBYY PDF Transformer can also perform reverse conversion, allowing you to create PDF files from Microsoft Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, Visio diagrams and HTML files, as well as from almost any application that supports printing a document (this is implemented via virtual printer PDF-XChange for ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0).

Gone are the days when the capabilities of an ordinary file manager were quite enough for convenient orientation among numerous folders and files. Modern computers only on a hard disk, the volume of which is in the tens of gigabytes, store an incredible amount of diverse information, where, in addition to the usual work materials, distributions, photographs, music, etc. appear. In addition, each user has his own collection of CDs and DVDs, quite it is possible that some of the information is stored on Zip disks, etc. It is obvious that no matter how convenient and reasonable system of organizing nested catalogs the user may come up with, it is simply unrealistic to understand such a mass of information, especially since the collections are growing rapidly.

This state of affairs means that in search of some kind of program, a good image, suitable for the occasion of a melody, etc. it takes a lot of time, which is unreasonable. And it's also good if you search, for example, the image will have only in certain directories of the hard disk. And if you need to find, say, a movie or a rarely used program, you will have to look through a lot of discs, each time inserting them into a CD-ROM, which will take a long time and will not be of use to the discs. However, the solution to the problem can be quite simple - you need to use a suitable cataloguer. The main task of cataloguers is to organize and sort data, for the user this means getting the ability to quickly find the information you need, and if you find data on a CD or DVD, you don't even have to take out the corresponding disc. In parallel with this, there is a very simple opportunity to keep track of discs donated to friends or acquaintances, and at any time to be aware of who the disc was given to and whether it was returned. True, all this presupposes the preliminary filling of the catalog and entering into it the information of interest - you need to scan CDs, fill in the database of music files or images, etc., but you cannot do without it.

What are cataloguers

Studying programs designed to catalog data, you can immediately notice one important point. Some cataloguers are focused on automatic scanning of disks and folders and therefore are distinguished by a very fast way of filling the collection, and the range of information they automatically fill in is quite wide and can cover not only the name, location and other characteristics, but also include file descriptions. Such descriptions of "protection" inside MS Office, HTML and Adobe Acrobat documents, sound files, images, files File_id.diz, Descript.ion, 00index.txt, Files.bbs, etc. can later be very useful for searching and identifying data ... Other cataloguers are a kind of shell for managing specialized databases and therefore require manual data entry for each item in the catalog, which can take a lot of time with a large collection. Naturally, the first and quite natural desire will be to choose some program from the first group and forget about the utilities of the second group forever.

However, not all so simple. Catalogers from the first group are universal and focused on keeping track of disks, folders and files, which may not be convenient enough, for example, for cataloging software, films, etc. and, in principle, will not be suitable for organizing collections of books, stamps, coins, etc. Cataloguers of the second group allow you to manage any collections without restrictions (and taking into account the specific points characteristic of accounting for the data of a particular group), and in some cases they implement certain automation techniques to speed up data entry.

The WhereIsIt package is the generally recognized leader in the first group of catalogers, although there are several equally successful competing solutions (all of which are discussed in the article), which, although they differ in somewhat less functionality, have other advantages. For example, if we are talking about organizing large collections stored only on CD and DVD disks, then it is more convenient to use the CD Storage Master application - the collection will be more visual, and it will take less time to create it. In the case of small collections of home CDs and file resources stored on the hard drive, it makes sense to use the 10-Strike SearchMyDiscs program, which has a symbolic price and a Russian-language interface. The first group also includes image catalogers, which, although they stand apart, are also focused on the automatic filling of the catalog. The PicaJet package is rightfully considered the fastest and at the same time compact image cataloger.

As for the second group, it all depends on the type of collection and it is impossible to name the leader unambiguously. When it comes to cataloging software, the best solution in this class is the SoftCAT package. DVD Profiler is the preferred choice for managing large DVD collections. The most convenient solution for managing music collections is MediaMonkey, etc. In addition, if you wish, you can find specialized catalogers for other types of information, for example, for cataloging books - the Book Collector Pro package, games - Game Collector, coins - CoinManage, etc.

Universal catalogers

)

Price: $ 39.95

Work under control: Windows 95/98 / Me / NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP / 2003

WhereIsIt is the most popular solution for cataloging diverse data, of interest to both advanced users and beginners. The former will be attracted by the multifunctionality and wide possibilities of individual customization of the program, while the latter are supported by a series of wizards that allow performing the necessary actions almost completely automatically. The application has a convenient and well-thought-out user interface, supports all types of file systems, including FAT, FAT32 and NTFS, and allows you to catalog data from any storage media that can be connected to a computer: floppy disks, regular CDs and audio discs, DVD and ZIP drives, hard drives, network drives, etc. The program allows you to view lists of files and folders, conduct searches in accordance with the specified criteria, and also take into account data on your own and other people's disks. In addition, it supports plugins, so that the amount of help information extracted from files can be significantly expanded.

WhereIsIt can be used to catalog a variety of data, including CDs, music collections (MP3 and audio CDs), image collections, document backups, and more, handles huge amounts of information with ease and can manage hundreds of CDs, for example. The resulting directories, which can be several and which can be grouped, are saved in CTF files. The catalogs are compact and therefore can be easily transferred to another computer, and the search for the necessary information in them is carried out almost instantly. The program creates a detailed list of all cataloged files, folders and disks with their description, where, in addition to standard parameters in the form of name, size, date, etc. at the request of the user, a text description, a thumbnail, a category, etc. can appear. For ease of orientation, different types of information can be highlighted in different colors in accordance with the category, type of data source, etc. The quick search mode provides a search for data by their name or description, and the advanced search mechanism allows you to form complex search criteria, including those using boolean operations. The program supports the search for duplicate information in the catalog. The built-in report generator allows you to present all or only certain catalog information in a user-friendly form for output to a printer, fax, for export to other formats, for example, an Excel spreadsheet, an RTF document or a Web page, etc.

WhereIsIt supports over 60 file types and can extract descriptions from different sources: File_id.diz, Descript.ion, 00index.txt, Files.bbs files, text files, MS Office documents, images and audio files, including MP3 files, Adobe files Acrobat, executable files, font files, etc., although in reality, descriptions from some file types will be extracted only after connecting the appropriate plugins. The program can work with different types of archives, including ZIP, ARJ, RAR, CAB, LHA / LZH, TAR, ARC, ACE, ZOO, GZIP, BZ2 and SFX. Archived files can be displayed as folders, and the files inside them can be opened or checked out directly in the cataloging environment.

Developer: Cdstorager.com

Distribution size: 6.8 MB

Distribution method: http://www.cdstorager.com/setup/csm50demo.exe)

Price: CD Storage Master Standard - $ 29.95, CD Storage Master Professional - $ 59.95

Work under control: all Windows versions

CD Storage Master is a handy tool for cataloging CDs and DVDs and software that efficiently manages large collections and allows you to quickly find any CD. The package is presented in two editions: full - Professional and reduced - Standard, which lacks the module for generating covers, does not support custom categories, printing and exporting data, as well as searching for duplicate files.

The program is distinguished by an elegant interface, and it provides many interesting features that allow you to organize with maximum convenience both the cataloging process itself and further work with the catalog. It can work in the background, and the built-in Active Storage Monitor module automatically detects the appearance of a new disk that is not yet in the directory and immediately informs the user about it. The CD Cover Generator wizard will help you create and print a complete set of covers and labels for any CD, if necessary, you can automatically download the missing CD covers from Amazon.com. The disks themselves are placed into the catalog not just one after another, as is the case in many other cataloguers, but into subfolders according to their type (DVD, Data, Video CD and Audio CD) and additionally can be distinguished by user categories. As a result, to search for a specific disk, you can either go to the required type of disks and select a category, or start the search mode, which allows you to search for disks by a wide range of parameters: label, category, text description, volume name, volume, etc. The catalog, as well as the results of the current search, can be printed and / or exported to an HTML document or to an MS Excel file.

In the process of cataloging, CD Storage Master records not only standard information about files (names, size, creation time and modification time), but also metadata, and the list of file types from which the program can extract information is much larger than in analog programs. According to this parameter, only WhereIsIt can compete with CD Storage Master, and even if we take into account plugins. The list of formats supported in the extraction plan includes MS Office documents, Adobe Acrobat and HTML, audio files and various types of music files, executable exe files and libraries (* .dll, * .ocx), video files, images in all popular formats , including multilayer PSD-files, FLASH-files, etc. Supports work with archives in RAR, ZIP, CAB, ARJ, LZH, LHA, ACE, TAR, GZIP, BZ2, JAR, GZ, RPM, Z, TAZ, TGZ formats And ARC including self-extracting archives. Archive files in a directory can appear as folders, and the files inside them can be opened or retrieved directly in the program environment.

Developer: WinCatalog.com

Distribution size: 1.65 MB

Distribution method: shareware (functionally limited demo English version 1.52 - http://www.wincatalog.com/download/wincatalogs_setup.exe/wincatalogs_setup.exe, Russian version 1.1 - http://www.wincatalog.com/ru/download/wincatalogs10ru. exe)

Price: English version 1.52 - 32 dollars, Russian version 1.1 - 200 rubles.

Work under control: Windows 95/98/2000 / Me / NT 4.0 / XP

WinCatalog Standard is an easy-to-use multifunctional cataloguer, which differs from analogs in that it successfully combines the possibilities of cataloging disks and folders with cataloging non-file elements: books, stamps, coins, etc. In other words, the program implements two diverse cataloging technologies at once: automatic scanning of disks and manual input of information into a classical database, and the user, accordingly, does not need to deal with two different programs.

WinCatalog Standard allows you to catalog data from any storage media that can be connected to a computer: floppy disks, hard and network drives, regular CDs and audio disks, ZIP disks, etc. In addition to scanning disks, the program allows you to add individual folders and files to the collection, as well as any other information, albeit in the form of user records. It is possible to track discs, books, etc. lent for a while - these elements are marked with a special icon and due to this they immediately catch the eye. To indicate the person to whom a disk or book has been given for a while, a contact database is used, and contacts can be imported from MS Outlook, so the data entry process is quick and convenient. The program implements scanning inside ZIP archives and adding them to the catalog as folders, automatic extraction of descriptions of ZIP archives, automatic extraction of descriptions for MP3, HTML and TXT files, retrieving information about Audio CD tracks from CDDB.

General directory management is easy and convenient. Dividing the data into thematic folders greatly simplifies the orientation, and the placement of folders and their nested elements can be easily changed by simple drag-and-drop. Advanced search, which supports boolean operations and the ability to select a specific folder for search, and takes into account keywords (they can be prudently added to all or to individual catalog items), will allow you to quickly find the item you are looking for, and duplicate search will remove duplicate items from the collection. The ability to export all or part of the collection to a CVS file will allow using the catalog data for processing in another application, for example, in MS Excel, and exporting to an HTML file is convenient, for example, for publishing on the Web or for printing.

Developer: ElcomSoft Co Ltd

Distribution size: 1.38 MB

Distribution method: shareware (30 days demo - http://www.elcomsoft.com/ADC/adc.zip)

Price: USD 20

Work under control:

Advanced Disk Catalog (ADC) is an extremely simple and convenient cataloger of various media information, mostly designed for unpretentious users.

The ADC package allows you to catalog disks, files and folders in accordance with user-specified categories and optionally adding comments to them (disks, files and folders) and can work with floppy disks, hard disks, CDs and ZIP disks. Support for archive files in ZIP, ARJ, RAR, CAB, ARC, ACE, LZH and TAR formats has been implemented, including self-extracting archives. The generated catalog contains a variety of reference information about cataloged data, including descriptions extracted from different file types: ID3 tags from music files, information about audio discs from freedb.org and online CD databases, descriptions from HTML files, Adobe PDF documents, and Microsoft Office, descriptions from executable modules (* .exe, * .dll, etc.) and from files.bbs, index.txt, file_id.diz, etc.

The catalog is compact, stored on disk as a file in the CAT format, can be replenished and updated indefinitely, and information about it can be presented in the form of an automatically generated report. The program allows you to search for files, folders, drives by name, location, date, size and category. In addition, it is possible to compare the cataloged disk with the original to identify deleted or obsolete files and search for duplicate files.

Developer: 10-Strike Software

Distribution size: 1,382 MB

Distribution method: http://www.10-strike.com/rus/searchmydiscs/searchmydiscs.zip)

Price: RUB 200

Work under control: Windows 95/98 / Me / NT / 2000 / XP / 2003

10-Strike SearchMyDiscs is designed for organizing not very large collections of CDs (about 100-200 pieces) and other file resources stored on a hard disk or CDs. The program has an intuitive Russian-language interface, practically does not require time to master, is offered for a symbolic price, and therefore can become an ideal solution for home users, who will be able to quickly navigate their collections and find the necessary disks and files.

10-Strike SearchMyDiscs unites all scanned disks and folders into a directory with saving all information about the file structure of disks and folders, taking into account the descriptions of files readme, file_id.diz, txt, MP3 tags, properties of files in AVI, EXE, DLL, JPG, GIF formats , BMP, PNG, TIFF and EXIF tags. If desired, disks, files and folders can be easily supplemented with the necessary text descriptions and thumbnails of pictures. The directory also includes compressed files in ZIP, RAR, ARJ, CAB and SFX formats, and the disks themselves can be organized into thematic groups, while the same disk can be included in different groups. The program supports two search modes for cataloged data: quick search for disks by name and / or description and normal search for files by description, category and mask.

Cataloged resources can be displayed by thematic groups, which is convenient for searching, or in the form of a tree-like directory of files and folders, which can be useful, for example, to create your own archive with programs grouped by categories and types. Both that and other information can be presented in a report automatically generated by the program, which is saved in TXT or HTML format, and its appearance and the nature of the information contained in the report are determined by the user.

Specialized catalogers

Developer: FNProgramvare

Distribution size: 5 MB

Distribution method: shareware (30 days demo - http://fnp.fileburst.com/softcatplus_setup.exe)

Price: US $ 29.95

Work under control: Windows 95/98 / Me / NT / 2000 / XP

SoftCAT is a shell for managing the software database, with which you can at any time find out what programs are at your disposal and where they are located, as well as find out important information concerning them: serial number, registration name, activation code, etc. ... Such a specialized cataloger will be useful to any user with a more or less large collection of software, and is absolutely indispensable for administrators installing software.

SoftCAT allows you to keep a scrupulous record of software, recording not only the basic data on the programs entered into the catalog, but also a variety of related information: version number, developer, platform, status, language, price, purchase option, home page address, distribution location, etc. NS. For the convenience of orientation, all programs are divided into categories accepted in standard software catalogs: "Business and Finance", "Graphics and Design", "Home and Study", etc., which can be edited if necessary. Such a soft catalog can cover programs that are both on permanent and removable media.

The program has an intuitive interface and easy-to-use, which is extremely important, given the tediousness of the initial filling of the catalog, since the data in most cases, like in any database, will have to be entered manually. However, this process can be to some extent accelerated due to auto-cataloging, thanks to which the program will independently scan the hard disk for programs already installed in the system and will automatically enter all the data available on them into the database - if necessary, you will only need to correct them. In the future, it is better to take it as a rule to combine the installation of a new program with its entry into the catalog.

If you can find time to fill in the database, then in the future, the search for the desired program, as well as registration and other data, will take almost seconds, because all software is divided into categories, and for quick access the system provides an alphabet, filtering, sorting and several search modes, including advanced search using boolean operations. The results of the most frequently used search settings can be saved. It is worth noting that, having found the desired application in the database, you can not only orient yourself regarding its location and related information, but also install it directly from the created database.

SoftCAT ensures complete security of registration information by closing the database with a password and the possibility of data backup by creating a backup copy of the catalog.

Developer: InterVocative Software, LLC

Distribution size: 3.9 MB

Distribution method: shareware (functionally limited demo version - http://static.intervocative.com/dvdpro/downloads/dvdpro.zip)

Price: US $ 29.95

Work under control: Windows 95/98 / Me / NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Server

DVD Profiler is a handy tool for managing large DVD collections that can be indispensable for video rental and DVD movie companies, but also for home DVD enthusiasts. Having cataloged your collection using this program, you can quickly navigate and find the desired disc, as well as receive detailed information about any DVD in a matter of seconds. At the same time, the application allows you to take into account not only the discs included in the collection, but also remember about ordered or planned DVDs.

The variant of organizing a DVD collection implemented in the program is very effective, since the overwhelming number of tedious operations of filling the database is performed by the program itself. There are two ways to add a new disc to the collection: using a scanner connected to a computer to enter the UPC code (Universal Product Code), which is more convenient in a company environment, or simply by inserting the disc into a DVD-ROM. You will have to insert the disc into the drive even if it does not have a UPC code. Practically no other action is required from the user, since the program will independently connect to the Internet and, based on the initial information about the disc, will receive all other information from the database on the developer's website, which is very extensive and includes over 150 thousand DVD movies. For each film, it contains detailed information: title, year, genre, languages, subtitles, cast list, covers, etc. In the absence of disk information in the database, of course, you will have to enter it manually. Manual entry will also be required when filling in personal information about the disc: notes, place of purchase, date of purchase, price, etc. Covers and other images for the disc can be obtained not only from the worldwide database, but also, if desired, entered independently, and the built-in image editor will allow you to perform the simplest editing operations with respect to scanned images, including rotation, cropping, etc.

Having created such a personal database, in the future it will not be difficult to find a disc in your own collection - it will be enough to use the advanced search or filtering capabilities. And the built-in report generator will help you to present the necessary part of the information from your own database in a convenient form and print it, which can be useful, for example, if you need a list of disks available in your collection or you need to take into account the total costs of purchasing planned disks, etc. NS.

Developer: FNProgramvare

Distribution size: 6.5 MB

Distribution method: shareware (30 days demo - http://fnp.fileburst.com/catvids_setup.exe)

Price: US $ 39.95

Work under control: Windows 95/98 / Me / NT / 2000 / XP

The CATVids package is intended for cataloging and managing video collection and is of interest both for companies dealing with a large number of video recordings (video studios, video rental companies, etc.), and simply for video lovers.

CATVids works with all types of media, including digital video discs, VHS tapes and laser discs, and the catalog it creates can include not only professional films, but also any other video recordings of interest to the user. The program allows you to take into account a wide range of information: video title, format, release year, publisher, date of purchase, price, user rating, etc. If desired, you can also store videodisc covers and portraits of actors in the database. The application is easy to customize for a specific user: you can change the names of the fields, hide unnecessary fields, and add the missing ones, on the contrary. To speed up and simplify the process of filling the video base, the program provides the ability to download information about famous films from the Internet.

The main task of managing such a database is to accelerate the search for data on a specific video, for which the system provides for the introduction of categories, filtering, multi-level sorting and several search options. However, these databases can be indirectly used for other purposes, for example, when generating reports, for which it is easy to use the report generator, when posting information about the range of video products, for example, on a website - for this, data export to HTML format is supported, etc.

Developer: Ventis Media, Inc.

Distribution size: 4.55 MB

Distribution method: MediaMonkey Standard - freeware (http://mediamonkey.ord.cachenetworks.com/MediaMonkey_Setup_2_5_1.exe), MediaMonkey Gold - shareware

Price: MediaMonkey Gold - $ 29.95

Work under control: Windows 98 / Me / NT / 2000 / XP

MediaMonkey is a convenient and multifunctional music organizer that is aimed at owners of large music collections and is rightfully considered one of the best such applications. The program allows you to catalog audio files in OGG, WMA, MPC, FLAC, APE, WAV and MP3 formats, which can be located both on a hard disk and on CDs and in a local network. It is distinguished by a convenient, intuitive and elegant interface, compact size (in comparison with applications of similar functions) and very high speed of work - all this together provides the ability to easily and efficiently manage even very large music collections of 50 thousand or more files.

MediaMonkey will quickly find (on disks, in the local network and on the Internet) music files and automatically distribute them into folders, focusing on the location of the files, artist name, album name, year, melody type and other parameters, which will provide convenient access to any library melody. The built-in navigator provides the ability to conveniently view files with their sorting and filtering, allowing, if necessary, to edit the data stored in ID3 tags. With the help of MediaMonkey, search is convenient and wide-ranging - you can search by artist name, song and / or album name and other information stored in ID3 tags, as well as by file size, length of audio recording and a number of other characteristics. Integration with Winamp, including support for Winamp plug-ins, provides listening to audio files in the usual mode, in addition, MediaMonkey can independently play music, and with automatic leveling of the volume of the played melodies. Support for work with playlists, which can contain up to several thousand songs with very different locations, allows you to always have a musical repertoire at hand for any occasion. In addition, MediaMonkey allows you to burn CDs through integration with Nero Burning Rom, convert music files to the desired format using the built-in audio converter, find duplicate files and sync your computer library with iPods and other portable audio devices.

The program is presented in two editions: free - MediaMonkey Standard and paid - MediaMonkey Gold. The latter is complemented by the ability to automatically update the library and synchronize with portable devices, advanced search and filter modes, support for working with virtual CDs and the presence of a sleep mode.

Developer: Picajet.com

Distribution size: 5.45 MB

Distribution method: shareware (15 days demo - http://www.picajet.com/en/index.php?page=download)

Price: US $ 39.95

Work under control: Windows 9x / Me / NT / 2000 / XP

PicaJet is a handy photo cataloging tool that allows you to import and catalog photos from a digital camera or scanner, or stored on your hard drive or on CDs and DVDs. Photos are divided into categories, each of which can include an arbitrary number of photos. Convenient dynamic zooming automatically zooms the view of your photos and makes them easier to view. Photos can be described and rated - both will be displayed below the photo when viewed. In addition, images are automatically combined into groups according to various criteria: date, rating, source of import.

The advanced search mode allows you to quickly locate photos according to any search criteria. By default, the search is performed only by the image description, category or file name - in this case, all found photos are displayed without grouping. If desired, you can search for pictures only in the selected list of categories. However, it is often more convenient to take into account a particular grouping option when searching and search for images in accordance with a given criterion, but within a specific group. PicaJet can sort images by rating, description, file size, import date, and a host of other metrics, which can speed up the process of finding the images you want, and also allows you to search for duplicates.

The list of program features includes automatic correction of brightness, contrast and illumination and the ability to crop and rotate images, and the built-in quick correction mode allows you to perform these operations in relation to a whole group of images at once. If necessary, the program can convert images into one of the main graphic formats (JPG, BMP, TIFF, GIF, PNG, TGA) with a given compression ratio.

Additional features of the PicaJet Photo Album include backing up the created photo album to a CD or DVD, making it available online, and sending individual images with automatic file size adjustments by email.

WinCatalog is a universal program for cataloging entire disks, individual folders and files, incl. music, movies and books, as well as any other elements on the computer.

Automatically creates a unified directory from all user drives and provides direct access to stored files at any time without the presence of the media itself.

WinCatalog, using efficient sorting methods, will help the user to put a complete order among the accumulated data. And thanks to the use of an advanced search algorithm, finding the information you need among dozens of copied media takes a matter of seconds.

WinCatalog functionality

The main task of the program is to organize the catalog using virtual folders, tags (categories) and custom notes. WinCatalog will execute:

scanning and copying of information;
automatic extraction of tags and metadata;
catalog creation and storage management;
exploding parts of the collection using Drag'n'Drop;
individual comments for each element;
quick search with advanced filtering;
built-in preview of graphic thumbnails;
maintaining a list of contacts of persons to whom the disc was given;
generation and export of reports, contacts, and Unicode support.

The program supports several types of copying file items, as well as adding non-file items as custom entries. After copying the information, its structure will become available in the left pane of the main window, and the content - in the middle. When you click on a specific document, brief information about it, attributes and possible thumbnails will be displayed on the right side of the interface.

Features of WinCatalog

Unlike other cataloguers, it provides:

Add unlimited files without sacrificing performance.
Fully customizable information processing options, incl. scanning system folders.
A sophisticated search engine that supports the parallel launch of any number of queries.
Rapid data refresh when changing content without including unchanged files.
A special account of contacts with records of acquaintances who temporarily use disks.

Organization of documents

WinCatalog Standard

Developer: WinCatalog.com

Distribution size: 1.62 MB

Work under control: Windows 95/98/2000 / Me / NT 4.0 / XP

Distribution method: http://www.wincatalog.com/ru/download/wincatalogs10ru.exe)

Price: RUB 200

Rice. 1. WinCatalog Standard interface

Rice. 2. Search for documents in WinCatalog Standard

Maple 6.25

Developer: Crystal Office Systems

Distribution size: Maple - 5.3 MB, Maple Professional - 5.89 MB

Work under control: Windows (all versions)

Distribution method: shareware (30-day demo: Maple - http://www.crystaloffice.com/maple.exe, Maple Professional - http://www.crystaloffice.com/maplepro.exe)

Price: Maple - $ 21.95, Maple Professional - $ 30.95

Rice. 3. The interface of the Maple program

Rice. 4. Search for documents by content
in them the text in Maple

Quick access to documents

limited to 15 documents - this means that the probability of getting into it documents, for example, a week ago, is practically zero;
does not allow you to locate the document if you remember part of the text, but forgot the name of the file;
does not include documents of the same name (but different), saved under the same name, but in different folders, which is important, for example, when working together on a document with the formation of several versions of it.

ActualDoc 3.5

Developer: Flexigen Software

Distribution size: Standard - 4.1 MB, Professional - 3.6 MB

Work under control: Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista

Price: Standard is free, Professional is $ 19.95

Rice. 5. ActualDoc program interface

Rice. 6. Opening a document through a bookmark
in ActualDoc

Archivist 3000 (3.82)

Developer: Likasoft

Distribution size: 3 MB

Work under control: Windows 95/98 / Me / NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista

Distribution method: shareware (30-day demo version - http://www.likasoft.com/download/arch3000-en.exe)

Price: student license - 195 rubles, personal license - 295 rubles, commercial license - 900 rubles.

Rice. 7. Search for documents in the "Archivarius 3000" environment

Rice. 8. Options for presenting search results
in "Archivarius 3000"

Filling out standard documents

Rice. 9. An example of a document with a large volume
variable information

AutoDoc 1.2

Developer: EleWise

Distribution size: 6 MB

Work under control: Windows 2000 / XP / 2003

Distribution method: shareware (functionally limited demo version - http://www.auto-doc.ru/download/autodoc/AutoDoc_Demo.exe)

Price:"AutoDoc-Personal" - 1980 rubles., "AutoDoc-Server" - 2980 rubles., "AutoDoc-Client" - 1490 rubles.

Rice. 10. Creating a document according to the script "AutoDoc"

enter data in several fields at once: full name, passport data, company details, etc .;
select a variable value from a set of values;
perform a variety of operations and conversions: calculate the percentage of a number or VAT of the amount, convert a number to a string, enter the current date, etc .;
indicate a word or phrase in a certain case, etc.

Rice. 11. Window "AutoDoc" with a list of groups of built-in
business scenarios

Rice. 12. Development of a new script in "AutoDoc"

Rice. 13. An example of a template text in "AutoDoc",
in which four variables appear: "number",
"Month", "organization" and "full name"

Blitz Document 3.4.1

Developer: BlitzSoft

Distribution size: 991 kB

Work under control: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista

Distribution method: shareware (functionally limited demo version - http://blitz-doc.ru/insblitz.exe)

Price: RUB 500

Rice. 14. List of built-in scripts Blitz Document

Rice. 15. Creating a script document
Blitz Document

Rice. 16. Development of a new template based on the layout
in Blitz Document

declension of words and phrases by grammatical cases;
converting numbers to strings;
translation of calendar dates into strings;
carrying out any calculations used in legal and business documents;
changing the text depending on the value of the entered data, etc.

Recognizing text in scanned documents

ABBYY FineReader 8.0

Developer: ABBYY Software

Distribution size: 40.5 MB

Work under control: Windows 98 / Me / NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP

Distribution method: shareware (demo version of FineReader Home Edition is missing, functionally limited demo version of FineReader Professional Edition - http://www.abbyy.ru/download/?param=45793)

Price: FineReader Home Edition - 990 rubles, FineReader Professional Edition - 3750 rubles.

Rice. 17. Result of document recognition
in ABBYY FineReader Home Edition