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Batch Convert Office Documents to PDF

If you have Microsoft Office or OpenOffice installed, you can use SimpleIndex to automatically convert MS Office documents to PDF files for archival. PDF files are better for archival than editable formats like Word and Excel. They can be annotated, encrypted, searched and viewed with free PDF readers.

There are many free applications that let you convert documents to PDF one at a time. SimpleIndex lets you convert thousands of files at once while it also extracts data from the text for indexing or data entry automation. This feature is ideal for migrating or archiving Office documents to SharePoint, document management systems and custom web applications.

SimpleIndex can read data from filled-in PDF forms and use it to index documents, export to CSV, XML or any database. SimpleIndex can also fill in blank PDF forms using data extracted from documents or contained within a database or Excel file.

SimpleIndex Tips & Tricks – Creating PDFs from XML or JSON Data

Thursday, 29 January 2026 by Simple Software
Fill out forms or create human-readable PDFs from electronic transactions More and more transactions that used to be document-centric are now taking place electronically using XML or JSON structured data files. However, the archives for these transactions may still use document management tools. For example, Accounts Payable Invoices may be sent as data files for
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SimpleIndex Tips & Tricks – Document Separation

Tuesday, 02 December 2025 by Simple Software
OMR Document Separation Fast, accurate document separation without barcode separator sheets A unique but lesser-known feature of SimpleIndex is the ability to separate documents with Optical Mark Recognition (OMR). Many document capture applications have OMR, but few use that capability to do document separation. It offers a huge opportunity to save on document preparation costs
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SimpleIndex Tips & Tricks Handprint Recognition

Thursday, 30 October 2025 by Simple Software
Did you know that SimpleIndex can read handwriting? Now you do! SimpleIndex 11.4 gives you the option to read all kinds of handwriting. This can be done with both the FineReader and the AWS Textract OCR engines. FineReader works best with forms that have letter boxes or combs to ensure that they are filled out
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Automatic Form Alignment

Tuesday, 07 October 2025 by Simple Software
Big improvements to OMR and Zone OCR in SimpleIndex 11.4 If you have tried to do checkbox recognition with scanned forms, you are probably aware of how sensitive they are to any minor differences in the image. This is especially the case if they are not all scanned on the same device. Any shifting or
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Take control of Sales Tax exemption forms

Monday, 14 November 2022 by Simple Software
Automatically fill and file sales tax forms Ben Franklin once noted, “…nothing is certain except death and taxes.” In the case of state sales taxes, they may be unavoidable, but managing your customers’ sales tax exemption forms and making sure you’ve sent current exemption certificates to your vendors doesn’t have to feel like a terminal
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Large Documents (>500 pages) are Slow to Process

Thursday, 06 February 2020 by Cary Wiedman
When working with PDF image files containing a high number of pages (typically in excess of 500, but can vary by file and PC running the job) SimpleIndex may run into performance issues as it attempts to hold all of those pages in memory and perform the requested operations (full-text OCR in particular can tax
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How to activate SimpleView?

Wednesday, 04 September 2019 by Simple Software
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete SimpleView Application reference. Activation Instructions SimpleView Option A – New SimpleIndex Installation: If you are installing SimpleView on the Windows computer for the first time first download SimpleIndex from the SimpleIndex Demo Installation Link.Once the SimpleIndex software has been downloaded install the software from the downloaded installation file. During the
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How to activate any Add-on or Upgrade to SimpleIndex?

Friday, 30 August 2019 by Simple Software
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Licensing & Activation reference. SimpleIndex Add-on Option A – New SimpleIndex Installation: If you are installing SimpleIndex on the Windows computer for the first time first download SimpleIndex from the SimpleIndex Download Page. Once the SimpleIndex software has been downloaded install the software from the downloaded installation file. During the
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TaxStacker: Sort & Classify Federal Tax Documents

Friday, 16 August 2019 by Cary Wiedman
This is a great way for accountants and tax preparers to organize complex tax returns in a way that makes it easy to find specific documents. It can also be used to ensure all required schedules and supporting documents are present in the finished return. Use our out-of-the-box TaxStacker configuration to automatically identify all the
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Check and Repair All PDF Files

Monday, 29 July 2019 by Simple Software
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete PDF reference. You can set SimpleIndex to assume that it needs to check every PDF file and fix it. Go to this location in the Windows Registry: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\SimpleIndex\Misc Create a New String Value called “FixAllPDF” and set the value to 1
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Keep Pages in Original Order when Bookmarking

Monday, 29 July 2019 by Simple Software
If you want to keep all the pages in the same order that they were imported, even though they all go with different bookmarks then do the following. 1.  Open the configuration in Notepad.2.  Search for <BOOKMARK_PAGE_ORDER>3.  Change this line from “false” to “true”:  <BOOKMARK_PAGE_ORDER>true</BOOKMARK_PAGE_ORDER>4.  Save and close.
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Is SimpleIndex for Windows only? I’m a Mac user.

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Installation reference. Unfortunately SimpleIndex is for Windows only. This is true of most high speed document scanning applications, due to the fact that most document scanners only have Windows drivers. However, SimpleIndex can output to databases and file shares on a Mac server. The fact that it does
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How much do Simple Software products cost?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
Click here for the latest pricing and online ordering information. You can also purchase full service solutions from one of our Authorized Dealers. Click here for a PDF version of the price list and a feature matrix that shows which features are included in each version. All applications are activated online by entering a serial
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On what versions of Windows does SimpleIndex run?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
SimpleIndex will run on Windows 11, 10, 8, Server 2022, Server 2019, Server 2016 and Server 2012 editions. It would not run on Windows ME or NT. SimpleIndex 9.2.50 to 9.0 will run on Windows 7 and Vista SimpleIndex 8.3 and below are compatible with Windows XP, Server 2008, Server 2003 and Windows 2000.
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How do you configure OCR to read index information from MS Office or PDF documents?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
SimpleIndex can just read
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MS Office & PDF Text Parsing

Tuesday, 03 October 2017 by dwilder
Office Videos | PDF Video The template and dictionary matching capabilities of SimpleIndex‘s OCR function can be used to extract index information from the text of existing MS Office and PDF files, or any file with an accompanying TXT file. SimpleIndex® will search the document for matches on unique patterns and value lists, then index
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