SimpleView Application

Introduction

SimpleView 5 (formerly SimpleQC) has a completely redesigned user interface that will form the foundation for the next generation of Simple Software applications. This redesign makes SimpleView more than just a scanning quality control application--it is one of the most user-friendly and cost-effective document management tools available!

File-Based Document Management with SimpleView

SimpleView lets you quickly scan, organize, search and view documents stored on your hard drive or file servers. Most document management systems use a database to organize and search for files. This forces you to laboriously import files into the system, then you must rely on that system anytime you access your files. SimpleView lets you use your existing folder and filing system to find, view and annotate documents. This has several advantages:

• No server systems to learn or maintain, only a desktop application
• No reliance on proprietary technology to access your files
• Uses built-in Active Directory file permissions
• Use existing access rights or edit them from SimpleView
• Files can be shared with other applications
• No need to import and tag files manually
• Use existing backup plans
• Users who view documents infrequently can still use Windows Explorer

Most companies that use their file servers for document management simply use Windows Explorer to find and view files. SimpleView is a much better solution for anyone that works with documents regularly.

• Integrated document scanning
• View multi-page documents without opening in Acrobat or Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
• Double-click files to open in default application for advanced editing
• Rotate, clean-up, re-order pages, split and merge multi-page TIFF and PDF files
• Convert documents to text or searchable PDF with OCR
• Annotations - make notes, highlights and other mark-ups without altering original
• More versatile file searching, including pattern matching (RegEx)
• Search large file shares in seconds instead of minutes
• Find text inside PDF files (also RegEx enabled)
• Dockable windows for customized viewing, including multiple monitors

Image Quality Control with SimpleView

Even though we think SimpleView 5 has broader appeal as a document management tool, it is also better than ever at document imaging quality control and rescan functions. We have added some very unique and useful features in this department, including:

• Instantly view page properties like resolution, color depth and compression type in the toolbar
• Auto-select files or pages based on above properties
• Automatically convert resolution, color depth, file type
• Select all even numbered, odd numbered or blank pages automatically
• Full support for drag-and-drop with pages, folders and files
• Splitting and merging files, reordering pages is faster and easier
• Multi-threaded processing lets you continue working while pages are processed in background

Of course all the standard QC functions from the previous version are all present as well:

• Rotate pages
• Deskew (straighten page)
• Despeckle (remove “snow”)
• Rescan
• Reorder pages
• Move or copy pages between multi-page files
• Delete pages
• OCR to Searchable PDF or Text
• Blank page detection
• Open PDF and other files in default application for review
• Integration with Windows Explorer right-click menu

Freeware Features & Licensing

Compare Free & Full Features

When SimpleView is first installed, it is automatically set to run in Freeware Mode, with only certain features enabled. The differences between the freeware and the full version of SimpleView are below: