http://www.techradar.com/pro/linux December 2019 LXF257 81he amount of paper people use for bills, official
documents, mailing, marketing materials and
advertising is huge. Even though eco-friendly
initiatives like ‘print less’ (LXF is a paperless office!
Management won’t pay for paper... – Ed) or ‘use double-
sided printing’ are welcome, the situation is still pretty
bad. Why not help save the planet by using the power of
open source? Let Paperwork help. This user-friendly
GTK3-based personal document manager helps collect
and sort any type of printed material. Paperwork will be
a best friend to your Linux-connected flatbed document
scanner. This application combines features of a SANE-
compatible scanner GUI with a Shotwell-like image
library manager – but it differs from both.
The purpose of Paperwork is to help you scan your
papers and forget about them. Scanned documents get
automatically OCRed via Tesseract (make sure you
install your language pack if it’s not English) and stored
as PDF files in ~/papers by default. Paperwork
combines bitmap images with recognised text in such a
way that you see the original raster document, which in
fact contains editable text – you only see it when you
search a PDF or manually select something. OCR turns
a bitmap into a searchable document.
Once your library grows, this feature becomes
extremely worthwhile, as it lets you quickly find any
document by any text sequence. You don’t need to
manually tag files or add keywords, although you can
do so. Paperwork supports labels for better and cleaner
document management. Select a document from the
left panel and press the ‘dog hook’ button to edit its
properties. Here you can change date, add and edit
labels and also manage keywords.
A scanner is not a requirement for Paperwork. If you
don’t have one, just choose to import documents from
files. The application is present on Flathub, but the
Flatpak version has difficulties accessing scanners – it
wants you to share your device on the LAN by adding
127.0.0.1 to your saned.conf file, which is a weird hack.Alexander Tolstoy
melts the cold of the
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with his hand-crafted
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source picks.HotPicks
THE BEST NEW OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE ON THE PLANET
DOCUMENT MANAGER
Exploring the features of Paperwork
Transfer all your
rarely needed
papers to digital
storage using
Paperwork.T
(^1)
Configure scanner-related stuff
The device is detected automatically,
but pay attention to your OCR language and
working directory.
(^2)
Calibrate your scanner
Preview your document in this window.
Scanning in the main Paperwork does not
imply previewing.
(^3)
Browse and search
This panel shows your document library.
Use the search field and labels to quickly locate
what you want.
(^4)
Multi-page view
The main area is for displaying the
current PDF document, which usually
contains more than one page.
(^5)
Extra document-related actions
Open another directory containing
documents, print, export to PDF or redo
OCR for the current document.
Paperwork
Version: 1.3.0 Web: https://gitlab.gnome.
org/World/OpenPaperwork/paperwork
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http://www.techradar.com/pro/linux December 2019 LXF257 81
heamountofpaperpeopleuseforbills,official
documents,mailing,marketingmaterialsand
advertisingishuge.Eventhougheco-friendly
initiativeslike‘printless’(LXFisa paperlessoffice!
Managementwon’tpayforpaper...– Ed)or‘usedouble-
sidedprinting’arewelcome,thesituationisstillpretty
bad.Whynothelpsavetheplanetbyusingthepowerof
opensource?LetPaperworkhelp.Thisuser-friendly
GTK3-basedpersonaldocumentmanagerhelpscollect
andsortanytypeofprintedmaterial.Paperworkwillbe
a bestfriendtoyourLinux-connectedflatbeddocument
scanner.Thisapplicationcombinesfeaturesofa SANE-
compatiblescannerGUIwithaShotwell-likeimage
library manager – but it differs from both.
The purpose of Paperwork is to help you scan your
papers and forget about them. Scanned documents get
automatically OCRed via Tesseract (make sure you
install your language pack if it’s not English) and stored
as PDF files in ~/papers by default. Paperwork
combines bitmap images with recognised text in such a
way that you see the original raster document, which in
fact contains editable text – you only see it when you
search a PDF or manually select something. OCR turns
a bitmap into a searchable document.
Once your library grows, this feature becomes
extremely worthwhile, as it lets you quickly find any
document by any text sequence. You don’t need to
manually tag files or add keywords, although you can
do so. Paperwork supports labels for better and cleaner
document management. Select a document from the
left panel and press the ‘dog hook’ button to edit its
properties. Here you can change date, add and edit
labels and also manage keywords.
A scanner is not a requirement for Paperwork. If you
don’t have one, just choose to import documents from
files. The application is present on Flathub, but the
Flatpak version has difficulties accessing scanners – it
wants you to share your device on the LAN by adding
127.0.0.1 to your saned.conf file, which is a weird hack.
Alexander Tolstoy
melts the cold of the
Russian winter season
with his hand-crafted
selection of hot open
source picks.
HotPicks
THE BEST NEW OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE ON THE PLANET
DOCUMENTMANAGER
Exploring the features of Paperwork
Transfer all your
rarely needed
papers to digital
storage using
Paperwork.
T
1
Configurescanner-relatedstuff
Thedeviceisdetectedautomatically,
butpayattentiontoyourOCRlanguageand
workingdirectory.
2
Calibrateyourscanner
Previewyourdocumentinthiswindow.
ScanninginthemainPaperworkdoesnot
implypreviewing.
(^3)
Browse and search
This panel shows your document library.
Use the search field and labels to quickly locate
whatyouwant.
(^4)
Multi-page view
The main area is for displaying the
current PDF document, which usually
containsmorethanonepage.
(^5)
Extra document-related actions
Open another directory containing
documents, print, export to PDF or redo
OCR for the current document.
Paperwork
Version: 1.3.0 Web: https://gitlab.gnome.
org/World/OpenPaperwork/paperwork
Paperwork WebTorrentDesktop Exaile Npkill
Sampler AppOutlet Fre:ac Connectagram
Lunar Lander Homebrew Kitty
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3
4
5
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