{"id":5500,"date":"2012-01-05T05:05:25","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T22:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/?p=5500"},"modified":"2012-01-05T05:42:36","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T22:42:36","slug":"desk-a-mess-try-neat-receipts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/desk-a-mess-try-neat-receipts\/","title":{"rendered":"Desk A Mess?  Try Neat Receipts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/05\/desk-a-mess-try-neat-receipts\/nr_medium_fnl\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5505\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5505\" title=\"NR_medium_FNL\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/NR_medium_FNL.jpg?resize=240%2C161&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a>by Lori Cunningham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While at the <a title=\"See my top 5 favorite gadgets for Moms from the show\" href=\"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/21\/ces-2011-great-technology-products-for-moms\/\" target=\"_blank\">Consumer Electronics Show<\/a> last January, I ran across a company that makes a 8 1\/2&#8243; x 1&#8243; portable scanner. \u00a0I was intrigued because the thought of taking a scanner on the road with me never entered my mind. \u00a0I began thinking about how I would use it. \u00a0I could use it to scan in sales materials from tradeshows so I wouldn&#8217;t have to lug them back. \u00a0Cool. \u00a0I could scan in business cards so I wouldn&#8217;t lose them in travel or in a drawer at home. \u00a0Nice. \u00a0But the question was, would I be able to find them on my computer when I needed them?<\/p>\n<p>Enter Neat Receipts. \u00a0Neat Receipts is a company that makes scanners JUST for organizing. \u00a0They go one step further than scanning&#8211; they also use Optimal Character Resolution (OCR) to read the words on scanned documents so you can search for keywords easily later. \u00a0Brilliant!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\">What You Can Scan In:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>For Business<a href=\"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/05\/desk-a-mess-try-neat-receipts\/neat-receipts-scanner-1-400\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5531\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5531 alignright\" title=\"Neat Receipts Scanner (1)-400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/Neat-Receipts-Scanner-1-400.jpg?resize=400%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/Neat-Receipts-Scanner-1-400.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/Neat-Receipts-Scanner-1-400.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>receipts<\/li>\n<li>invoices<\/li>\n<li>business cards<\/li>\n<li>sales documents<\/li>\n<li>collateral<\/li>\n<li>meeting minutes<\/li>\n<li>napkin ideas\/drawings from that late dinner<\/li>\n<li>contracts<\/li>\n<li>reports<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>For Home<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>clippings from magazines and newspapers you want to keep (think <a title=\"A great place to &quot;pin&quot; your dream or things you like--and don't know where else to put them!\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest<\/a>!)<\/li>\n<li>kids&#8217; report cards<\/li>\n<li>kids&#8217; artwork<\/li>\n<li>school paperwork<\/li>\n<li>letters<\/li>\n<li>Christmas and\/or Birthday cards you want to keep<\/li>\n<li>drivers license\/credit cards\/passports\/birth certificates &#8211; anything else you want to back up in case lost<\/li>\n<li>pictures<\/li>\n<li>business cards<\/li>\n<li>warranties<\/li>\n<li>insurance policies<\/li>\n<li>invoices<\/li>\n<li>instruction manuals<\/li>\n<li>receipts<\/li>\n<li>medical\/health information<\/li>\n<li>doctor reports<\/li>\n<li>prescriptions<\/li>\n<li>family recipes<\/li>\n<li>family history documents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Features<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>All scanned items are\u00a0searchable<\/li>\n<li>You can create expense reports and print them out complete with copies of receipts<\/li>\n<li>Helps you to track your expenses for budgets and for tax time<\/li>\n<li>Data can be exported to PDF, Excel\u00ae, Quicken\u00ae, QuickBooks\u00ae, TurboTax\u00ae<\/li>\n<li>Business card information can be exported to Outlook, Plaxo, or Mac Address book<\/li>\n<li>You can scan documents into PDF&#8217;s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\">How I&#8217;m Organizing<\/span><\/h2>\n<div><strong>Business Cards:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>I went from this nicely organized way of filing my business cards to&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Now my cards are out of sight, fully searchable, and travelable!<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/05\/desk-a-mess-try-neat-receipts\/neat-receipts-scanner-5-400\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5527\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5527\" title=\"Neat Receipts Scanner (5)-400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/Neat-Receipts-Scanner-5-400-e1324503174585.jpg?resize=240%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/Neat-Receipts-Scanner-5-400-e1324503174585.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/Neat-Receipts-Scanner-5-400-e1324503174585.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5512\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial;\" title=\"Neat Receipts - Business Cards-400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/Neat-Receipts-Business-Cards-400.jpg?resize=400%2C247&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/Neat-Receipts-Business-Cards-400.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/Neat-Receipts-Business-Cards-400.jpg?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><strong>Receipts<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<div>I went from this drawer full of messy receipts&#8230;. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 To filed receipts and the ability to look at the details of each receipt.<\/div>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5529\" title=\"Neat Receipts Scanner (3)-400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/Neat-Receipts-Scanner-3-400-e1324503131195.jpg?resize=320%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/Neat-Receipts-Scanner-3-400-e1324503131195.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/Neat-Receipts-Scanner-3-400-e1324503131195.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/05\/desk-a-mess-try-neat-receipts\/neat-receipts-receipt-400\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5514\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5514 aligncenter\" title=\"Neat Receipts - Receipt-400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/Neat-Receipts-Receipt-400.jpg?resize=300%2C186&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/Neat-Receipts-Receipt-400.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/Neat-Receipts-Receipt-400.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>There&#8217;s more!<\/div>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5510\" title=\"Expense Report Summary pg. 1-400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/Expense-Report-Summary-pg.-1-400.jpg?resize=400%2C353&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/Expense-Report-Summary-pg.-1-400.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2011\/12\/Expense-Report-Summary-pg.-1-400.jpg?resize=300%2C264&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Need to create\u00a0<strong>Expense Reports<\/strong>?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>If you are a business traveler and you need to keep track of your expenses to submit, bring along your NeatReceiptsscanner. \u00a0Submitting business expenses has never been easier. \u00a0You can create a Business Expense Report which will show you a summary of all of your expenses along with a copy of each receipt you scanned in for that report.<\/div>\n<p>NeatReceipts mobile scanner MRSP is $199 but can be found at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/NeatReceipts-Mobile-Scanner-Digital-Filing\/dp\/B001CQFRPO\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1324504776&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Amazon.com<\/a>\u00a0for $175.23.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\">A Mom&#8217;s Perspective<\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div><strong>There are two types of way people organize their papers:<a href=\"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/25\/random-acts-of-zhu-giving-away-104-zhu-zhu-pets\/wellconnectedmom-logo-mom\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1589\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1589\" title=\"WellConnectedMom LOGO MOM\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2010\/12\/WellConnectedMom-LOGO-MOM.jpg?resize=165%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2010\/12\/WellConnectedMom-LOGO-MOM.jpg?resize=165%2C300&amp;ssl=1 165w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2010\/12\/WellConnectedMom-LOGO-MOM.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>1. \u00a0Pile Style &#8211; where you have piles all over your desk<\/div>\n<div>2. \u00a0File Style &#8211; all of your papers are filed away, neat in their files<\/div>\n<div>I am a Pile Styler and my husband is a Filer Styler. \u00a0Needless to say, he can find important information ALOT faster than I. \u00a0But, that&#8217;s about to change. \u00a0No longer will I have piles of business cards to file away. \u00a0No longer will I have a mess of a file drawer. \u00a0Now in 2012, I will be scanning in all of my business cards and receipts. \u00a0It doesn&#8217;t take long to do so and it will make it SO much easier to\u00a0retrieve\u00a0information within minutes &#8211; even seconds &#8211; when I need it.<\/div>\n<p>I have piles of things for the kids on my desk &#8211; upcoming after school classes, party details, projects, classroom rules, \u00a0grade level expectations, the list goes on! \u00a0I keep the piles handy so I can get to them when I need them. \u00a0NO LONGER. \u00a0I will scan the info. into my computer and file under a certain month folder, say &#8220;February&#8221;, or file under my child&#8217;s name &#8211; probably in a more detailed folder like &#8220;Classroom Activities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>I&#8217;m very excited to start of clean in the New Year with a much more organized, more searchable, more travelable, less visible-data rich office environment. \u00a0How about you? \u00a0How do you plan to organize your desk in this New Year?<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>* I was provided with a NeatReceipts mobile scanner in exchange for my honest review. \u00a0All opinions are my own. \u00a0I am using Neat Receipts on a weekly basis.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WellConnectedMom.com tackles a messy desk by using NeatReceipts to electronically store receipts, business cards, childrens&#8217; artwork, and 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