Pretty Disappointing - cute but a little deceiving
I was pretty happy with it at first. But I wanted to have you beware that although the progressing bar in the video seems to show that it scans pretty quickly. It's not true. It's not really a bar that shows progress. It just keep going down and up, but doesn't tell you how many % is done. You have to wait for it to scan and wait for it to convert. So that's kinda deceiving and annoying.

Then what's even more annoying is that the scanned page keep showing two lines vertically down the page. I've tried the dry cleaning sheet multiple times at first and it worked. But then it didn't work and I have to use the alcohol sheet to clean. Now that can only be used once and the lines keep showing up again. I cleaned three times and it's still as bad.

I'm getting frustrated with this scanner... Afterall, I've only mainly used it for scanning pdf. I'm starting to wonder if I should have tried the pentax or iriscan instead.

At least, I don't think this NeatScan to Office should be so expensive. Just in the buying process was annoying enough. I have to exchange it for multiple times just because it keep showing up with stains on the surface of the scanner.

Intelligent scanning and OCR simply doesn't work
I entered 100 receipts and it scanned 5 correctly. It's completely incompatible with Quickbooks. The stated features are grossely overstated. As far as I am concerned, I wasted 0 thinking it was actually doing what it says it does. The recognition is so unreliable it's essentially useless and all ought to be entered by hand instead. It's hard to customize too.

Neat gets it
This new NeatScan to Office product contains the same hardware you will find in the NeatReceipts Mobile Scanner and Digital Filing System or the NeatReceipts Mobile Scanner and Digital Filing System for Mac, but instead of the full version of software, it comes with plugins for the Windows version of Microsoft Office.

The box contains the scanner itself, a USB to mini USB cable and a cardboard folder holding calibration paper, cleaning paper, a single use wet cleaning pad, a soft carry pouch and the software CD.

The scanner itself is amazingly small and draws its power from the USB connection, so it doesn't require a power brick and desk clutter is reduced to an absolute minimum. You probably won't find a scanner with a smaller footprint, and you won't think twice about slipping it into your suitcase when going on business trips, so you can get a headstart on filing your expense reports (if you plan on traveling with the NeatScan, consider purchasing the Travel Case).

The software installs in a couple of minutes; it adds a NeatScan toolbar to Microsoft Office applications, from which you can control scanning. Configuration could not be simpler, and after a quick run of the calibration sheet you're ready to go. When scanning to Excel, you can use "Neat Sheets", templates allowing the software to know how to locate and assign information (this is geared towards filling up expense reports, but can be customized easily to perform a variety of tasks). When scanning to Word, OCR is performed automatically and results in an editable text document.

Scanning a letter-size page takes around 10 seconds. OCR processing can take about a minute on a complex page. The scanner is capable of passable color results with photographs, but it's clearly not its strongest point. The two buttons on top (Scan and PDF) trigger a scan (or scan to PDF) into the currently active Microsoft Office application (if available).

If you wish to upgrade to the full version of the NeatReceipts software, or if you're switching to a Macintosh, you can purchase the corresponding software directly from the company's web site (neatco dot com), and use it with this scanner.

This product is amazingly easy to use, and the Neat Company has quite a knack for crafting excellent software. If you need a scanner mainly for document archival and expense reports, it just can't be beat for the price. If you have lots of documents to scan, consider the more expensive NeatDesk scanner which is faster, easier to feed and supports duplex scanning.

A handy way to scan in documents
This product's set up was pretty easy. They included useful instructions. It did need to be calibrated a second time before it would work and scan adequately, but that may have been human error.

We used it to scan a paper copy of a word processing document. It did pretty well, a little better than average. It translated the document well into digial format, except for the parts that had been written on (with which you would expect to have less than optimal results) and where it would just insert extra returns.

It's small and portable, which is nice. My husband is thinking about asking his office to order him one for work. We give this a good recommendation, with the caveat that it is somewhat better than the average OCR program.

Great travel scanner
Excellent product. Creates good scans and integrates with Office products as advertised. One of the best purchases I have made for travel equipment.