Scan Pros intent is not simply to help you archive paper-based documents, but also to help you optimize and leverage the knowledge contained inside those documents.

Unlike TIFF, PDF offers the following benefits:

A universal file format. PDF is a standard for electronic distribution. PDF files can be created from virtually any software application, Web page, and scanned image, so paper based documents can be integrated with other documents quickly and easily.

Share with anyone, anywhere. PDF files can be shared, viewed, navigated, and printed, in a wide variety of languages and on virtually any operating system, by anyone using Adobe Acrobat Reader software, which is available for free. More than 200 million copies have been distributed worldwide.

Exactly as intended. PDF files look and print exactly the way they were created in their original authoring applications. They faithfully preserve the appearance and feel of the original documents, complete with fonts, colors, images, and layout.

Search for and find information quickly. A wide variety of software applications, including Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Acrobat, and popular internet browsers such as Internet Explorer, allow you to perform text searches of PDF files. This tool lets you search for any word or number in a document and view the results in context on the page. Popular cataloging tools also let you index entire collections of PDF files, making it easy to find every document that contains words that match your search.

Easy navigation of long documents. PDF files can hold navigation information such as hyperlinks and bookmarks for tables of contents, indexes, and URLs, making it easy to locate information quickly, no matter how long the document.

Publish on the Web without fear of download times. PDF files are both compact and smart when it comes to the Web. PDF files created are very compact, typically much smaller than their application-file equivalents. And Adobe PDF files created from a paper source can be many times smaller than their original scans.

In addition, PDF files can support byte serving. When users are downloading or viewing a PDF file from the Web, the file is served up one page at a time. This means that users don’t need to wait for the entire document to download and can begin reading immediately.

Build new e-business processes. PDF files let you leverage the power of digital technology. Using Adobe Acrobat software, you can easily add database-driven forms and digital signatures to Adobe PDF files to build new electronic business processes. Add passwords and certificate authentication to ensure security. Or bring electronic collaboration to your office with electronic notes and mark-ups.