For A New Generation The Paperless Office Might Not Be Such A Myth
from the bad-news-for-the-paper-business dept
Years of predictions about the "paperless office" turned out to be quite wrong, and in many cases, new computer technology actually meant more paper (sometimes much more paper). However, there are some signs that things may be shifting towards less paper (though, not quite paperless). We'd mentioned this trend a year ago, but more reports seem to be seeing the same thing. As a younger generation moves into the work world, they seem less likely to use paper. In other words, the issue of the paperless office myth may not have been an issue of technology, but of culture. A culture that was so used to using paper meant that many people still used the technology to just produce more paper. However, younger people who grew up in a digital world just don't see the need for paper. Obviously, that would mean we're still a long, long way from really decreasing paper usage, but perhaps the paperless office wasn't quite as laughable as many people assumed a few years ago.
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Applying to College
When and if it does get fully automated, will we see a future when people just put their application data online, then colleges all over the country will automatically accept or reject them?
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IT Departments
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Paper at work
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Culture and Tech is changing
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My Paperless Office
My paperless office is being run by a program called, "Paperpost 11 Professional". I regard it as not really being a program but a system. It has saved me tons of paper and usually I don't use my printer unless I need signatures on hard copy.
Example: I get email announcing that my credit card is due another paymnet. I pay the bill online and the compoany sends me a confirmation number for the amount along with the date and possibly other info that they want me to have. I print the email file to my Paperport and store the information in a file which is arranged much like the microsoft exployer in its orginization. If need be I can make copies and quickly assign them to other files as well. Oft times a messge comes in telling me that the payment has been posted so I just print it again to paperport where I have the related file. If I want, I can stack the files so that all pages come under one convenient thumgnail. Every comes out as a .pdf file.
Long story short. Just do a little search for Paperport 11 and continue the study.
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