I have a lot of papers and forms which cross my desk. I have to save much of them for later reference, and saving a boatload of paper takes up a lot of space. Well, I happen to have a scanner as well, along with a big hard drive. So, why not go paperless! I installed a program called Paperport, by Scansoft. The program allows you to set up a category structure and scan images and documents right into those categories. You can use it to store receipts, tax forms, letters - whatever. And the good thing is that you can scan them into the computer and pitch the original (that is unless you need the original for legal purposes, of course). But, you can put that scanner to work and turn your computer into your document repository and save yourself file cabinent space.

For more info on Paperport, go to www.paperport.com.