After creating a new case, adding index fields, and selecting your scanner (LAW currently supports over 100 different scanners), you are ready to begin scanning. LAWs main screen provides immediate access and feedback for all scanning and indexing operations. Scanner settings are visible in a status bar at the bottom of the screen and can be easily changed. In addition to standard scanner settings, LAW provides you with additional scanning options to enhance productivity such as: automatic page rotation, blank page dropout, auto-de skew, and automatic document breaks (via bar code recognition). Once you have captured a group of documents, you can use LAWs quality control features to ensure your images match the originals. LAW allows you to insert, replace, and delete pages or entire documents. You can deskew a document after scanning with optional line removal capabilities. LAW also allows you to rotate individual or groups of pages in a document that may have been scanned at the wrong orientation.

Image Processing

After a group of documents has been captured and deskewed, they are ready to process. LAW allows you to number, add a footer, OCR, and print documents, all in a single batch process. You need only select a group of documents, check which processes you would like to perform, and press Begin. LAWs numbering feature allows you to perform page-level numbering with an option to stamp the number directly on the page. This feature can be used to stamp bar codes on pages as well. Both the custom footer and numbering feature allow you to control the font type and size for greater flexibility.

Data Export

The final process involves converting your data (images and index information) for use by the document management application of your choice. LAW provides exports to all of the popular litigation support packages, and many others. Converting your data simply requires selecting the target application, the documents you wish to convert, and the index fields that you wish to export. You do not necessarily have to export all coded fields, as you may wish to export only a subset of the index. Some additional options allow for the inclusion of OCRed text, and a target drive or final destination of the images. When the conversion is complete, you will have a directory on your destination drive that is ready to be burned to CD. This directory will contain the images and the file or files necessary for import into your target application.