PaperPort (MAX)

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'''PaperPort (MAX)''' is a proprietary image format used in early versions of the PaperPort document scanning and management software (from Nuance Communications). Around version 14 they switched to using the [[PDF]] format instead<ref>http://supportcontent.nuance.com/paperport/14/doc/Getting_Started_Guide.pdf#page=16</ref>, making it possible to use standard tools with the files instead of being locked into proprietary tools from the original vendor.
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'''PaperPort (MAX)''' is a proprietary image format used in early versions of the PaperPort document scanning and management software originally from Visioneer, then ScanSoft then Nuance Communications. In version 14 they switched to MAX files being read-only and to using the [[PDF]] format instead<ref>http://supportcontent.nuance.com/paperport/14/doc/Getting_Started_Guide.pdf#page=16</ref>, making it possible to use standard tools with the files instead of being locked into proprietary tools from the original vendor.
  
 
==File Identification==
 
==File Identification==
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* PaperPort 2 files begin with  <code>ViGBe</code>
 
* PaperPort 2 files begin with  <code>ViGBe</code>
 
* PaperPort 3-4 files begin with  <code>ViGCj</code>
 
* PaperPort 3-4 files begin with  <code>ViGCj</code>
* PaperPort 5-6 files begin with  <code>ViGEm</code>
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* PaperPort 5-7 files begin with  <code>ViGEm</code>
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* PaperPort 8-12 files begin with  <code>ViGFk</code>
  
In order to migrate from version 2 to 5-6 you need to first convert to version 3-4 using the utility included with the install.<ref>http://nuance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1473/kw/MAX</ref>
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In order to migrate from version 2 to 5-7 you need to first convert to version 3-4 using the utility included with the install.<ref>http://nuance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1473/kw/MAX</ref>
  
 
==Screenshots==
 
==Screenshots==
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* [http://nuance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/6327/~/general-information-on-max-files-and-the-max-to-pdf-converter-utility General information on MAX files and the MAX to PDF Converter utility]
 
* [http://nuance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/6327/~/general-information-on-max-files-and-the-max-to-pdf-converter-utility General information on MAX files and the MAX to PDF Converter utility]
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Q05nxV_8Y Converting MAX to PDF (instructional video)]
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Q05nxV_8Y Converting MAX to PDF (instructional video)]
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* [http://support.nuance.com/usersguides/default.asp?UsersGuidesProduct=paperport PaperPort User Guides]
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
 
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Revision as of 01:04, 7 September 2019

File Format
Name PaperPort (MAX)
Ontology
Extension(s) .max
PRONOM fmt/1223, fmt/1224, fmt/1225
Released 1995

PaperPort (MAX) is a proprietary image format used in early versions of the PaperPort document scanning and management software originally from Visioneer, then ScanSoft then Nuance Communications. In version 14 they switched to MAX files being read-only and to using the PDF format instead[1], making it possible to use standard tools with the files instead of being locked into proprietary tools from the original vendor.

Contents

File Identification

Paperport MAX files begin with three bytes in ascii "ViG"

  • PaperPort 2 files begin with ViGBe
  • PaperPort 3-4 files begin with ViGCj
  • PaperPort 5-7 files begin with ViGEm
  • PaperPort 8-12 files begin with ViGFk

In order to migrate from version 2 to 5-7 you need to first convert to version 3-4 using the utility included with the install.[2]

Screenshots

PaperPort3-About.png

Links

References

  1. http://supportcontent.nuance.com/paperport/14/doc/Getting_Started_Guide.pdf#page=16
  2. http://nuance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1473/kw/MAX
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