We are pleased to announce the release of Laserfiche 8.1.1. This release of Laserfiche includes updates to the Server, Client, Scanning, Snapshot, PhotoDocs, Audit Trail and the Migration Utility.
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ANAHEIM, CA (Laserfiche) – October 10, 2009 – Today, Laserfiche will introduce PhotoDocs, a new document capture system, at the Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) National Conference in Anaheim, California. As Associate Sponsor of the event, Laserfiche will also present an educational session: “Beyond Paperless: Preparing for the Coming Compliance Tsunami.”
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Laserfiche is pleased to announce the release of the Client 8.1 Arabic Language Pack, which includes language functionality for the Client 8.1 in Arabic.

We are proud to announce the release of the following Language Packs for the Laserfiche Client 8.1:

• Spanish
• French
• Portuguese
• Italian
• Chinese Traditional
• Chinese Simplified
• Vietnamese

Laserfiche Client 8.1 Language Packs work with the English version of the Laserfiche Client 8.1 to provide the user interfaces in each language. They can be installed on top of the already released Laserfiche Client 8.1.

These language packs each include the components for the following: Client, Administration Console, Scanning, Snapshot, and PhotoDocs. These language packs perform best in the operating systems of their own languages, but are also compatible with operating systems of other languages.

Please refer to the Support Site Knowledge Base article section for a list of known issues with the Language Packs, as well as other release information: Find it here.

If you are interested in these language packs, please contact your reseller.

Laserfiche 8.0 introduced two new ways to protect your annotations: making them protected and making them private. A protected annotation is an annotation that can only be modified by its creator or the document’s owner – other users can view the annotation (assuming they have the See Annotations right for the document the annotation is a part of), but they cannot make any changes to it. A private annotation is an annotation that can only be viewed by the person who created it. No other users will be able to see the annotation at all.
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Laserfiche product help files contain detailed information about error messages generated by the Laserfiche Server and Client. Each error message is accompanied by a description, possible causes, and/or solutions.

The error message help file is “LfMsg8.chm,” which can be found at C:Program FilesCommon FilesLaserficheDocumentation on any machine with the Laserfiche Server or Client installed. This help file is also what will appear if you click Help from any error dialog box.

*If you are using the Laserfiche 7 Client with the Laserfiche 8 Server, error codes in the 7000-7999 range will be returned from the Laserfiche 8 Server.

• Note: The LfMsg8.chm does not include OCR engine messages.

You can export and later import a copy of several types of administrative objects (trustees, metadata, and records management objects) into the same repository or a different repository. The exported administrative objects are saved as an XML file, which you can save, copy, or send to someone with another repository. This allows you to copy administrative objects, to transfer them to a different repository, or to back up your settings. When you export and then import administrative objects, you will also be able to choose what to do if there is already a matching object in the repository you are importing into. Full story »

Laserfiche 8.1 introduces a new Preview Pane in the Folder Browser. This feature allows you to quickly view the contents of any document that has image pages, without having to open it in the Document Viewer. When the Preview Pane is open, you can select a document in the Contents Pane and its first page will immediately display in the Preview Pane. If you open the Preview Pane from a set of search results, the search highlights will also be visible on the image.

You can use tools such as Pan and Zoom to view and move around the images, or move between multiple pages of a document by clicking the green arrows at the top of the pane. You can also jump directly to a particular page by typing it in the Choose Page option at the top of the screen. Annotations are visible in the Preview Pane as well.

The Preview Pane is read-only and only displays image pages; it does not display text, metadata, or electronic files. To view the other elements of a document, or to modify the document, you will need to open it in the Document Viewer. If you select an entry that has no image pages (such as a folder, an electronic document, or an empty document), the Preview Pane will indicate that no image pages are available for preview.

For more information about new features in Laserfiche 8.1, see the Laserfiche 8.1 New Feature Quick Reference on the Laserfiche Support Site.

Laserfiche 8.1 includes many new features to help you manage and use your Laserfiche Servers and repositories. Several of those features are aimed at making administration easier and more powerful. This tip will explore two of the upcoming Laserfiche 8.1 administrative features.
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The Laserfiche Recycle Bin is a feature that protects against accidental deletions of items in Laserfiche. When it is enabled, a deleted document is not immediately removed from the repository; instead, it is sent to the recycle bin, where it can be reviewed and restored, or permanently purged, by the user who deleted it or by an administrator.
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Laserfiche 8 introduced a new feature that allows you to view the electronic file of a PDF electronic document directly in the Laserfiche Document Viewer. This allows you to see the PDF file itself in the same pane with your metadata, and any images or text you might have associated with that electronic document. It also allows you to zoom, pan, print, or export the PDF, just as you would in Adobe Reader. This pane is read-only; if you want to open and modify the PDF with Adobe Acrobat, you will still need to open it in its native format.
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With the release of Laserfiche 8 came multiple value fields, which enable you to store more than one value per field. For example, if you have two people who authored a document in your repository, you can add them both as authors of the document in the same Author field and search for either one using basic field searches.
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With the release of Laserfiche 8 came multiple value fields, which enable you to store more than one value per field. For example, if you have two people who authored a document in your repository, you can add them both as authors of the document in the same Author field. You can also perform a variety of different multiple value field searches using the advanced search syntax. To access the Advanced Search syntax, select Advanced from the Customize Search menu in the Laserfiche Client, and select Include advanced search criteria in query to type in the text box.
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Laserfiche allows you to modify field and tag information for more than one document at once. This allows you to quickly apply similar settings to several documents or folders without having to open each one up individually.
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Fields in Laserfiche allow you to store a wide variety of information, and to categorize it in many different ways. You can create fields to store names and addresses, numerical codes, phone numbers, dates and times, and so on; you can also create templates to organize those fields and to categorize your documents. However, when retrieving that information, it may be difficult to remember which field or template you stored a piece of information in. Was the invoice code in the “Code Number” field, or the “Invoice” field? Is the document you want a “Purchase Order,” or an Invoice?
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