Welcome to NeatWorks for Mac v3.5. This help file explains the following NeatWorks for Mac concepts and tasks: Scanning Items into NeatWorks! How to Save Your Scanned Information! Working with the Inbox! Creating a Cabinet! Creating Folders! How to Set Your Preferences! Using Different Views! Customizing the Default Field List! Create or Modify Fields!
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Adding New Documents and Receipts to a Folder! How to Delete Items from a Folder! Splitting a Receipt into Multiple Transactions! Combining Receipts! Working with the Address Book! Browsing for Information in NeatWorks! Searching in NeatWorks! Creating Smart Folders! Quick Look Functionality! Recover Items! Printing to NeatWorks! How to Print to NeatWorks from Other Applications!
Scanning Items into NeatWorks To scan an item: • Place the receipt, document or business card face down (face up for the NeatDesk ADF scanner) in the scanner. • Click the Scan toolbar button in the top left corner of the screen. (If you click and hold this button instead, a list of color and black and white scanning options displays for you to choose.) •...
• You can also select one of the following from the menu: Scan > Scan New Item, or Scan > Scan Additional Page. In addition, you can choose to scan the item directly to a PDF file in color or black and white, and with or without OCR.
Working with the Inbox If your scan destination was “Inbox,” your scanned items will display there so that you can verify, edit and/or add notes before filing them in the appropriate folder. Note: You can drag and drop items from the inbox or any folder into the appropriate folder.
Cabinet and search across all folders within it, but the search would not return any information from the Business Cabinet. Note: NeatWorks is fully integrated with the Apple Spotlight search utility. Spotlight can be used for general searches across all NeatWorks cabinets.
• Click the "+" button in the bottom left corner of the screen, or go to File > New > Folder. • The Folder Properties sheet drops down for you to complete. You can enter the name of the Folder, the item type (document, receipt or contact), and choose a custom icon that identifies the Folder.
Using Different Views • In all views, you'll continue to see your Cabinet and folders along the left side of the screen. If you have the Browse feature activated, you will also continue to see the Browsing pane included above each of these views. To select a particular view, click the buttons on the View toolbar along the top of the screen, or use the View menu.
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• Click the Report Icon at the top center of your screen to open the Report View. • By checking the box at the top of the Report View, you can choose to restrict your report to a particular date range by checking the box next to “restrict the dates”...
To include a cover page, select the Cover Page tab of the Report Options view. Then check the box next to “Include Cover Page.” You can edit the values for Title, Name, Date, Company, and Notes. You can use special tokens in these text boxes which will automatically fill relevant information into the fields.
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The feature will prompt you with the question, “Set Fields Shown as Default for This Cabinet Only?” • Choosing “This Cabinet Only” will apply to all Receipt items in the Cabinet which have not already been customized. • Choosing “This Cabinet and Others” will apply the changes to the current Cabinet and all future Cabinets.
Create or Modify Fields The Create or Modify Fields feature allows you to edit values for an entire Cabinet. You can add to the existing Fields List or add a Value to a Field. Creating a Field • Select the Documents/Receipts/Contact drop-down menu or use the green up and down arrows at the top right of the Table View to elicit the drop-down menu.
Note: Once you create a new User-Defined Field, that option will then show up in the drop-down menu. Modifying a Field • To edit a field, select the Documents/Receipts/Contact drop down menu or use the green up and down arrows at the top right of the Table View to elicit the drop-down menu.
• Select Document, Contacts or Receipt from the drop-down menu to the right of the Notes field. > • Click Document Fields or Receipt Fields and highlight the fields you want from the list that displays. Note: Table column sets, width, and ordering are preserved for each folder.
• The Editor window provides a detailed view of the item. You can rotate it, zoom in or out, crop, and view multiple pages (if the item is more than one page long). You can also crop the item by using your mouse to define an area and then selecting Crop.
window. You can set the number of images per page and whether to include the field values associated with each item. • To include a cover page, select the Cover Page tab of the Report Options view. Then check the box next to “Include Cover Page.” You can edit the values for Title, Name, Date, Company, and Notes.
Saving the Expense Report Template • Click the drop-down menu to access the Expense Report Template. Select “Save Customized Expense Report” to use the current template as a template for future reports. You will be saving changes to the Table View, including changes to the width of the fields, and any options you selected in the Report Options tab.
• The new receipt or document displays in the viewing pane on the right side of the screen. Note: The way in which your new item displays will depend on which view you selected. For more information, see Learning to Use Different Views How to Delete Items from a Folder You may delete any items from a Folder if you no longer need them.
• Click Continue to combine the items and discard the secondary item's data. Working with the Address Book You can use the Address Book to: • Capture Contact information • Scan and file business cards • Auto-sync with the Apple Address Book • Synchronize contacts with your iPhone...
To learn more about scanning contacts, See Scanning Browsing for Information in NeatWorks You can Browse and Search for information in NeatWorks for Mac. • While the Search feature will return information for specific searches across all folders in a cabinet, the Browse feature enables you to filter that search by your desired criteria.
To browse, Click the Browse button in the toolbar at the top right of the screen. The Browsing pane will then open, comprising the top pane of your view, regardless of which view you have activated. • To deactivate the Browsing pane, just click the Browse button again.
Save button. Your saved search displays under Smart Folders link on the left side of the screen. • To filter your search, use the browse feature. Note: NeatWorks is fully integrated with the Apple Spotlight search utility. Spotlight can be used for general searches across all NeatWorks cabinets.
• To create a Smart Folder using the Search function: • Type a term such as "Meals" or "Fuel" in the Search bar at the top right. • A window appears below showing the receipts, documents and contacts that match that criteria. •...
• The following pages show the first page of each item, along with field values. The item pages are reduced in size when necessary so that at least two items fit on each page. How to Print to NeatWorks from Other Applications The print to NeatWorks capability allows you to quickly add Web Receipts or any other digital documents to your NeatWorks Cabinet.
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• Select the Quicken tab and choose a quicken account to export the data to. • Note: You can create a new Quicken account by clicking the Manage Quicken Accounts... button. In the drop-down screen, click on the + sign to create a new Quicken account. •...
be in the Transactions to be Approved section of the Quicken register. Working with the NeatDesk ADF Scanner The NeatDesk ADF Scanner enables you to simultaneously scan multiple page and double-sided items. To scan items with the NeatDesk ADF scanner: •...
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• You can also set the default action preferences for the SCAN and PDF buttons on your NeatDesk ADF Scanner. • To scan multiple pages as a single item select Combined - Item With All Pages.
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• To scan double-sided pages select Double-Sided. • Press the Scan button on your scanner. • The image will then appear in the Image Viewing pane in the middle of the screen. • Tips for using the NeatDesk ADF Scanner: •...
Working with Third-Party Scanners NeatWorks for Mac is compatible with the following third-party scanners and multi-function printers: Fujitsu ScanSnap (S300, S510, S1100, S1300 and S1500), Canon Pixma MX310, Canon Pixma MP480 and HP OfficeJet J6480. For specific instructions on setting up the supported scanners to work with NeatWorks for Mac go to NeatWorks Third-Party Scanners.
Cleaning To remove non-sticky dirt such as dust flecks and fibers, use the traditional, dry cleaning sheet. For sticky or gummy substances, use the alcohol cleaning sheet. Do the following for both kinds of cleaning sheets: • Remove the cleaning paper from the Scanner box and feed the cleaning sheet into the scanner, just as you would a document.
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Hide Others Option-Command-H Quit NeatWorks Command-Q File menu shortcuts New Receipt Command-N Open Command-O Close Command-W Save Command-S Save As Shift-Command-S Page Setup Shift-Command-P Print Command-P Edit menu shortcuts Undo Command-Z Redo Shift-Command-Z Command-X Copy Command-C Paste Command-V Paste and Match Style Option-Shift- Command-V Select All...
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Scan menu shortcuts Scan New Item Command-T Scan Additional Page Command-Y Black and White Option-Control-B View menu shortcuts Item View Command-1 Icon View Command-2 Report View Command-3 Show Browser Command-4 Show Table Command-5 Item Editor Shift-Command-1 Next Page Command--> Previous Page Command-<- Go to Page Option-Command-G...
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Underline Command-U Zoom In Command-+ Zoom Out Command-- Show Colors Shift-Command-C Copy Style Option-Command-C Paste Style Option-Command-V Larger Font (for rich Command-Option-+ text) Smaller Font (for rich Command-Option-- text) Window menu shortcuts Minimize Command-M Command-M...
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