Scanning and Adding Documents

If you have Adobe Acrobat 5.0 or later (the full version, not just Acrobat Reader), you can scan a document and link it to a name or matter within Abacus.

1. Ensure that you have Adobe Acrobat 5.0 or later set up to scan documents and place the document in the scanner.

2. Access a list of document links.

3. Click Scan. The Custom Scan window appears.

4. Select the device and format and change the settings as necessary and then click Scan. A window specific to your scanner should appear (if not go to step 6).

5. Select the type of document you are scanning and click Scan Now or OK or Continue. The Custom Scan window reappears.

6. If you want to scan more than one page, click Next and repeat for as many pages as necessary. Otherwise, for a single page document click Done. The Save the scanned image window appears.

7. Enter a file name for the scanned image. The default name is based on the case number of the current matter plus today's date. Click Save The Document Details window appears.

8. Enter all the necessary details for your new document and click Done to save. Your scanned document is now added to the Document Manager. Adobe Acrobat appears and displays the scanned image.