I now have the chart set as a template, and simply e-mail the filled-out charts as PDFs at the end of the day. The students then either can print them out or just look at them on a computer. Also, I have all the charts in OneNote, so when a student forgets to bring the chart with them to the next lesson, I have them all in my tablet computer.

If your business goes through a lot of forms, I bet you could find a way to fill them out and store them digitally--whether with PDFs or strictly Web-based tools.

4. Scan the Rest

As much as I've tried to move everything into the digital world, some things still come in on paper. The biggest paper pile now is of receipts for business expenses. Woot.com recently served up the NeatDesk scanner system, and I grabbed one. It's fast, and the OCR software is quite good. The NeatWorks application is not the most elegant organizational software I've used, but it gets the job done. You can export data to Quicken, Quickbooks, and TurboTax, and the IRS accepts the scanned records.

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