How to organise scanned documents

Scanning is only half the job. Without organisation, a scan folder becomes a black hole. A little structure makes everything findable.

Make them searchable

OCR every scan so full-text search works. This single step transforms a pile of images into a usable archive.

Split and merge sensibly

Burst multi-document scans into separate files, and merge multi-page documents that came out as singles.

Name consistently

Use a date-and-type naming pattern so files sort chronologically and describe themselves.