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How to Scan Pictures and Precious Documents

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Getting Ready to Scan Pictures or Documents
Old wedding picture scanned for anniversary presentation

Old wedding picture scanned for anniversary presentation

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Getting Ready to Scan Pictures or Documents

The first thing you will want to do is gather all your pictures/documents in one place and then sort them. Your sorting will depend on what your current project is about. Are you scanning pictures for (or about) ...?

  • a wedding
  • a new baby
  • a memorial
  • a retirement
  • a birthday
  • a theme
  • any other special occasion
  • an insurance list
  • an archive of all your pictures

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