We've been using PaperPort, upgrading since we got it installed in our first scanner. Haven't changed because we worried about losing the ability to work with photos scanned in PP's proprietary format .max. Now we're using PP 8 and have the ability to scan in .tif (with a lot of the manipulating options are greyed out), an improvement. So we've been reluctant users to this point. Now we really need to do some .pdf scanning of documents, etc., and have seen many negative user comments about PP 9 & 10. Looks like people who were very happy with PP 9 are very disappointed in PP 10 because of its slowness and having been largely rewritten. And others say that both PP 9 & 10 are absolutely incompatible with XP Pro (which we're using). So we're wondering if anyone on the list has any advice or suggestions about an alternative program, and whether the .max photos will be able to make the jump. ~ Elsa in Allegany County, Maryland