Comments on: TIP: Receipts Folder

By: Mary N.

Mary N. — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:19:06 +0000

This is a great tip! I’m on a PC and I have been saving receipts to a PDF for quite some time now! This saves printer ink and paper, of course, and I also keep any emailed receipts in a folder called “Receipts.”

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:00:37 +0000

I’ve been wanting to try out Evernote. I’m using DevonThink, but I like the idea of having access to my files from my Blackberry with Evernote.

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:59:49 +0000

Great tip. Thanks. I still think meaningful file names are important. It is very frustrating when looking at a bunch of files and they are all named 1.pdf 2.pdf, etc. Spotlight is great, but sometimes you want to know the general contents without opening it.

By: Alias

Alias — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:52:13 +0000

Make an alias of your receipts folder in yourHomeFolder/Library/PDF Services and you have it in the print dialog.

I don’t think meaningful file names are necessary. There is always Spotlight to find a PDFed receipt.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:37:07 +0000

This is a new idea for me. And a great one. I usually just save the email confirmation but this way would be easier to maintain (and to locate if needed).

By: James E.

James E. — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:15:11 +0000

All my receipts (paper or electronic) end up in Evernote. I save the digital ones (be it PDF or email) and snap pics of the paper with my mobile and push them all to Evernote; they get tagged with the year and month. Now I have a searchable archive of receipts.

By: catherine

catherine — Wed, 16 May 2007 21:59:23 +0000

I print to a Document Image file (Windows XP) and save the file in a receipts folder. Very quick and easy. If I later need a hard copy I print one. The quality is better than PDF I’ve found.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 15 May 2007 16:16:07 +0000

I print receipts to PDF as well, but from Windows. This can be easily done with PDFCreator (http://www.pdfforge.org), which is open source/free, but does not yet work with Vista. One free Vista alternative is CutePDF which is not open source, but is free (http://www.cutepdf.com). If you want a free way to annotate PDFs, you can use Foxit reader (http://www.foxitsoftware.com) as an alternative to Adobe’s reader. Simply print to PDF out of Foxit with one of the aforementioned PDF writers and you now have a makeshift PDF Writer without paying a red cent.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 15 May 2007 14:55:21 +0000

I am using ScapBook firefox plugin for things like this. Check it. It works great, plus you can attach notes to pages and even edit the pages that you save.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 15 May 2007 11:57:13 +0000

@Neal – Of course it is only as good as your backups if something goes wrong with your disk.

By: Neal

Neal — Tue, 15 May 2007 11:36:57 +0000

Thats a lot better than what I do. I should try that. I usually print it and stuff it in a tabbed organized folder. The digital method seems alot better.