Why TIFF and NOT PDF.

With all the different file formats out there, most companies are left to choose between PDF and TIFF for their document management. PDF has its own advantages and short comings; PDF is not a fully HIPAA compliant file format, easy to extract vital confidential information, easy to modify, and PDF documents are subject to contain viruses. Why choose TIFF? Tiff (Tagged Image File Format) is a raster image file format that is not susceptible to many of the same drawbacks as PDF. TIFF is very difficult to modify without a visible mark, VIRUSES free, data extraction is difficult, and very small file size. These are some of the main reasons why TIFF files are broadly used for document archiving, medical records processing, faxing, government records storage, shipping, accounting, legal documents by law firms, as well as many other industries. TIFF has a great future in the new age of fast changing technology.

Here are 10 reasons the TIFF File Format remains one of the dominant file formats today;

1. Commonly used Format: Most faxed images, social security, disability and other legal documents are in TIFF format. By having less types of file formats to manage you can.
2. Easily Maintained File Format: Contrary to PDF and Microsoft Word document file format TIFF documents are easy to maintain for storage and use.
3. Compatibility: The TIFF File format has many free viewing and editing software’s on the market making sending and viewing of this file type easy for all parties.
4. Compression: TIFF Images can be easily compressed to a small file size with effective Group 4 compression with no loss to image detail.
5. Editable: Along with being easy to view, TIFF files are easy to edit and add annotations to documents such as stamps, comments, notes, redactions, highlight and Text.
6. Security: TIFF Images are an extremely secure document file format. Unlike PDF files a TIFF document cannot store a virus.
7. HIPAA compliant file format.
8. Backwards Compatibility: The TIFF file format has been selected by most state and local entities and software developers as an archival standard. TIFF documents that were archived 20 years ago can still be read today, including through modern interfaces such as smartphones, tablets, Web applications, and collaboration portals.
9. Platform-independent: Anyone can store a document as a TIFF Image whether on a Macintosh or Windows based computer.
10. Post to Web: Tiff Images can also be easy created, posted, and then viewed on the Web to streamline your document storage and viewing for a more efficient workflow.

This is just 10 reasons that many companies large and small have selected TIFF files as their primary file format. Join the thousands of other companies that have already made the right choice to use TIFF files.

Tiff Viewer is capable to view, edit and print scanned TIFF images and other image types, resulting an ideal substitute for Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI). The evaluation copy is fully functional for 15 days. Once the demo period is over you may purchase Tiff Viewer & Browser Plug-in or switch to the limited free edition.

The Black Ice TIFF Viewer comes with advanced document editing and document management capabilities, such as Optical Character Recognition, Document Cleanup, Annotations, Notes and Comments, and more!

Black Ice Software's latest version of TIFF Viewer contains stability improvements for running the TIFF Viewer in restricted user environments, MSI uninstallation and for thumbnail generation.

Besides stability improvements TIFF Viewer version 11.85 also focuses on user experience. Shortcuts for cutting (Ctrl+X), copying (Ctrl+C) and pasting pages (Ctrl+V), selecting all pages(Ctrl+A) are now available in the most recent version. These changes were added to provide better user experience and to enhance use productivity.

The complete list of improvements in the latest TIFF Viewer includes the following:

• Added shortcuts for cutting, copying and pasting pages, selecting all pages.
• Stability improvement for running Tiff Viewer in restricted user environments
• Stability improvement for Tiff Viewer MSI uninstallation when the license has been changed from transferable to static
• Stability improvement for using the Undo feature when thumbnail generation is in progress

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