Every page, grouped by feature.
Getting started
- Tutorial Get started with MiAZ
Create your first repository, add a document and give it a proper name. - Reference Keyboard shortcuts
Every keyboard shortcut in MiAZ. - Reference Frequently asked questions
Short answers to the questions people ask most.
Documents
- Explanation How documents are named
The seven fields every document name carries, and what happens when one is unknown. - How-to guide Add documents
Add documents from a file, a whole folder, or by dragging them onto the window. - How-to guide Fix documents waiting for review
Find the documents MiAZ cannot file yet and fix their names or the vocabulary. - Reference Views
The five ways to see documents, the preview and the column chooser. - How-to guide Scan and import automatically
Scan pages with a SANE scanner and file them straight into the repository. - How-to guide Scan with your scanning application
Open your usual scanning application from MiAZ. - How-to guide Import documents from a ZIP file
Add every document inside a ZIP file in one step. - How-to guide Export to CSV
Open the selected documents as a table in your spreadsheet application. - How-to guide Export to a folder
Copy the selected documents into a folder, optionally sorted into subfolders and renamed for others. - How-to guide Export to a text editor
Open the names of the selected documents in your text editor. - How-to guide Create a ZIP file
Put copies of the selected documents into one ZIP file. - How-to guide Record income and expenses
Record documents as income or expense, then filter them and see their totals. - Reference Income and expenses reference
The filter choices, the Amount column, the totals view, amount formats and storage of MiAZOikos. - Explanation How MiAZOikos handles money
Why MiAZOikos reads and shows amounts the way it does, and never mixes currencies. - How-to guide Keep contact details
Keep the names, addresses, phones and bank accounts of senders and recipients. - How-to guide Set how often a document comes
Say how often a document comes back, and filter by it. - How-to guide Group documents into projects
Group documents into projects, such as a house purchase or a court case, and show one at a time. - Reference Keyboard shortcuts
Every keyboard shortcut in MiAZ. - Reference Command line
The miaz command, for searching and changing a repository from a terminal. - How-to guide Tips
Small things MiAZ does for you that are easy to miss, each with the page that explains it.
Renaming
- Explanation How documents are named
The seven fields every document name carries, and what happens when one is unknown. - How-to guide Rename a document
Rename a single document with the rename dialog, and let MiAZ detect fields for you. - How-to guide Rename many documents at once
Set the same field on many documents at once. - How-to guide Fix documents waiting for review
Find the documents MiAZ cannot file yet and fix their names or the vocabulary. - How-to guide Ask an AI model about a document
Let an AI model suggest a document's fields, or ask it questions about the document. - How-to guide Tips
Small things MiAZ does for you that are easy to miss, each with the page that explains it.
Search
- How-to guide Search and filter documents
Narrow the documents with the search boxes, the date and the field filters in the sidebar. - Reference Views
The five ways to see documents, the preview and the column chooser. - How-to guide Find the documents of the same case
From one document, find the others that belong to the same case. - Reference Keyboard shortcuts
Every keyboard shortcut in MiAZ. - Reference Command line
The miaz command, for searching and changing a repository from a terminal.
Repositories
- How-to guide Create and switch repositories
Create a repository, switch between repositories, and choose the one MiAZ opens. - Reference Repository settings
The four tabs of Repository settings, and what each one holds. - How-to guide Back up and restore
Back up the documents, the configuration or the whole repository, and restore them. - How-to guide Repositories on a network
Keep MiAZ fast with a repository on a network share or a mounted cloud folder. - How-to guide Check the health of a repository
Check the whole repository for problems in one pass, and repair its vocabulary. - How-to guide Undo and redo changes
Undo and redo changes to the repository, one at a time. - How-to guide See insights into your documents
See your documents as statistics, a timeline of activity and a country map. - Reference Command line
The miaz command, for searching and changing a repository from a terminal. - Reference Frequently asked questions
Short answers to the questions people ask most. - How-to guide Tips
Small things MiAZ does for you that are easy to miss, each with the page that explains it.
Notes
- How-to guide Write notes on documents
Write notes on documents, find them again, and back them up. - How-to guide Extract text with OCR
Read the text of scanned PDFs and keep it as a note, so scans become searchable. - How-to guide Tips
Small things MiAZ does for you that are easy to miss, each with the page that explains it.
Plugins
- How-to guide Scan and import automatically
Scan pages with a SANE scanner and file them straight into the repository. - How-to guide Scan with your scanning application
Open your usual scanning application from MiAZ. - How-to guide Import documents from a ZIP file
Add every document inside a ZIP file in one step. - How-to guide Export to CSV
Open the selected documents as a table in your spreadsheet application. - How-to guide Export to a folder
Copy the selected documents into a folder, optionally sorted into subfolders and renamed for others. - How-to guide Export to a text editor
Open the names of the selected documents in your text editor. - How-to guide Create a ZIP file
Put copies of the selected documents into one ZIP file. - How-to guide Extract text with OCR
Read the text of scanned PDFs and keep it as a note, so scans become searchable. - How-to guide Record income and expenses
Record documents as income or expense, then filter them and see their totals. - Reference Income and expenses reference
The filter choices, the Amount column, the totals view, amount formats and storage of MiAZOikos. - Explanation How MiAZOikos handles money
Why MiAZOikos reads and shows amounts the way it does, and never mixes currencies. - How-to guide Keep contact details
Keep the names, addresses, phones and bank accounts of senders and recipients. - How-to guide Set how often a document comes
Say how often a document comes back, and filter by it. - How-to guide Group documents into projects
Group documents into projects, such as a house purchase or a court case, and show one at a time. - How-to guide Find the documents of the same case
From one document, find the others that belong to the same case. - How-to guide Ask an AI model about a document
Let an AI model suggest a document's fields, or ask it questions about the document. - How-to guide Check the health of a repository
Check the whole repository for problems in one pass, and repair its vocabulary. - How-to guide Undo and redo changes
Undo and redo changes to the repository, one at a time. - How-to guide See insights into your documents
See your documents as statistics, a timeline of activity and a country map. - How-to guide Choose and keep the visible columns
Choose the columns of the Details table from its header, and keep the choice per repository. - How-to guide Use fullscreen
Use MiAZ in fullscreen, from a header bar button or F11. - How-to guide Change the workspace font
Change the font and size of the document list. - How-to guide Write a plugin
Write a MiAZ plugin: the two files, the menu entries, and what to clean up.
Settings
- Reference Repository settings
The four tabs of Repository settings, and what each one holds. - How-to guide Choose and keep the visible columns
Choose the columns of the Details table from its header, and keep the choice per repository. - How-to guide Use fullscreen
Use MiAZ in fullscreen, from a header bar button or F11. - How-to guide Change the workspace font
Change the font and size of the document list. - Reference Application settings
What the Settings window holds, for the whole application.
Development
- Explanation How MiAZ is built
How MiAZ is built: the filename as database, three layers, services and signals. - How-to guide Run, test and check MiAZ
Run MiAZ from source, install it locally, and run the checks before a commit. - How-to guide Write a plugin
Write a MiAZ plugin: the two files, the menu entries, and what to clean up. - How-to guide Write help pages
Write and build these help pages, and link a part of the application to one.