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'''Imaging for Windows''' from ''Global 360'' is [[document imaging]] software. Earlier versions of Imaging for Windows were included in Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000. Global360 Imaging for Windows is the upgrade to this Imaging software, which was discontinued as of [[Windows XP]].<ref>[{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308979 |title=Kodak imaging for Windows is not included with Windows XP] {{webarchive|urlarchiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016061201/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308979 |datearchivedate=2007-10-16 |accessdate=2018-06-24|publisher=Microsoft}}</ref> Its image viewing, editing and scanning functions are superseded by [[Windows Picture and Fax Viewer]] and [[Microsoft Paint]], both of which are based on [[GDI+]] in Windows XP. However, the multi-page picture editing functions are gone with the Imaging software.

Imaging for Windows was developed by [[Wang Laboratories|Wang]] (as in Windows 95/NT 4.0), was later absorbed by [[Kodak]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Gottesman|first=Ben Z.|date= November 4, 1997|title= Taming the paper tiger |magazine= PC Magazine |publisher=Ziff Davis|issn=0888-8507|volume=16|number=19|pages= 198}}</ref> (as ''Eastman Software'', as in Windows 98/2000), then becoming ''eiStream Inc.'', later to be renamed to Global 360. Currently Imaging for Windows 4.0 is available through [[Open Text Corporation|OpenText]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opentext.com/g360imagingforwindows/Documentation/4.0/Getting%20Started.pdf|title=Imaging for Windows Getting Started Guide|publisher=[[Open Text Corporation|OpenText]]|date=2008|accessdate=2015-03-12|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829193609/http://www.opentext.com/g360imagingforwindows/Documentation/4.0/Getting%20Started.pdf|archivedate=2014-08-29|df=}}</ref> Professional Edition was sold as stand alone product with support for advanced features like OCR.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Cole|first=Barb|date= March 10, 1997|title= Users eye imaging ware for desktop |magazine= Computerworld |publisher=IDG|issn=0010-4841|volume=16|number=19|pages= 49, 52}}</ref>