modifry
12-27-2007, 05:45 PM
I thought of this thread idea after reading Joe's post about Outlook and my mention of how well Eudora works. So here's my list of the coolest software utilities I use on a regular basis.
1. Key Text (http://www.mjmsoft.com/keytext.htm) - Absolutely the coolest software for automating tasks. If you have used macros, imagine a macro that works in any program and even jumps between programs. I use this daily at work and home. With one keystroke I copy the contents of an email into a blank Word document, do several search and replace routines, add formatting, copy the document to another program, then go back to the email program and get the next email and repeat everything (for up to 5 emails), then when it's done I print it and close all the open documents. I've used it to copy data from an Excel spreadsheet into a mainframe client to enter data into a system database that had no capability for a data import. I had the macro repeat 100 times and it would enter 100 rows of Excel data into the mainframe with a single keystroke (it took several minutes but it was effortless). You can even have it wait for programs to open, do mouse clicks, auto-detect screen text, it's almost unlimited. And the best part is it actually works and it's cheap ($30).
2. Snagit (http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp?CMP=KgoogleStmhome) - Totally awesome screen capture utility. This thing will auto-capture scrolling web pages or convert screen shots to text or do one-step "capture and paste to clipboard" or a hundred other things. While I use Photoshop for some images because it's powerful, I find myself using SnagIt more and more because it's so fast and easy and has the BEST arrows and captions for marking up pictures or documents. $40.
3. Allway Sync (http://www.allwaysync.com/) - Free - File/Folder synchronizing tool. Easy and works. And did I mention it's free?
I could add more, but I'd like to see what some of you are using. If you have any favorites please add them to this list.
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1. Key Text (http://www.mjmsoft.com/keytext.htm) - Absolutely the coolest software for automating tasks. If you have used macros, imagine a macro that works in any program and even jumps between programs. I use this daily at work and home. With one keystroke I copy the contents of an email into a blank Word document, do several search and replace routines, add formatting, copy the document to another program, then go back to the email program and get the next email and repeat everything (for up to 5 emails), then when it's done I print it and close all the open documents. I've used it to copy data from an Excel spreadsheet into a mainframe client to enter data into a system database that had no capability for a data import. I had the macro repeat 100 times and it would enter 100 rows of Excel data into the mainframe with a single keystroke (it took several minutes but it was effortless). You can even have it wait for programs to open, do mouse clicks, auto-detect screen text, it's almost unlimited. And the best part is it actually works and it's cheap ($30).
2. Snagit (http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp?CMP=KgoogleStmhome) - Totally awesome screen capture utility. This thing will auto-capture scrolling web pages or convert screen shots to text or do one-step "capture and paste to clipboard" or a hundred other things. While I use Photoshop for some images because it's powerful, I find myself using SnagIt more and more because it's so fast and easy and has the BEST arrows and captions for marking up pictures or documents. $40.
3. Allway Sync (http://www.allwaysync.com/) - Free - File/Folder synchronizing tool. Easy and works. And did I mention it's free?
I could add more, but I'd like to see what some of you are using. If you have any favorites please add them to this list.
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