Useful software

Tools I use every day

• SlickRun (Download)– Create magic words to navigate to any site, browse to any folder, launch any app

• Mezer Tools (Download)– Screen capture and measuring tools

• Ditto– Keeps track of what you copy to the clipboard and allows you to easily find and copy/paste

• TortoiseSVN– Create and use a repository that contains any version of any file that you commit allowing you to revert,

compare, etc.

• Everything Search Engine– If you remember any part of a filename on your local drive, this search engine will help you find it

• ToDo List– Everything you would every want to manage your ToDo lists on a Desktop. Stripped down mobile

versions can access your lists via DropBox

• Dropbox– On-line folder to faciliate sharing files with yourself or others

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SlickRun uses magic words …to launch any app, navigate to any folder, browse to any website, etc

Keeps your desktop clean andsaves many minutes per day.

Mezer Tools

• Calipers to measure things on your screen

• Windows + S to screen capture(Or select Screen Capture from menu or Toolbox)

• Use Toolbox for – Screen Capture– Generating repeated text– Getting hex or RGB color – Convert hex to decimal number

Ditto

• Ctrl + ` to show what you copied to clipboard

• Double-click item to copy/paste into current app• Enter text in Ditto search box to find text you

copied that contains text

TortoiseSVN

• Create and use a repository that contains any version of any file that you commit allowing you to revert, compare, etc.

Repository Working copy

TortoiseSVNRepository (use RepoBrowser) Working copy (use TortoiseSVN Explorer menu)

Everything

• If you remember any part of a filename on your local drive, this search engine will help you find it

ToDoList

DropBox