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Software applications continue to help office productivity

Here are 3 nifty little software tools that make my life easier every day. Check them out, if you are in need of a little personal productivity boost!

CutePDF
From the author:

“CutePDF Writer is the free version of commercial PDF creation software. CutePDF Writer installs itself as a “printer subsystem”. This enables virtually any Windows applications (must be able to print) to create professional quality PDF documents – with just a push of a button!
 
FREE for commercial and non-commercial use!  No watermarks!  No Popup Web Ads! “

I’ve been using it for the last year and have found it excellent. Documents created are of good quality, even when creating pdf’s containing images which sometimes cause problems for competitive products.

You can download it here.

Effective File Search
From the author:

“Effective File Search (EFS) is a powerful but easy to use search tool. Search any files on your computer or local network with this effective software. EFS is a real replacement for the Windows Search utility. You can save a lot of time with this excellent file search tool.

Registration costs US $29.95 for a single user. “

You can download it here.

This tool is not free, but it doesn’t break the bank. What I like about this little tool most, is that I can search any database with multiple keywords. It comes especially handy when I am looking for some specific, relatively rare words. It allows entering up to 4 different keywords. Windows Search utility only allows me really to search for one single keyword. It saves me loads of time and results are great!

Kuler  – Explore, create and share color themes
From the author:

“Adobe® Kuler™ is the web-hosted application for generating color themes that can inspire any project. No matter what you’re creating, with Kuler you can experiment quickly with color variations and browse thousands of themes from the Kuler community. Kuler is available online at no charge”

To read detailed information on this tool, click here.

To go straight to the Kuler tool site, click here.

If you happen to play with colours, create brochures, ads, posters, power point presentations…anything that involves colour matching – then this tool maybe for you. It certainly saves me loads of time in my work!

Works like a dream!

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