Repetitive Tasks
How to save effort and improve accuracy when performing some Repetitive Tasks
Photos
Rename photos in File Explorer
Duplicates Cleaner Windows App
Email processing
Automatic Filter emails
Transfer contacts from old email account. Export to CSV file.
Compare 2 lists
Paste into an Excel column and use these instructions
https://chandoo.org/wp/2010/07/01/compare-lists-excel-tip/
Creating and analysing a survey
Example: menu choices
Use Google Form to collect e.g. menu choices and analyse/print from a spreadsheet.
Word Processing
Copy text from dialog boxes on web sites. Textify
Add words to Word dictionary to auto-correct
Programming Function Keys
Autokey program https://autohotkey.com/download/
- Save keystrokes by saving common text e.g. myadddress to a combination of keyboard keys.
- Auto replace word with string in any program
- Assign an action to a combination of keyboard keys. e.g search Google using the content of clipboard.
Go straight to favourite websites
The Chrome extension Speed Dial 2 allows a user to organise bookmarks and display them not as links but as thumbnails of the target site.