Office Productivity Hacks
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Google Drive
Mail Merge
- Yet Another Mail Merge
- Yet Another Mail Merge (Installation script.)
- Yet Another Mail Merge (App web page.)
- Yet Another Mail Merge (YAMM) - FAQ
- Create a Mail Merge with Gmail and Google Drive / Docs (Video tutorial for using Yet Another Mail Merge.)
Keyboard Shortcuts
MS Word
- Key command for inserting non-updating date:
- Alt-Shift-D, Backspace, Ctrl-Shift-F9
Slide Decks
- Web-Based Slide Decks Done Right
- http://luigimontanez.com/2011/web-based-slide-decks-done-right/
- SlideGo - Interactive Slides
- http://www.slidego.com/home/
- Speaker Deck
- http://speakerdeck.com/
- "Speaker Deck is the best way to share presentations online. Simply upload your slides as a PDF, and we’ll turn them into a beautiful online experience. View them on SpeakerDeck.com, or share them on any website with an embed code."
- Prezi - The Zooming Presentation Editor
- http://prezi.com/
Tools
Email Validation Services
- With this free email validation service, you can easily verify an email address and confirm if it is valid, properly formatted and really exists.
- Verifalia (Online service that will check emails at about a penny a pop.)
- Email address validation, email list cleaning, email list hygiene, email list scrubbing.
Reporting Tools
- 10 Tools for Creating Infographics and Visualizations
- http://moz.com/blog/10-tools-for-creating-infographics-visualizations
Miscellaneous Tools
- Zamzar - free online converter
- http://www.zamzar.com/
- http://www.zamzar.com/conversionTypes.php
- File convert service between document, image, music, video, e-book, compressed and CAD formats. No account or signup required.
Web Fax Services
- Looks like it does not require account set-up for free fax service. Inserts ad on fax cover page.
- Looks like it does not require account set-up for free fax service. Claims that it does not place ad(s) on fax.
- Claim's it's "Truly Free Internet Faxing." Also appears to not require account set-up to use.
- Further Reading
Zip+4 Lookups
- Melissa Data Address Check
- http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/AddressCheck.asp
- Input entire address (minus zip) into text field and Melissa Data will quickly generate a zip+4 code.
- Limited to 25 lookups a day to non-registered users, and 100 per day to registered users.
- Melissa Data Batch Address Check
- http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/batchaddresscheck.asp
- Must register to use this tool. Delivers zip+4 and cleaned up addresses in multiple address batches.