Office Productivity Hacks

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Google Drive

Mail Merge

Yet Another Mail Merge

Keyboard Shortcuts

MS Word

  • Key command for inserting non-updating date:
Alt-Shift-D, Backspace, Ctrl-Shift-F9

Text Readers

Copy text and past it into YAKiToMe!'s web site text box, then press the "play" button. A computerized female voice will read the text back to you.

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.
Validate single email addresses for free, or up to 100 email addresses with a trial account.

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.