Seeker and Ye Shall Find

Have you ever lost a file or forgotten where you’ve put it on your hard drive? Of course you have, we’ve all done it, and if you’re lucky you may even have found it by searching through folders, or using the Windows Search facility. The one in Vista is actually quite good, but even that won’t be able help you if you can’t remember what the file was called.

Here’s something else to try, it’s called Seeker and in addition to searching for files by all or part of the name, it also looks inside files, for keywords or phrases. Again it’s something Windows can do, but this search tool is fast, very fast in fact, thanks to a powerful algorithm and an unusually flexible range of search criteria. Read more

The Phrase That Pays

If you do a lot of typing then you can be pretty sure you constantly repeat yourself, especially when writing letters or replying to emails. Here’s a way to save yourself a few seconds each day, so you don’t have to keep typing things like Dear Mr…, it was a pleasure to meet you…, thank you for the… , and anything else you can think of. Phrase Express integrates seamlessly with your word processor, text editor and email programs, inserting common phrases at the click of a mouse or simple shortcut, it expands abbreviations, auto completes phrases with predictive text, enters dates and times, even a quote of the date if you so wish and as an added bonus it checks your spelling. It’s easy to use, highly customisable and yes, before you ask, it is free for personal use.