I do add software to my work laptop even though it is not kosher with the institution that I work for. However the software I add I realized is something that other people might not realize is out there and can make your life a lot easier.
I just posted about IP Tools for Excel but another one people should look at is Clipmate. Clipmate is a clipboard extender that really adds extra power to the windows clipboard that you don't realize how much you need. Basically it seems to create a database to store ALL of your copys to the clipboard and provides you with a toolbar app that will quickly allow you to go back in history to reuse a previous copy that you did.
For even more advanced users, I found that there are macro options built in as well that I found handy for filling out forms over and over again. Set it up one and run the macro.
One feature I like the best is the safe option, you can put clipping into a safe so that they never get accidentally deleted so that you will always have access to them.
Lastly, there is a backup option so that you dont lose what you have in your clipmate database.
These are just a small set of features that this software does and it is well worth the cost of the software.
Check it out at http://thornsoft.com/
Thursday, August 16, 2018
IP Tools for Excel
I've always struggled with Excel and working with IP addresses in worksheets. In the past i would download some function that would work but inevitably it would stop working for odd reasons or due to my upgraded MS Office suite.
Recently, I was faced with getting ip addresses for over a hundred workstations all listed in an Excel 2016 workbook. None of the old functions worked with this version of Excel so I did a search and came across IP Tools for Excel. Yes it is not free, but it does have a free trial. That being said the cost was negligible when I consider how much time it saved me. 15 minutes from downloading and installing the software and my spreadsheet had all of the ip addresses in seconds. That is worth the cost in the time i just saved and the future time I will save going forward. Plus, I dont have to find that function and re-add it every time I need to do a nslookup!
Check it out at http://checkthenetwork.com/ip-tools-for-excel-features
Charles
Recently, I was faced with getting ip addresses for over a hundred workstations all listed in an Excel 2016 workbook. None of the old functions worked with this version of Excel so I did a search and came across IP Tools for Excel. Yes it is not free, but it does have a free trial. That being said the cost was negligible when I consider how much time it saved me. 15 minutes from downloading and installing the software and my spreadsheet had all of the ip addresses in seconds. That is worth the cost in the time i just saved and the future time I will save going forward. Plus, I dont have to find that function and re-add it every time I need to do a nslookup!
Check it out at http://checkthenetwork.com/ip-tools-for-excel-features
Charles
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