March 25, 2007

Save Time & Sanity With Virtual Assistants

      - by Jim Edwards

(c) Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
    http://www.thenetreporter.com
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One of the great things about the online world involves the fact
that you can find software to help you accomplish virtually any
small job you can imagine, especially repetitive, mundane or boring
tasks.

Since the Internet makes it possible for software developers to
easily avoid the astronomical costs of traditional distribution
through stores and catalogs, an explosion of highly specialized,
time-saving software applications has occurred online. 

The bottom line: if you can think of and perform a repetitive job or
task on your computer, a real possibility exists that a small
software application can help you do the job better, faster and
cheaper.

** Automate Repetitive Tasks

Qualifying as a virtual "Swiss Army Knife" application,
QuickKeys.com offers a very versatile program enabling you to
automate various tasks, such as: repeatedly typing the same
"boilerplate" text in emails and documents; formatting text with
certain font sizes and page breaks; opening various files when you
first turn on your computer; applying a complex set of filters to a
set of graphics in PhotoShop; much more.

Commonly referred to as a "macro," QuickKeys.com takes a type of
software application previously reserved for "computer nerds only"
and puts it in the hands of everyday users, allowing them to
automated tasks that used to eat up valuable time.

Though it takes a bit of time to train the program to follow your
directions, the end result seems well worth the effort.

As soon as you get the hang of it, you’ll find your self automating
job after job and wondering how you got along before without this
handy little utility.

The only downside of the program may appear in its price of around
$99, but the time saved makes the cost extremely worthwhile.

** Remembering Passwords

Roboform.com helps you remember all your various passwords for
membership and password-protected sites on the web.

One of the biggest timewasters I can think of involves trying to
remember or find a username and password for a particular website.

Now you automatically and securely remember the access information
for virtually any password-protected site on the Internet.

Unlike Gator, another popular password utility, RoboForm.com doesn’t
harass you with advertising nor does it have other "spy-ware"
privacy connotations.

Sorry Netscape users, RoboForm.com only works with the Internet
Explorer web browser.

** Stop "Spam" Before Downloading

One of the most time consuming tasks online involves wading through
the piles of spam that threaten to bury you on a daily basis.

MailWasher.net makes it possible to spot spam and delete it prior to
downloading it to your computer.

The program also allows you to set up rules to automatically
identify friends as well as "blacklist" spammers and messages.

An excellent feature in the program allows you to "bounce" the email
you receive from spammers, which makes it appear your email address
has gone bad.

Some spammers will get this "bounce" and automatically remove your
email address from their list never to hear from them again.

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Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co-author of
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