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  1. The Tuts+ Guide to Transcribing Audio Notes

    The Tuts+ Guide to Transcribing Audio Notes

    Tutorial Beginner

    Everything you need to know about transcribing voice notes from interviews, meetings, lectures, and personal memos using just your browser.

  2. The Ultimate Guide to OmniFocus 2

    The Ultimate Guide to OmniFocus 2

    Tutorial Beginner

    The original Getting Things Done app can be a bit confusing for starters. Here's everything you need to hit the ground running in the latest version.

  3. Vim for Beginners

    Vim for Beginners

    Tutorial Beginner

    You may have heard of the wonders of Vim, but never attempted to learn it. Being one of the oldest editors, it's a classic and free to use on every computer...

  4. How to Format Your Spreadsheets in Excel with Styles

    How to Format Your Spreadsheets in Excel with Styles

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Style is typically the last thing you think about with spreadsheets; they're business first tools that aren't designed to look nice. And yet, Excel Styles...

  5. Using FastMail: A Primer

    Using FastMail: A Primer

    Tutorial Beginner

    One of the best tools for hosting email with a custom domain, FastMail has quickly become a popular alternative to Google Apps. Here's everything you need to...

  6. How to Run a Giveaway With a Spreadsheet

    How to Run a Giveaway With a Spreadsheet

    Tutorial Beginner

    You don't need a fancy app to run a giveaway. Here's how you can run a giveaway and pick your random winners using any spreadsheet app.

  7. OneNote GTD: Productivity with Freeform Notes

    OneNote GTD: Productivity with Freeform Notes

    Tutorial Intermediate

    OneNote's a great freeform notebook app, but its flexibility makes it great for so much more. Here's how to turn OneNote into your own custom Getting Things...

  8. Superpower Your Note Taking Skills With nvALT and Simplenote

    Superpower Your Note Taking Skills With nvALT and Simplenote

    Tutorial Beginner

    Learn how to the more advanced features in nvALT to take your plain text note taking workflow to the next level.

  9. Design a Beautiful Mother's Day Card in Microsoft Word

    Design a Beautiful Mother's Day Card in Microsoft Word

    Tutorial Beginner

    Learn how to design a Mother’s Day card in Word using only standard shapes, default colors, and a trick to tweak the flower shape. In minutes, you'll have a...

  10. How to OCR Documents Online With ABBYY FineReader

    How to OCR Documents Online With ABBYY FineReader

    Tutorial Beginner

    It's easy to scan your documents, but far harder to make those scans useful. ABBYY FineReader makes that a lot simpler with their online OCR service. Here's...

  11. How to Extract Data From a Spreadsheet Using VLOOKUP, MATCH, and INDEX

    How to Extract Data From a Spreadsheet Using VLOOKUP, MATCH, and INDEX

    Tutorial Intermediate

    There's easier ways to find and move data in a spreadsheet than copy and paste. Here's how to use the VLOOKUP, MATCH and INDEX functions to extract specific...

  12. Getting Started With LastPass

    Getting Started With LastPass

    Tutorial Beginner

    Online security is crucially important, but you can't stay secure with simple, easily-rememberable passwords. LastPass is one of the most popular...