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I Love Google’s Desktop Search

by Anne Wayman on October 12th, 2006

Do you ever lose files on your computer? I sure do. Today I couldn’t remember how I filed two word documents.

The first is a maybe manuscript about me and my cat. Does the world need another book about cats? Probably not, but if I get this together, cat lovers might enjoy it.

The second lost file was the preliminary agreement with a ghostwriting client. I almost panicked because it was time to draft the final agreement.

In both cases I more or less remembered the file name – in the first case I knew I had included MzTiz, my tabby’s known name; in the second, almost all the contracts I create are letters of agreement and usually carry that in their title.

Turned out I had put MzTizSpeaks in a miscellaneous file I’d moved to my documents some time ago. And I’d filed the contract in a folder with the client’s name… but for some reason, I’d used the client’s last name first rather than my usual first and last name. I use first and last name in that order because that’s how I think of them.

A quick search using Google’s desktop search found both and I was off and running. I’ve actually downloaded Google’s desktop search and when I can’t find something get to click on the little green and red logo on my task bar. Easy breezy.

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