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Old way of looking up old data

• Double-click Windows Search icon
• Wait 8 seconds
• Type the text I’m looking for, IE: “xmas 04” (My Christmas shopping list)
• Wait 3 seconds
• Double-click ‘xmas 04.txt’ to start Notepad
• Wait 2 seconds
• View document

New Way

• In IE or Firefox, click on bookmark for Google Desktop
• Type the text I’m looking for
• Click the cache-link
• Wait 1/2 second
• View document

Time Saved: 12.5 seconds. I do this search 5-20 times per day.

Old way of looking up archived emails

• Open Outlook
• Wait 30 seconds
• Hit Ctrl-Shift-F.
• Type in search criterion
• Wait 45 seconds
• view results

New Way

• Click on bookmark for Google Desktop
• Type in the search criterion
• wait 1/2 second
• View email

I often leave Outlook running, so I’ll just say I’ve saved 44.5 seconds. I do this search 2-10 times per day.