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The bottom line: PowerToys is free, convenient, and available to Windows users. Visually presented information doesn’t always hold to those rules, so you’ll have to make sure that you either apply it when the image meets those rules, or else spend some time reorganizing the information. The only issue with Text Extractor is that it reads information like a book: top to bottom, left to right. I can see Text Extractor helping me to cheat a bit: I can snap a screenshot, then use Text Extractor to copy down the relevant facts quickly. Transforming visual information into editable text is a necessary skill. That’s not in the case with technology journalism: information is presented in multiple ways, quickly.

You probably don’t live in a world where if someone shows you a screenshot or a video, you can’t ask for a proper, editable PowerPoint file. I haven’t used Text Extractor yet, but I certainly plan to. Pinning the app to keep it in focus using Always on Top prevents that from happening, which is far more useful than you might think. If I need to enter the data somewhere else, the Calculator app can get buried behind the other window. Occasionally, I’ll have to run a few quick calculations on benchmark data, some of which I may not have programmed Excel to accommodate. Here are several quick ways PowerToys improve my productivity: 1) Keep a calculator or other app Always on Top

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(Right now, the tool only records MP4 video.) How PowerToys can improve your life

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In the case of the GIF recorder, that will be a future revision to the screen recorder functionality added to the Snipping Tool in the February 2023 update to Windows 11. In certain cases - such as a video-to-GIF recorder Microsoft had planned - the feature gets rolled elsewhere into Windows. The PowerToys roadmap in GitHub offers a look ahead at what Microsoft has planned. Video Conference Mute: A quick shortcut to turn off your mic and camera.Text Extractor: Using optical character recognition (OCR), this tool extracts the text from an image and gives you workable text to edit or paste.

Shortcut Guide: If you’ve forgotten all of the available Windows shortcuts that use the Windows key, this utility lists them.

Quick Accent: If you are très perturbé (very disturbed) by the lack of accent marks on the PC keyboard, you may need this shortcut utility.

PowerToys Run: PowerToys Run is a quick launcher for apps and files.

PowerRename: If you want to search for/highlight and batch rename a number of files, this is the utility to use.

Mouse Utilities: Though called “Mouse Utilities,” this is essentially a shortcut to the “Find My Mouse” utility we’ll explain below.

Keyboard Manager: Remap your keyboard’s keys, including keyboard shortcuts, simply and quickly.

Image Resizer: A simple way to resize images without needing a separate photo editor to do so.

Hosts File Editor: A tool to edit the local “Hots” file, useful for migrating a Web site to a new hosting provider.

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File Explorer add-ons: This beefs up File Explorer, allowing you to preview file types like PDF documents and SVG images without a separate editor.

File Locksmith: Can’t uninstall a program because it’s being used by…something? File Locksmith will figure it out.

Arrange and snap your windows to a variety of arrangements on your screen.

Color Picker: Want to know the exact color of an image underneath your cursor? Color Picker will identify and even copy it.

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Awake: Your PC will stay awake at full power, without needing to manage the Windows Power & Sleep settings.

Always on Top: While you can use whatever app you want, Always on Top prevents Windows from burying an app underneath another window.

We’ve linked each to Microsoft’s per-tool support document, which goes into more detail on how they can be used. Here’s a list of each PowerToy and what it does. Mark Hachman / IDG What are Microsoft’s PowerToys?