FREE APPS & SERVICES Finding tools and sites that make our working life easier every day. KNACK TRAINING CONTENTS DEVICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT: REVO UNINSTALLER 4 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT: IOBIT UNINSTALLER 4 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT: APP CLEANER 4 BROWSER PROTECTION: UBLOCK ORIGIN 5 PASSWORD MANAGER: LASTPASS 5 PASSWORD MANAGER: DASHLANE 5 ORGANIZATION FREE TOOLS: MICROSOFT ONEDRIVE 6 FREE TOOLS: G SUITE 6 NOTE-TAKING: MICROSOFT ONENOTE 6 NOTE-TAKING: GOOGLE KEEP 7 TASK MANAGEMENT: ASANA 7 PLANNING: TRELLO 7 2 | Table of Contents DESIGN WORK FONTS: GOOGLE FONTS 8 FONTS: TYPEWOLF 8 FONTS: CREATIVE FABRICA 8 FONTS: PIXEL SURPLUS 8 ICONS: THE NOUN PROJECT 8 STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY: PIXABAY 9 IMAGE EDITING: PIXLR 9 GRAPHIC CREATION: CANVA 9 SCREENSHOTS: WIN + SHIFT + S 9 SCREENSHOTS: IRFANVIEW 9 VIDEO CAPTURE: POWERPOINT 10 VIDEO CAPTURE: WIN + G 10 VIDEO CAPTURE: QUICKTIME 10 VIDEO CONVERSION: HANDBRAKE 10 VIDEO DOWNLOADS: Q DOWNLOADER 10 VIDEO EDITING: POWERPOINT 10 Table of Contents | 3 DEVICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT: REVO UNINSTALLER Revo Uninstaller has a free version that allows you to uninstall any application, and remove all the related files and Registry changes.For PC only. Download: http://knack.link/revo PROGRAM MANAGEMENT: IOBIT UNINSTALLER IObit Uninstaller is an incredibly simple tool for removing applications and fixing changes on your PC. Compare with Revo, and use your favorite. For PC only. Download: http://knack.link/iobit PROGRAM MANAGEMENT: APP CLEANER The Mac alternative to Revo and IObit is the App Cleaner - remove apps from your Mac with no traces left over! For Mac only. Download: http://knack.link/appcleaner 4 | Knack Training: Free Apps & Services BROWSER PROTECTION: UBLOCK ORIGIN While you’re surfing the Internet, downloading malware is a bigger and bigger problem every year. UBlock Origin is a plugin for your browser that stops that from happening. Cross-platform, for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Opera browsers. Download: http://knack.link/ublock PASSWORD MANAGER: LASTPASS Create a master password for your password manager, then LastPass will create unique, secure passwords for every site you frequent. Cross-platform, for PC and Mac, every browser, Android and iPhone. Register: http://knack.link/lastpass PASSWORD MANAGER: DASHLANE Create a master password for your password manager, then Dashlane will create unique, secure passwords for every site you frequent. Cross-platform, for PC and Mac, every browser, Android and iPhone. Register: http://knack.link/dashlane Knack Training: Free Apps & Services | 5 ORGANIZATION FREE TOOLS: MICROSOFT ONEDRIVE Everyone should have a free Microsoft account that’s connected to a free OneDrive account. Microsoft’s free tools and features that are tied to this service are worth hundreds or thousands of dollars a year. For Mac and PC. Register: http://knack.link/onedrive FREE TOOLS: G SUITE Google’s free tools - Gmail, Google Drive, and dozens of others - are an incredible gift for anyone who registers for a free G Suite account. For Mac and PC. Register: http://knack.link/gsuite NOTE-TAKING: MICROSOFT ONENOTE OneNote, connected to your free OneDrive account, is an incredible tool for gathering, organizing, tracking, finding, and reusing information in any format you want. Cross- platform, Android and iPhone. Download: http://knack.link/onenote 6 | Knack Training: Free Apps & Services NOTE-TAKING: GOOGLE KEEP A lightweight tool that’s great for checklists, grocery lists, and other ‘post-it sized’ pieces of information. Web- based, Android and iPhone. Register: http://knack.link/keep TASK MANAGEMENT: ASANA The gold standard for free, online task management software. Browser-based. Register: http://knack.link/asana PLANNING: TRELLO Build Kanban boards for planning, visualizing, and collaborating on projects. This is one of my favorite tools in the world. Browser-based. Register: http://knack.link/trello Knack Training: Free Apps & Services | 7 DESIGN WORK FONTS: GOOGLE FONTS Thousands of free, downloadable fonts for any situation. Cross-platform. Download: http://knack.link/googlefonts FONTS: TYPEWOLF This site is a great resource for teaching yourself which fonts compliment each other in your designs. Online. Read: http://knack.link/typewolf FONTS: CREATIVE FABRICA One of my favorite sites for free resources that are emailed to me every day. Fonts nobody else has! Online. Register: http://knack.link/creativefabrica FONTS: PIXEL SURPLUS One of my favorite sites for free resources that are emailed to me every day. Fonts nobody else has! Online. Register: http://knack.link/pixelsurplus ICONS: THE NOUN PROJECT An easy way to create a graphics-rich presentation is to add line-art based icons. The Noun Project is a community-based site for building up a rich library of these graphics. Online. Download from: http://knack.link/ thenounproject 8 | Knack Training: Free Apps & Services STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY: PIXABAY Downloading beautiful, royalty-free photography is an important element in the design of presentations, brochures, and more. Online. Download from: http://knack.link/pixabay IMAGE EDITING: PIXLR If you don’t have the budget and/or skillset for Photoshop, the online service Pixlr is user-friendly and free. Online. Try it: http://knack.link/pixlr GRAPHIC CREATION: CANVA Canva is an incredible service for creating competent graphics - posters, social media, etc. - with essentially no design talent at all! Online. Try it: http://knack.link/canva SCREENSHOTS: WIN + SHIFT + S If you have Windows 10, you can screenshot a segment of the screen by using the keyboard shortcut WIN + SHIFT + S. SCREENSHOTS: IRFANVIEW I like to screenshot for my work with the arrow on the screen. To do this, you need to download IrfanView. Windows only. Download: http://knack.link/irfanview Knack Training: Free Apps & Services | 9 VIDEO CAPTURE: POWERPOINT PowerPoint now has a tool under the Insert Tab - capture with Screen Recording. VIDEO CAPTURE: WIN + G On Windows 10, we have a Gaming Mode option you can access with the shortcut WIN + G. This will let you record your screen, as well! Windows only. VIDEO CAPTURE: QUICKTIME On a Mac, you can capture your screen by opening QuickTime. VIDEO CONVERSION: HANDBRAKE If you’re given a video file in a weird or obscure format, you can convert between any two formats with the application Handbrake. Windows & Mac. Download: http://knack.link/handbrake VIDEO DOWNLOADS: Q DOWNLOADER I never recommend to anyone to embed a video from YouTube. Instead, download a copy of any YouTube video by putting a link into the site Q Downloader. Online. Try it: http://knack.link/qdownloader VIDEO EDITING: POWERPOINT By selecting your video file, you can trim the file in PowerPoint, then chooseFile > Export > Create a Video. 10 | Knack Training: Free Apps & Services.