When we work, study, or just be at home apart from a lot of soft skills we all can work smart, be productive, and efficient in the way we work. Lets check the productive apps for everyone.

But, how?

Yes, you guessed it right.

The digital skills of yours help you in this as you can use a lot of tools, apps, and software.

Though there are many software, apps, and tools few which many recommend and use. Almost 80 % of people are using this software.

1.) MS office – MS office is popularly known as office which Bill Gates announced on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX in Las Vegas. From then till now it has become so popular that everyone irrespective of being a housewife, businessman or student is using it. MS Office is a package that has some basic and advanced usage apps.

The latest version which is in use is MS Office 2016 and MS Office 2019. There has been a lot of changes from then till now and a lot of new versions came from then.

MS word is a word processor that is part of documentation. We can use it for making a book, pamphlet, notice, applications or projects, etc. It is a widely in use app and the extension of the same is “.doc”.

MS excel is a spreadsheet editor and is again the most widely app in use. It is an app that is in use to do calculations, keep data in a tabular format which means you can filter and search the data easily.

 

MS PowerPoint is a presentation program that is is use to create slideshows having text, graphics, and other objects. This is one of the universal ways to present data in the most presentable and customized way.

MS OneNote is a program that helps you to keep handwritten or typed notes, drawings, clips, or audio commentaries.

MS outlook is a program that helps you to access your all mails, calendar in one place and organize them in the best way.

  

2.) Canva – It is a graphic designing platform that helps you to create all sorts of social media graphics, presentations, posters with the help of drag and drop features. This is the best app in use for creative and professional design.

3.) Accounting software – Financials are important for each and every organization and so we need to manage the accounts and finances of the organization. There are a lot of accounting software that is in use by various organizations.

Software like tally, busy can be in use or we can make customized software. Using this software will not only make your life easy but will also well manage your finances.

4.) WhatsApp – This is a must app for each and every person irrespective of your profile. Whether you are working or not, whether you are a housewife or a student. Everyone is using this app for their personal and professional useWhatsApp has made life easy, and it is even good for fast communication.

5.) Social media websites – This is again a go-to website for each and every person. A website like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest is a few of these websites. These social media profiles are best for practical usage, showcasing your skills, promoting your business, or just for networking.

This is one of the best mediums for each and every individual. It is a powerful medium that can impact you positively or negatively both personally or professionally.

6.) Email provider – Today communication is very important and with that speed and accuracy are also important. For this email providers like Gmail, Yahoo, etc come into the picture. With the email providers, you can communicate effectively on time. These emails also work like proofs and can be in use later also as one copy is available with you in the sent folder.

 

7.) SMS app – This is again a very effective and fast way of communication as you can do it even if you are in a very noisy place without even other people letting know that a you send a msg. An inbuilt app can be used which comes in your phone by default or you can use a separate app like WeChat etc. for SMS communication.

8.) Calendar – This is something which people swear by as if you have proper and correct planning of schedule than you can do your tasks in a more proper wayGoogle calendar, phone calendar, etc. helps people to organize more and do their work on time. Without a calendar, we would need a diary or planner which is difficult to manage. In the calendar app, there are notifications and reminders also which do not let us forget or miss any of the tasks.

 

9.) Teamviewer – We all need to conduct meetings in our office and need to access the system from another place. In this type of situation apps like TeamViewer come for the rescue. There are other apps also like Any Desk but TeamViewer is most widely used. In these apps, you can access the system from any place and thus they make our work easy.

10.) Hangouts – This is yet another app that is widely needed and used for video conferencing and connecting with people on go. This is a popular way to connect people with video callings but there are many other apps that are available like messenger. You can choose any but hangout is easy and good to use.

 

11.) Google drive – Keeping your documents available for editing every time even on go is the need of the hour and so google drive is used. It is a by-product of the Gmail account. Also, this drive has docs, sheets, presentations all in it.

They all can be accessed by multiple people at one time. We can give edit or view rights to the users, This will enable the people to even edit at one point of time even when you are traveling.

12.) Zoom – This is an app that is widely used for conducting online meetingssharing screens, conducting webinars, and presenting data. Though there are a lot of options available like google meet etc. The zoom app is also very popular and in demand.

Using these Apps, life is a lot easy, and we all can do our work efficiently and effectively.

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