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`TOOLS YOU CAN USE
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`Fishing Expeditions Made Simple
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`BY JOEL DREYFUSS • Hard drives are ten
`times larger today than they were just five
`years ago, which is a mixed blessing. On the
`one hand, you can keep more info on your
`PC. On the other hand, it's much harder to
`find files. Windows Explorer offers a "find"
`command, but it's pretty useless, since it
`turns up all kinds of obscure files and can't
`do the kinds of precise, refined searches
`that would be helpful.
`Luckily, I've found a piece of software
`that makes the chore a lot easier. A new
`"information tracker" called Enfish does
`a great job of indexing and Orgailizing
`your hard drive. When you ask it to find
`something, Enfish displays the results in
`a way that's actually useful, letting you
`view a document quickly. That makes this
`$79.95 piece of software a true bargain if
`you want easy access to all that stuff
`stored-somewhere-in the bowels of
`your computer.
`Software designers have been trying to
`make it easy to find files for years. In the
`hoary days of DOS, Lotus' Magellan did
`practically the same thing as Enfish. But
`Lotus never quite figured out how to mar(cid:173)
`ket it. One print ad, for example, showed
`a computer user with his head stuck in(cid:173)
`side a monitor-a superb example of in(cid:173)
`spired advertising!
`The computing world has changed a lot
`since then, and the need for PC organiza(cid:173)
`tional tools is greater than ever. Enfish's
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`search engine is particularly useful, thanks
`to viewing technology developed by Inso,
`a Boston software outfit. Inso's "viewers"
`let you see the contents of a file without
`having to run--or even own-the applica(cid:173)
`tion used to create it. Let's say you search
`for an Excel file called "Dummy." First,
`Enfish shows you a list of all the files with
`the word "dummy" in them. Then just
`click on the file you want, and you can see
`the whole spreadsheet without waiting for
`Excel to open up. That's one reason I love
`Enfish-it's fast.
`It's also very organized. Once installed,
`Enfish goes through your hard drive and
`builds a list of topics called trackers. On
`its first pass through my PC, for example,
`it peered through my folders of Internet
`mail and created a list of people I corre(cid:173)
`spond with frequently. That makes track(cid:173)
`ing correspondence a breeze. Enfish will
`even pull together messages from differ(cid:173)
`ent e-mail systems. In my case, that means
`that all the e-mails from my favorite PR
`people showed up in a neat list, no matter
`what program I used to receive them. You
`can also create trackers yourself. Once a
`tracker exists, Enfish continually updates
`its index of that category behind the scenes.
`I was also impressed with Enfish's
`search function. When I searched my com(cid:173)
`puter for new product announcements I re(cid:173)
`ceived, the results were arranged in order
`of relevance and by date. And like a good
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`Web search engine,
`Enfish let me nar(cid:173)
`row my searches by
`adding or excluding
`keywords and sort(cid:173)
`ing by topic, name,
`date, or time. Once
`you've collected a
`list of hits, that terrific viewer kicks in(cid:173)
`click on almost any item, and you can view
`it right away.
`Enfish even works for finding data on
`the Web. Just designate Websites that you
`want to track-and the info you're look(cid:173)
`ing for on those sites-and Enfish will
`check them periodically. This works best
`if you have a continuous connection to the
`Web-if you dial in with a modem, Enfish
`will annoyingly beg you for a connection
`from time to time.
`There are some drawbacks: As it works
`in the background, indexing and tracking,
`Enfish can bog down even a powerful PC.
`(You can play with some settings and di(cid:173)
`rect Enfish to index only occasionally. A
`recent update, free at www.enfish.com,
`helps reduce this problem.) I was also dis(cid:173)
`appointed that Enfish did not work with
`the older version of Lotus cc:Mail that my
`company still uses. However, I wasn't too
`upset. Since the e-mail system isn't Y2K
`compliant, Enfish will definitely outlive
`it-and hopefully keep my PC well orga(cid:173)
`nized into the next millennium.
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`Cleaning and Categorizing With Enfish
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`Setting the rules for a
`search is easy with Enfish.
`You can narrow your hunt
`by words, categories, dates,
`or types of files. Once you
`have a set of results, you
`can refine your search even
`further.
`
`Tracking your data is simple
`because Enfish organizes in(cid:173)
`formation into categories it
`creates based on the existing
`content of your hard disk. You .,..,..,;.~i:r~i~<J~o~U~•t'AII!.,..._. __
`can create additional catego(cid:173)
`ries on your own. It will also
`track Websites you select, re(cid:173)
`turning to them regularly to
`search for content.
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`Results of your search show
`up in the large window. Enfish
`tells you the file type (i.e., Word
`or Excel); gives you a summary
`of its contents; and provides
`you with the file's location on
`your PC. By clicking on the
`file, you can view its contents
`or launch the appropriate
`application to edit it
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`F 0 R T U N E • 211
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`Enfish, LLC; IPR2014-00574
`Exhibit 2218
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