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Most people who use Microsoft Windows as the operating system on their computer also use Microsoft Office for their office productivity software. And when it comes to storing documents, spreadsheets and the like, most people use the default Documents folder to store their files.
If you find yourself switching between Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations then you may be a good candidate for the Vovsoft Document Manager application. Document Manager allows you to view, open and manage all your Microsoft Office and PDF files from one location. This way you can sort your various Office files by type and do things like open, delete and rename them from a simple to use interface.
You can use Document Manager for free for personal use but will have to see a nag screen every time you run it. Or if it’s something you will want to use all the time, you can buy the software for only $19. You can download Vovsoft Document Manager here. They have an installable version and a standalone version that doesn’t require you to install anything to use it.
Once you have Document Manager open, you will see that you can click on the type of files you want to view such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or PDF files. There are other options at the top such as whether to have the app list files in subfolders, show the file sizes, show app icons, hide the path to the files and hide file extensions. You can use the Browse button to choose the directory you want the app to use to display your files.
If you choose the All files option, the app will show all the files in the directory you have chosen.
The Customized option will let you create a special section to only display files of your choosing. The default options are text, CSV and RTF files but you can edit this to have it use whatever file types you choose.
The image below shows how the Customized section looks with the default options.
The next image shows how the app looks when you have it hide the app icon, path and file extensions.
You can right click any file or files and be shown various options such as open, rename, show in Explorer and delete. The remove from list option will remove one or more files from the list but not from your computer. This comes in handy when exporting your file list which will be discussed next.
The Export to file option will let you export everything in your list to either a text or CSV file that can be opened in Excel. The two images below show how each option works.
There are also other dedicated tools that will allow you to export a directory to a file.
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