June 22, 2019

Microsoft’s Chromium Edge browser now available on Windows 7 and Windows 8


Microsoft is making its Chromium-powered Edge browser available on both Windows 7 and Windows 8 for testing today. The release comes two months after Chromium Edge first debuted on Windows 10, and a month after it appeared on macOS. Microsoft is releasing the daily Canary builds initially, and plans to support the weekly Dev channel “soon.” You can download the installer over at Microsoft’s Edge Insider site.






















































“You will find the experience and feature set on previous versions of Windows to be largely the same as on Windows 10, including forthcoming support for Internet Explorer mode for our enterprise customers,” explains a Microsoft Edge team blog post. While most features will be the same, dark mode is missing and Microsoft says there is no support for AAD sign-in.



EDGE IS COMING TO WINDOWS 7 BEFORE ITS END OF SUPPORT

Microsoft is still testing its Chromium Edge browser across Windows 10, macOS, and now older versions of Windows, and it’s still not clear when the company will start to release it
more broadly. Edge will be available for Windows 7, despite the fact Microsoft is planning to end support for the operating system next January.

Edge Chromium will include an IE mode for businesses, and a new Collections feature that’s designed for web users to be able to more easily collect text, images, and information from the internet into a note. We got a closer look at the new Microsoft Edge earlier this year.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/19/18692033/microsoft-chromium-edge-windows-7-8-available-download

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Microsoft Edge, when it was originally launched with Windows 10, was not available for earlier versions of Windows operating system. Because of this, Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 had to rely on third-party web browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox as the built-in Internet Explorer browser was outdated.

A few months ago, Microsoft announced the Chromium-based Edge browser. The new Chromium-based Edge was initially made available for Windows 10, and later it was released for macOS as well.

Now, Microsoft has made available the Chromium-based Edge for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 as well. With this, Windows 7/8/8.1 users will finally be able to install and use the Edge browser without upgrading their installation to Windows 10.

Although this will certainly help PC users who are still running Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1, it’s surprising that Microsoft released a new browser for Windows 7 at this time as Windows 7 support will end in just six months (January 2020).

For starters, the new Edge is super-fast like the Chrome browser and looks very similar to Chrome. Since the new Edge is based on Chromium, it offers most of the features and options offered in Chrome. Besides that, it supports Chrome extensions as well.

After installing the Edge browser, you can import browser data (including passwords) from other browsers into the Edge.

Visit the following link to download the latest version of Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser for Windows 7/8/8.1. The new Edge is compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7/8/8.1 systems.Download Edge for Windows 7/8/8.1

24 Google Docs Templates That Will Make Your Life Easier

It’s all too easy to waste time formatting your Google documents. Others have already put together some excellent templates for your use. If you use Google Docs, here are 24 time-saving templates that’ll let you get on with using the documents, rather than struggling to put them together.

These free Google Docs templates are split into four sections; Work, Health, Home, andTravel. So feel free to scroll to the section that’s most relevant to you.

Work Templates

Resumé

Google Docs Resume Template


Formatting resumes can be a real test of patience (and design skills). That’s where this professional template comes in handy. It includes all the sections needed to help you land that dream job. For instance, career objectives, experience, education, skills and references (these sections can be altered if needed).

Business Letter

Google Docs Business Letter Template


When it comes to any type of business letter, you want the appearance to be professional. You may be writing to a client or customer, contacting a vendor or manufacturer, or creating a cover letter to accompany your resume. This business letter template in Google Docs is formatted perfectly. Just add your contact details, the date, and your message.

Presentation

Google Docs Presentation Template


This template does what it says on the tin and can even be edited offline. To add another slide, right-click the second slide, and select Duplicate slide.  You can choose to show the presentation in a new window, or you can download as a PowerPoint file or PDF (among other formats). Then confidently open your presentation wherever you are.

Meeting Agenda

Google Docs Meeting Agenda Template


Keep your meetings as efficient as possible by having an agenda template ready to roll at a second’s notice. This meeting agenda template in Google Docs includes the agenda (obviously), attendees, scribe name, minutes, action items, and next meeting items. You can also invite other team members to add agenda items directly to the template to streamline the process further.

Project Timeline

Google Docs Project Timeline Template


Organize the timeline of your project with this straightforward Gantt chart. With tasks split into different phases, and a weekly timescale, understanding the overall structure of your complex project—at a glance—is a picnic.

Project Tracking

Google Docs Project Tracking Template


This spreadsheet offers a fast way of keeping up with which tasks are still open, complete, when they were started, who’s responsible, and the task difficulty. Using this kind of tracking spreadsheet, alongside the project timeline above, offers a pretty comprehensive toolkit for keeping everyone on track.

Business Plan

Google Docs Business Plan Template


Get straight into the nitty-gritty of fleshing out your business propositions with this template. The major sections are all there, from market analysis to financial projections, along with plenty of export options. Any graphs or charts you need to put together (to add more visual substance to the plan) can easily be handled by Google Sheets.

Invoicing

Google Docs Invoice Template


If invoicing isn’t yet causing a problematic bottleneck in your company, this simple template can save you the hassle of transferring your invoicing to a dedicated, more comprehensive platform. Simply complete the invoice, download as a PDF, and email to your client or customer.

Newsletter

Google Docs Newsletter Template


If you use Google Docs for your business, then you’ll love this newsletter template. In just minutes, you can add your company details, insert photographs, and let your clients or coworkers know what’s new. It’s short and sweet at two pages, which is usually just enough for an informative company newsletter.

Brochure

Google Docs Brochure Template


A brochure may not be something you create daily, but when you need one this attractive template comes in handy. It offers the same appearance as the above newsletter template, for a terrific combo. Add your own photos, include an overview and key features, and wrap up with all the necessary details for your product or service. This template makes it all very simple.

Health Templates

Weight and Measurement Tracking

Google Docs Weight Tracking Template


For those who are looking to bulk up or become leaner, this fantastic spreadsheet allows you to record any changes in overall body composition, from the size of your upper-arms to your body-fat percentage. After each entry, the overall change is calculated automatically.

Weight Training

Google Docs Weight Training Template


This ready-to-go weight training regimen gives you specific instructions to follow throughout the week. Obviously, the overall weight of each set should be adjusted according to your needs, but as far as set workouts go, you can’t go wrong.

Home Templates

Household Chores

Google Docs Chores Template


Prevent any further arguments around the house by keeping track of household chores (and even offering financial incentives!). This nicely designed template keeps things simple, bold, and clear cut, helping you always run a tight ship.

To-Do List

Google Docs To-Do List Template


Get started on your to-do list right away while easily being able to see each task’s due date, priority and status. It’s basic, but does the job, allowing you to get on with crossing things off that list, rather than spending time creating it. If you want a simple Google Docs to-do list template, this is it.

House Moving Calculator

Google Docs House Moving Template


We all know that moving can cause a huge amount of stress. Much of that stress can come from not properly understanding how the move will affect you financially. This home cost evaluation template lets you financially assess your new purchase so you can more effectively weigh your options.

Calendar

Google Docs Calendar Template


If for whatever reason you’d like to have your calendar stored and managed in Google Sheets, this is a great template that’ll get you started in no time. Each month is on a separate worksheet and it’s also designed for print. You can use the same template each year because the calendar will change automatically.

Family Budget Planner

Google Docs Family Budget Template


If you need to keep a much closer eye on your personal/family income and expenses, this template is very much like a corporate sales forecast, edited to be perfect for home use. Overall, you can see how much cash you’ll have available by the end of the period and alter the plan accordingly to help you reach whatever savings or spending goals you have. There’s also a personal version of the spreadsheet (rather than aimed at families) available.

Wedding Checklist

Google Docs Wedding Checklist Template


Weddings; another stressful life event. Help yours go more smoothly with this detailed Google Docs checklist template. This handy wedding checklist will ensure you don’t forget anything imperative, like the all-important cake knife or organizing childcare or transportation, well in advance.

Savings Calculator

Google Docs Savings Calculator Template


This calculator quickly lets you see savings projections in different situations, with the aim being to show you how this can lead to early retirement if you save carefully. Simply change the blue numbers around and see the effect on the graph.

Party Planning

Google Docs Party Planning Template


Keep track of who’s attending your party, what they’ve promised to bring, and whether they’ve confirmed they’ll be attending. The spreadsheet also automatically works out the cost per attendee (if applicable). Remember to only edit the green cells, though it’s easy enough to add any additional columns such as “Dietary Requirements”, if needed.

Car Comparison

Google Docs Car Comparison Template


Struggling to compare a few different car models? Add their stats and pictures to this spreadsheet so you can have them competing head-to-head, without the need to constantly flick through different tabs to find the relevant information.

Travel Templates

Vacation Checklist

Google Docs Vacation Checklist Template


Going on vacation should be a relaxing experience. Use and edit this Google Docs checklist template so that you can keep your packing stress-free, preventing you from arriving at your hotel only to realize you’ve forgotten your phone charger.

Travel Itinerary

Google Docs Travel Itinerary Template


If you’re heading out on an extended trip or visiting multiple places during one vacation, it’s best to get everything out of your head, and written down somewhere reliable. This template allows you to see the important details of any booked transport, plus the dates of your travel, and where you’ll be each day. This will make organizing outings and hotels much less arduous.

Distance Calculator

Google Docs Distance Calculator Template


Road trips have never been particularly easy to plan in detail, which makes this distance calculator awesome. To calculate the distance, you can use zip codes, full addresses, or Google Maps/MapQuest driving directions. You can also add the distances to a trip log, change the mode of transportation, and even calculate the shortest route to a destination.

Tackle Your Tasks with Google Docs Templates

Hopefully one or more of these free Google Docs templates have your task covered. But if you need a template that falls outside of one of these categories, browse through the convenient Google Docs template gallery.

June 18, 2019

How to Reduce the File Size of a PowerPoint Presentation

Considering that Microsoft PowerPoint presentations are generally accompanied with tons of images, gifsembedded videoscharts, graphs, and other content, it’s no surprise that you get some pretty big files. Here are a few steps you can take to reduce a presentation’s file size.
Large files can be annoying. They take up loads of precious disk space, slow down playback performance, and can cause emails to bounce back due to exceeding the file size limit. You can prevent all of these things by reducing the file size of your presentation.
We’ve mentioned it before, but the first thing you’d think of when considering file size reduction is images—and for a good reason. Image files can be quite large. There are steps you can take to reduce the size, such as compressing the images in the presentation. If you suspect the reason your PowerPoint file is so large is due to images, then be sure to read the article we’ve written on how to reduce the size of Office documents that contain images.
We do have some additional tips to add if you followed these steps but still need to reduce your presentation’s file size.

Convert Your Presentation to the PPTX Format

Microsoft released the PPTX format in Office 2007. Still, it’s not uncommon to see PPT files floating around. So what’s the difference between a PPT and PPTX file? The PPTX version compresses all of the content within the presentation. If you have a PPT file and convert it into a PPTX file, you’ll notice a decrease in the file size.
Converting the file is as simple as pressing a button and choosing the file type. Go ahead and open your PPT file, head over to the “File” tab, and then click “Convert.”
Convert presentation
Windows File Explorer will appear. You’ll notice the Save As type is set as “PowerPoint Presentation.” This is the PPTX file type. Click “Save.”
Save as type
Your PPT file will now be converted to a PPTX file. As you can see, the size of the file has been reduced.
reduced file example
HTG Presentation 2 is our PPT file, and HTG Presentation 3 is our PPTX file. Merely converting the file type reduced the size by 335 KB.
While this isn’t a breathtaking drop in file size, we managed to reduce a Word document file size from 6,001 KB to 721 KB. It all depends on what’s inside the file. With any luck, this will be the only step you need to take. If not, keep reading.

Insert Your Pictures—Don’t Copy and Paste

It’s tempting to copy and paste an image in PowerPoint instead of using the insert function. This won’t be an issue if you’re not concerned about file size, but if you are, then beware of copy and paste—it may reformat your image to BMP or PNG. Why is this an issue? Both of those file formats are larger than JPG.
png to jpg conversion size difference
You can see in the above screenshot that the PNG file is 153KB compared to the 120KB JPG file of the same image. Each time you copy and paste a JPG file to PowerPoint, and it gets converted to PNG, you’re adding a bit of unnecessary file size to the presentation. Using the insert function will ensure your images are inserted as intended.

Do Image Edits in an Image Editor—Not in PowerPoint

When you insert an image in PowerPoint, it’s best to make sure that it doesn’t need any edits. If it does require edits, you’re better off doing it in an image editor. Why? When you use PowerPoint to edit your image, it stores all of those edits as part of the presentation. For example, when you change an image to black and white, PowerPoint retains the full-color image as well. That’s a lot of extra bites being stored.
If you don’t have an image editor (you do) or you simply must use PowerPoint, be sure to tell PowerPoint to discard all of that excess data saved from the edits. It won’t save you as much space as working in a dedicated editor, but it will help.

Compress All of the Images in Your Presentation

You can compress images in PowerPoint one at a time or all at once. If you’re looking to do the latter, here’s how.
Open your presentation, head over to the “File” tab, and then select “Save As” in the left-hand pane.
select save as option
Next, select “More Options,” which you’ll find under the area where you would name your file and choose the file type.
More Options in Save as tab
The “Save As” window will appear—this time with a few extra options available to you. Next to the “Save” button, click “Tools.”
Tools in save as dialogue box
In the drop-down menu that appears, select “Compress Pictures.”
Compress pictures option in tools
The “Compress Pictures” window will appear. Here, you can choose the resolution type of the images (based on PPI) in the presentation. You’ll also notice that you’re not able to select the “Apply only to this picture” option in the “Compression Options” group. That’s because, due to the way we accessed this tool, this option isn’t available.
Note: If you do want to compress a single picture, select it and then head to Picture Tools Format > Compress Pictures.
Once you’re happy with your selection, click “OK.”
compress pictures window
Be sure to save your presentation afterward.

Don’t Use Embedded Fonts

We get why you might want to embed fonts—you might be making a Star Wars themed presentation and, as a result, anyone you may be sharing the presentation with is not likely to have those special fonts available to them. Embedding the fonts in your presentation could prevent issues down the line, but it comes at the cost of increased file sizes.
In general, unless you are sure you need to display a particular font, we recommend turning off font embedding.
Head over to the “File” tab and select “Options” at the bottom of the left-hand pane.
Options at bottom of lefthand pane
On the “Save” tab, untick the “Embed fonts in the file” checkbox and then click “OK.”
uncheck embed fonts box
We saved a copy of our presentation with all fonts embedded, without fonts embedded, and with only the fonts used in the presentation embedded. Look at the difference if file sizes:
difference in file size with embedded fonts
Convinced yet?

Link to Files Instead of Embedding Them

Consider the difference in file size if you embed an entire YouTube video in your presentation instead of linking back to it. Embedding an entire video will significantly increase the size of your presentation. There are certainly some valuable benefits when embedding a file vs. linking to it (such as when the recipient might not have internet access to play the video), but if the file size is an issue, just don’t do it.

Don’t Store a Thumbnail for the Presentation

Way back when Office let you save thumbnail images of your presentation so that you could get a sneak preview of the file when searching for it in File Explorer. Windows has grown to be more sophisticated, so it no longer requires the help of Office applications to do this. But, the option is still available.
We ran a little test to see the difference in file size with and without this option enabled. Here are the results:
don't save thumbnail
With the thumbnail option enabled, our file size was 2,660 KB. Without the option enabled, the file size was reduced to 2,662 KB, saving a total of 7 KB.
This is a pretty small save, but when we tested it with a Word document, the difference was significant, showing 721 KB without the option enabled, and 3,247 KB with the option enabled.
While this is a large gap between applications and it’s not exactly clear why the difference is so large, it’s still an option worth exploring. To disable the feature, open your presentation, head over to the “File” tab, and then select “Properties” found on the right-hand side, then “Advanced Properties.”
select properties
You’ll now be in the “Summary” tab of the “Properties” window. At the bottom of the window, uncheck the box next to “Save preview picture,” and then click “OK.”
uncheck save preview image

Remove Personal and Hidden Information from Your Presentation

Microsoft Office will store your personal information (such as author name) and hidden properties within your presentation. Getting rid of this information can save you a bit of space.
Open your presentation, head over to the “File” tab, select the “Check for Issues” option, then select “Inspect Document.”
Inspect Document
The “Document Inspector” window will appear. Make sure the “Document Properties and Personal Information” box is checked, and then click “Inspect.”
Inspect the document
In the next window, select “Remove All.” The information will now be removed, saving you a few KB of space.

Turn Off AutoRecover

We don’t necessarily recommend this, and it should only be used as a last resort effort. AutoRecover is an essential tool in Office, and if you’ve ever lost a document before saving, then you understand precisely what we mean.
Each time Office uses AutoRecover, it adds a little to the size of the file. To turn AutoRecover off, head over to the “File” tab and select “Options” found at the bottom of the left-hand pane.
Options at bottom of lefthand pane
In the “Save” tab of the “Options” window, uncheck the box next to “Save AutoRecover information ever xx minutes.”
uncheck autorecover option
If you save and exit out of the presentation immediately, you won’t notice a difference. Over time though, as you continue to progress through the presentation, the AutoRecover feature will add KB to your file.

Copy Everything Into a New Presentation

While you’re creating your presentation, PowerPoint will save various things in the background to help you out. We’ve mentioned how to turn off a lot of these features, delete data PowerPoint saves, and so on, but there’s always a chance something slipped through the cracks, and PowerPoint stored some information you don’t need. Copying your content over to a new presentation may be a good solution to the problem.
This may be a bit of a hassle though as, with PowerPoint, you’ll need to copy and paste each slide (and master slides). Once you do though, the new presentation won’t have any of the previous background saves, AutoRecover information, or previous versions of the file. As a result, you should see a change in file size.
While we can’t tell you exactly how much this will reduce your file size since each presentation will be different, it’s worth a shot.

A Possibility: Unzip the Presentation and Compress It

As we mentioned earlier, a PPTX file is a compressed file (which is why the size is much smaller than an old-school PPT file). This means you can open it with a tool such as 7-Zip or WinRar, extract all the files from your PPTX, add them to a compressed archive, and then rename the archive to a PPTX file extension.
We had some issues here, though.
In Rob’s testing with his Word document, it successfully reduced the size of the file from 721 KB to 72 KB. However, it corrupted the file in the process. In my testing with my 2,614 KB file, it didn’t corrupt it, but it only reduced it to 2,594KB—a total of only 20 KB. We’re unsure what’s at play here, so if you want to give this a go, be sure to have a backup copy of your file before doing so.

That’s all the tips we’ve got for reducing the size of your PowerPoint presentation. We’re always looking for new and interesting ways to reduce the size of our files, so if you have any tips, let us know in the comment section, and we’ll be happy to test them out!

Source: https://www.howtogeek.com/424648/how-to-reduce-the-file-size-of-a-powerpoint-presentation/

June 4, 2019

Mr. Ted Talks Google VS Office 365

How to Burn an ISO File to a USB Drive


Detailed instructions on "burning" an ISO image to a USB flash drive . By Updated May 28, 2019

So you have an ISO file that you want on a flash drive, or some other USB storage device. You also need to be able to boot from it. Sounds straightforward, right? Copy the file over and you're done!
Unfortunately, it's not that simple. Properly burning an ISO to USB is different than just copying the file. It's even different than burning an ISO to a disc. Adding to the complexity is that you plan on booting from the USB drive once you're done getting the ISO image on there.

See Burning an ISO to USB When You Don't Need to Boot From It at the bottom of the page if that's your plan instead. That process is a bit different...and easier!


We should mention here that you're never technically "burning" anything to a USB drive since there are no lasers or similar technology involved. This term has just been carried over from the common practice of burning an ISO image to an optical disc.
Regardless, there's a fantastic free tool that will handle all of this for you automatically. Continue on below for an easy tutorial on how to burn an ISO file to USB with the free Rufus program.



How to Burn an ISO File to a USB Drive

This process also works to burn a Windows 10 ISO to USB. However, doing so via Microsoft's Windows 10 download and installation tool is best. Our How and Where to Download Windows 10 piece explains everything you need to know.


Time Required:
"Burning" an ISO image file to a USB device, like a flash drive, usually takes less than 20 minutes but the total time depends a lot on the size of the ISO file.
  1. Download Rufus, a free tool that will correctly prepare the USB drive, automatically extract the contents of the ISO file you have, and properly copy the files contained within it to your USB device, including any files in the ISO needed to make it bootable.
    Download page for Rufus 3.4 Portable





    Rufus is a portable program (does not install), works on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP, and will "burn" an ISO image file to any type of USB storage device you happen to have. Be sure to choose Rufus 3.4 Portable on their site.
    If you'd prefer to use a different ISO-to-USB tool, some other good ones include UNetbootin, ISO to USB, and Universal USB Installer. Of course, if you do choose another program, you won't be able to follow the instructions we've written here because they pertain specifically to Rufus.
  2. Double-click or double-tap on the rufus-3.4p.exe file that you just downloaded. The Rufus program will start right away.
    Rufus-3.4p idon in File Explorer on Windows 10





    As we mentioned earlier, Rufus is a portable program, meaning that it just runs as is. This is a big reason why we prefer this ISO-to-USB program over some of the other options out there.
    When first opening Rufus, you're asked whether the program should occasionally check for updates. It's up to you whether you want to enable this but it's probably best to choose Yes if you plan to use Rufus again in the future.
  3. Insert the flash drive or other USB device into your computer that you want to "burn" the ISO file to, assuming it's not already plugged in.
    Burning an ISO image to a USB drive will erase everything on the drive! Before continuing, check that the USB drive is empty or that you have backed up any files you want to keep.
  4. From the Device drop-down at the top of the Rufus program screen, choose the USB storage device you want to burn the ISO file to.
    Device to






    Rufus tells you the size of the USB device, as well as the drive letter and current free space on the drive. Use this information to double-check that you're choosing the correct USB device, assuming you have more than one plugged in. Don't worry about the free space indicated since you'll be erasing the entire drive as part of this process.
    If no USB drive is listed under Device, or you can't find the drive you're expecting to see, there might be an issue with the USB device you're planning on using for the ISO image, or Windows is having some sort of problem seeing the drive. Try another USB device and/or another USB port on your computer.
  5. From the Boot selection drop-down, make sure Disk or ISO image (Please select) is chosen.

  6. Click SELECT.

  7. When the Open window appears, locate and then select the ISO image you want to burn to the flash drive.
  8. Once selected, tap or click Open.
    Open button with Windows10 ISO selected in File Explorer





  9. Wait while Rufus inspects the ISO file you chose. This might take several seconds or may go by so quickly that you don't even notice.
    If you get an Unsupported ISO message, the ISO you chose is not supported for burning to USB by Rufus. In this case, try one of the other programs listed in Tip #3 below or check with the maker of the ISO image for more help getting their software to work from a USB drive.
  10. Under the Image option area, pick Standard Windows installation if you see this and if that's the case.
    For example, if you're putting a Windows installation ISO image onto the flash drive, and you get this option, you'd want to enable it for sure.
  11. Leave the Partition scheme, Target system, File system, and Cluster size options alone unless you know what you're doing or you've been advised to set any of those parameters to something else.
    For example, maybe a bootable tool you downloaded in ISO format advised on its website to make sure the file system is FAT32 instead of NTFS if you're burning to USB. In that case, make the File system change to FAT32 before continuing.
  12. You're welcome to enter a custom volume label in the Volume label field, but leaving it at whatever the default happens to be, or even blank, shouldn't have any impact on anything.
  13. Under Format Options, inside the Show advanced format options menu, you'll see a number of... yes, format options! You can leave all of them in their default state but you're welcome to select Check device for bad blocks if you have some concern that the flash drive or USB device you're using may have an issue.
    1 Pass is just fine in most cases but knock that up to 2, 3, or even 4 if you've had issues with this drive before.
  14. Tap or click on START to start the "burning" of the ISO file to the USB device you chose.
    Start button in Rufus on Windows 10





    If you get an Image is too big message, you'll need to use a larger USB device or choose a smaller ISO image.
  15. Tap or click OK to the WARNING: ALL DATA ON DEVICE 'XYZ' WILL BE DESTROYED message that appears next.
    OK button in





    Take this message seriously! Make sure the flash drive or other USB device is empty or that you're fine with erasing everything on it.
  16. Wait while Rufus properly formats the USB drive so it's bootable, and then copies all of the files to the drive that are contained in the ISO image you selected in Step 8.
    Rufus 3.4 Portable copying ISO files






    The total time to do this depends very much on how large the ISO file is that you're working with. Some small diagnostic tools (like the 18 MB ONTP&RE ISO) take under one minute, while larger images (like a 5 GB Windows 10 ISO) could take closer to 20 minutes. Your computer and USB hardware speeds are a big factor here as well.
  17. Once the status at the bottom of the Rufus program window says READY, you can close Rufus and remove the USB drive.

Booting From the USB Drive

Now that the ISO file is properly "burned" to the USB drive, you can boot from it and then continue with whatever it is you're using this bootable drive for.
For example, if you've put a memory testing program on a flash drive, you can now boot from that flash drive and test your RAM with it. Same goes for bootable hard drive testing programs, password recovery tools, data wipe programs, antivirus tools, etc.
You're more than welcome to use the procedure we've outlined above with Rufus for Windows ISO images, like those you might have downloaded for Windows 8, Windows 7, etc. However, there is a more "official" procedure that uses free software direct from Microsoft.
We've written complete tutorials on these procedures, which also includes guidance on other aspects of installing Windows from a USB stick. See How to Install Windows 8 From USB or How to Install Windows 7 From USB, depending on the version of Windows you're installing.
Booting from a USB drive is often as easy as plugging the drive in to any free USB port and then restarting your computer, but it can sometimes be much more complicated. See our How to Boot From a USB Drive tutorial if you need help.

Burning an ISO to USB When You Don't Need to Boot From It

Rufus, and related ISO-to-USB tools, are great when you need to get some sort of bootable program, or even an entire operating system, onto a USB drive. However, what if you have an ISO image that you want to "burn" to a USB drive that isn't intended to be booted from? An ISO of Microsoft Office comes to mind as a common example.
In these cases, think of the ISO image you're working with as just any other compressed format, like a ZIP file. Use your favorite file compression program — we often recommend the free 7-Zip tool — to extract the contents of the ISO image directly onto the previously-formatted flash drive. That's it!
See this List of Free File Extractor Programs for some more free programs that work with ISO files in this way.

Source: https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-burn-an-iso-file-to-a-usb-drive-2619270