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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

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Home About Me Advertise Thinking Outside the Job Description Box By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 20, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing All The Way to Work: The Ultimate Secretarial Survival Blog.

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Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary

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You would be surprised how many misspelled words get in there by mistake; for example, instead of pressing Change you press Add to Dictionary when you are going through your SpellCheck. " Is it that time of the year already? Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? P.S. I Love You Happy New Year!

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Too much information.

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For example, "Further to our conversation this morning, attached is a template letter that should meet your needs." For example, "Please send me the following information: - A photocopy of Ms. What do you want? Next, state the purpose of your e-mail. What are you e-mailing them about? Point being.

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Taking the time to acknowledge someone and say thanks.

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The art of saying thank you can sometimes get lost in our busyness, but here are some examples of times it would be nice to send a card from work: To thank presenters who speak at your workplace. To thank your boss for being supportive during a trying time. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy?

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When you suspect a co-worker has a substance abuse problem.

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my advice when you suspect a co-worker has a problem with drug or alcohol is to alert HR.but have some specific examples available. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? One item Ive noticed is mood swings. I guess from a personal perspective. If I felt really compelled to talk to them. my approach would be.

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Working for the Disorganized.

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© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 10 October, 2008 Working for the Disorganized. In my readers example, the problem was the trials of working for multiple bosses when one or more of them is disorganized. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Lets enjoy our day together.© 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Repeating Headers and Footers while in Sections

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© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 26 October, 2008 Repeating Headers and Footers while in Sections Someone was asking on another site how to repeat a footer for just one section in a document, i.e. a table. In this example, I did the following: Go to the end of page 1, i.e. the last cell (bottom right), or after the last word on the page.