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Memory Makeover: Tips to Spruce Up an Absent Mind

Ian's Messy Desk

The encoding stage refers to the process of putting information into memory. The storage stage refers to retention or maintaining information in memory. The retrieval stage refers to recovering information from memory. Many people overlook this crucial step and end up missing important appointments, deadlines or details.

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Macros: Shortcuts To Productivity With Microsoft Word

Professional Assistant Blog

You can also add this macro to your toolbar or assign a keyboard shortcut by clicking on the buttons below and following the instructions. Click on either the toolbar icon that you created, the keyboard shortcut or click Tools, Macro, and Macros…, then click run. You can also read some more articles on System Security here.

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iOS Only

Productivityist

I also love my original Zaggmate keyboard. read several blogs lately (one, two, three) that reference Byword. I have the same, plus tote around my early 2008 MBP, which still functions great after upgrades. No need for new if the old still works for what you do. Bojan011 5pts Oh you still didnt get the iPhone 5 :( What a bummer!

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Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 10 August, 2010 Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys I am on vacation and on my home computer I do not have a mouse so rely on keyboard shortcut keys, which reminded me again how helpful they are and how they are a big timesaver rather than reaching for the mouse all the time.

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Sticks and stones will break my bones.but names will never hurt me

Laughing all the Way to Work

I dont mind being referred to as someones assistant. My current boss always refers to me as his colleague, both to those within our company and to external contacts when referring them to me. I tend to use the term boss when I refer to my employer. Another great article Patricia. Oh where or where is my password?

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We live in an Acronym Happy World.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Coming from a legal background, we were always taught if you are using an acronym or initialism in writing, on the first use you should spell it out and then put the acronym in brackets, which makes a lot of sense and saves a lot of head scratching and searching the document to figure out what the person is referring to. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Monty Python Officeland

Laughing all the Way to Work

With references like these how can I lose? Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. My current boss says we get along like a house on fire. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on.