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Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook

Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 28, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 28, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , Travel D o you need to book meetings for your manager(s), but most meetings are all over the country or even internationally?

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Business Card Window Envelopes

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Business Card Window Envelopes By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 Filed Under: Networking , Productivity H eres an interesting envelope that I found on this website. You can promote your business cards through this way as well. It is easy and very cheap to use.

Business Cards

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Labelling The Features In Microsoft Word

Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

I’ve searched Google and they say to use the drawing tool. Clicking Tools, Letters and Mailings, Envelopes and Labels. I’ve sent a couple of the text boxes to the back, but for the life of me can’t get them to ‘bring to front’ again. I can’t seem to find that either! Click on the Labels tab.

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Work From Home? Want to be More Productive?

Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Are you just starting out or already have a thriving business? Finding the right tools to manage your business can be time consuming. You have to understand how a professional administrator operates and also have the technology and software to run your business in a successful manner.

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Calculation of Discounts in Excel

Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 21, 2007

I tried searching around for an answer on Google, but no luck. Home About Me Advertise Calculation of Discounts in Excel By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Filed Under: MS-Excel H ave you ever wondered how to calculate discounts on certain products/services that you or your firm offers?

Google Docs

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Kallout To Research Information

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Your next step would be to Google it or hop onto Wikipedia to find out more information by opening your internet browser. You come across a piece of text that you are unfamiliar with. You actually cut down on your productivity by having to open a new browser window.

Microsoft Word

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Restaurant Reservations - Find An Open Table Online!

Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

This has become a great tool for me, since I have to make reservations on a regular basis for my managers. I am able to get a confirmation from the automated system to let me know that the reservation has been made with all of the details that I need. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

Restaurants

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Sorting Tables in Microsoft Word

Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 23, 2008

I wasnt sure if this was possible, but fiddled around on Google a bit and found that it is possible. Do you already have a table set up in Microsoft Word, but dont want to copy to Microsoft Excel and back again, just to sort it? One of my colleagues came to me and asked about this very question.

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A Great Outlook: Adding Holidays to Microsoft Outlook

Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 13, 2008

Of course, the rest of us had to follow this schedule and would have to take time off during these periods. To add your countrys or any religious holidays that you follow into your Outlook calendar, follow these 3 simple steps: Click Tools, Options, and then Calendar Options. In the Calendar Options section, click Add Holidays.

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Prioritization: A Colorful Outlook

Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 24, 2008

Here are the steps to doing this: When you receive an e-mail, click on Tools, and then Organize. Then I have my faxes set up as green. I know that this would be next, since people depend on these quite a bit around my office. Click on Using Colors. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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Need to Change Excel Details from Vertical to Horizontal or Vice.

Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 7, 2010

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Using Microsoft Office E-mail Templates

Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

To be a little more productive at my job, I thought Id create e-mail templates, which save quite a bit of time in the long run. Here are 9 steps to creating an e-mail template in Microsoft Outlook : On the Tools menu, click Options , then click the Mail Format tab. Click Apply , then OK. On the File menu, click Save As.

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Increasing Microsoft Excel 2007's Formula Bar Size

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

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"Stop Watch"ing Your Productivity

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2008

In order to get your tasks completed on time and in a proficient manner, there is a little trick that I use to make sure that I only focus on one project at a time and give it my undivided attention (when I possibly can). Having a timer at your desk can be a great tool. To avoid this, try using an online timer instead.

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How to Create Mail Merge Letters

Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 26, 2007

The mail merge wizard is the simplest tool to use to get your letters or e-mails out to your clients. Click on Tools, Letters and Mailings, and finally Mail Merge Wizard. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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Windows 7: Will It Be Like XP or Vista?

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JULY 16, 2009

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Organize With Social Bookmarking!

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

This is a networking tool that Ive been using for quite some time now. So, next time you need to look for something within your tags, click on one of them and you will find all of the articles that youve saved with that particular tag. You have option to share these with anyone or everyone thats part of this service.

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Copying Tables, Pictures or Text in PDF Files to Other Sources

Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 17, 2008

Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! 3comments for this post Maggie Thanks so much for this post! : ) Ive oftentimes copied text from PDF files, but had no idea about the snapshot tool. That will be VERY helpful in the future. Thanks again for sharing! I thought that this would help others.

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Macros: Shortcuts To Productivity With Microsoft Word

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Click on Tools, Macro, Record New Macro… Type in the name of the macro and a description for it, so that others know what this is used for. Click on either the toolbar icon that you created, the keyboard shortcut or click Tools, Macro, and Macros…, then click run. Make sure that you cut this, not delete it.

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E-mails Should Not Be Like a Game of Tennis!

Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 14, 2008

Using e-mail is a great tool, especially if you are trying to cut down on company costs via international phone calls and postage fees. Has this ever happened to you? People use e-mail too frequently, making messages more and more convoluted as they go back and forth like a tennis ball.

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Overlapping Calendars In Microsoft Outlook? Really?

Professional Assistant Blog

JUNE 8, 2010

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Finding The Best Travel Deals - Online!

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

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Has The Bubble Burst?

Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 10, 2008

How many blogs, online tools, software and books are there nowadays providing the latest, fashionable way to hit the peak of productivity? One could also say that you should never wait for the right productivity tools to get things done. It seems to me that there is now an increasing shift toward simplifying our lives.

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Guest Blog: Networking Like a Pro

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 18, 2008

Ask for business cards and have a stack of business cards for yourself at hand as well. Make a mental note of what you hear and ask more questions that are leading and open-ended to continue the conversation. Give, receive and record contact information. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Be Positive About Your Customer Service Issues

Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 17, 2009

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Productivity With Shared Files

Professional Assistant Blog

APRIL 1, 2008

Thanks for the tip, Richard Posted on 1 April, 2008 12:33 PM Anonymous Google docs is the best way Ive found to do this. You can share documents, spreadsheets, and photos across computers and networks: since your document is stored on Googles server, its accessible from anywhere ! I completely forgot about that.

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"Checking In" to a Better Flight

Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 14, 2009

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"Going Green" With Your Documents

Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 10, 2009

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How to Write Effective E-mails

Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 25, 2007

Now you have the tools and tips to give yourself a helping hand with writing the perfect messages to those who need the information you need to provide. Proofread and spell check (this is so important – you don’t want to make yourself look incompetent). Add your signature (make sure you have all of your pertinent information).

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Too Many Applications Driving You Crazy?

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2009

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Pass it on.

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

You can also attach a file from Word, Excel or PowerPoint or a business card from your Contacts if it is someone you need to remember to call and want that information available. You can also set a Task by right clicking on an email and choose Move to Folder. (for 411 Look Up 411.ca

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