Laughing all the Way to Work
AUGUST 10, 2010
© 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.
Professional Assistant Blog
OCTOBER 13, 2008
O ne of my readers asks: With Word 2007, is it possible to create a “cliff notes&# version of a document using the Styles function or Macros? Here are the 7 steps to creating a “cliff notes&# version of your document: Cut the piece of text that you would like to remove from your document. Whats next?
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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
JANUARY 8, 2013
I open up a Word document and every time I see something in my emails that needs to be taken care of – I put it on that Word list. I think along with this question I would also like to know if you have etiquette tips about emailing with the other EA’s on the client side of things. Do you use a Blackberry or an iPhone?
Professional Assistant Blog
OCTOBER 15, 2008
All you need to do is go through your regular print routine with the following steps: Click File, Print or CTRL-P as the keyboard shortcut. Now select Microsoft Office Document Image Writer. There are other ways to implement this, depending on the software that you are using, but let’s keep this simple for now.
Professional Assistant Blog
MARCH 5, 2008
This saves a bunch of time if you have to do a function several times and there isnt a keyboard short cut. Especially when you are cutting and pasting in a 200 page document!! This repeats the last function you did (ie inserting a row in Excel) if you press the ctrl Y you will keep inserting rows. Does anyone know of a forum for AAs?
Laughing all the Way to Work
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 27 February, 2009 Different spellings: British, Canadian and American I was proofing a document the other day, but since Ive been reading documents from the United States and Canada, I couldnt remember if behaviorial was the American or the Canadian spelling. Lets enjoy our day together.©
Laughing all the Way to Work
OCTOBER 26, 2008
.© 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. She said it would be the same instructions for a table or a document in Word. These are instructions for Word 2003. "I
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