Document Etiquette Keyboards Presentation 
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. It’s always wise to dress and be presentable.
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.©
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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.
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
Laughing all the Way to Work
JULY 26, 2009
Recently I was working with someone on an Excel document. They sent an e-mail wondering if any of the assistants could help them export a document from Excel to Word. Unlike Word you will only see the header repeated when you do a print preview or print the document. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.
Laughing all the Way to Work
SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
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.
Laughing all the Way to Work
OCTOBER 11, 2009
Its all in how you handle it and how you present it to your boss. "It Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Prioriting your work can also help to show your boss what is the urgency to some of the work you are doing and what is getting left behind because of it. Oh where or where is my password?
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