Professional Assistant Blog

APRIL 1, 2008

Imagine that your boss comes to you and asks you to merge several files into one main file ( Microsoft Word document). Then at the end, you just accept all changes to get the final document. Do you find that you are being bombarded with updates to the same files time and time again? I completely forgot about that.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 11, 2008

You need to be able to find certain documents on your cubicle walls for easy reference. Try to keep your documents, pictures, etc. Try to keep the pictures on a professional level, so obviously dont hang anything that might be lewd, harmful to others cultures or has a picture of something illegal on it.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 7, 2008

Do you want to fax some documents to a client, but not sure if the fax number you are dialing will be correct? I had the same trouble in the past, since I have to fax quite a few documents to clients on a regular basis.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Photocopy all publications one after another, whether it be via the document feeder, the glass pane or both. The copier will now spit out all of the documents , in the order that you asked it to do it in, 10 copies for each bundle. The copier will then scan in all of the information in the order that you want it in.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

7%), but the document size is the same. You can not e-mail a document with 30 such pictures because size is over 10 MB. Richard Posted on 9 October, 2008 10:52 AM Anonymous How can I resize all the 30 picture of a word document, Please advice. 10comments for this post Anonymous These actions dont change the picture size.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 30, 2013

GooglePlus Basic Etiquette Posting Tips   by Ronnie Bincer (Reading Time: 3 minutes). Google+ Quick Reference Posted by Google+Helper (Reading Time: 1 minute - great for printing). Getting Started with Google+ Communities Google help document (Reading Time:3 minutes). Google+ Basics.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 16, 2008

If people place items on my desk or chair, I will simply place it back at the top of my mail tray and prioritize all documents as needed. People have to understand that each person prioritizes their work their own way. If you like this post, please subscribe to my feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2008

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. 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.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

From here, click on the particular label that you want to use and click New Document. You can use this feature by: 1. Clicking Tools, Letters and Mailings, Envelopes and Labels. Click on the Labels tab. This will allow you to have a blank sheet in front of you and you can add all the information into each label and then print them off.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Here are 7 simple things you can do to improve your filing system: Try filing your documents into file folders, then put them into hanging file folders. Dont know how to organize yourself and things are starting to pile up?

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 3, 2008

Many companies these days have specific rules against importing outside mail into their Exchange system, not only for security and confidentiality reasons, but also because of document retention issues. Posted on 3 March, 2008 12:04 PM The Professional Assistant Hi Jodith, Excellent point.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 5, 2008

Thanks, Richard Posted on 5 March, 2008 10:43 AM Deb I love CTRL-Z (undo), CTRL-H (find & replace), the split screen feature in Word (it splits the screen into 2 sections so you can look at 2 different areas of the document at the same time. Especially when you are cutting and pasting in a 200 page document!!

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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.

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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

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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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Here are Some Good-Sense E-mail Etiquette Tips E-mail Salutations: Although e-mail is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. I would not recommend using underlining for emphasis in an electronic document as underlining a word usually means you are linking to something else. 4 percent of women&#.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 29, 2009

With references like these how can I lose? Proofing documents can also be funny. .© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 29 July, 2009 Monty Python Officeland One of my former bosses said working with me was like being in a Monty Python movie. My current boss says we get along like a house on fire. What a start to a Monday morning.

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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. To automatically insert a new row at the end of a table.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 1, 2009

Now dont forget to put the correct year on your documents. My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Lets enjoy our day together.© © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 1 January, 2009 Happy New Year! After all, weve been doing it for a whole year now.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 15, 2009

For paper things that I need to remember to follow up on, I put the letter or document in my Wait Bin (which is a tray for things I am waiting on). That wouldnt work for me because I dont have that many paper documents to bring forward, but I can see it being necessary if you have lots of items. Where can I put this paper? Thats great!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 11, 2009

If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 17, 2008

A good assistant knows just where to find the document or file needed, or they won’t stop looking till they do. Be prepared and think ahead. Maintaining a good bring-forward system is important to have things ready when needed. Be good at tracking things down. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 29, 2009

In this new age of not doing anything more than a quick spell check on documents, make sure you do not have any spelling mistakes in your resume. Polish up the ol resume It is all right to send your resume out and see what kind of response you get. There are still jobs to be had, you just have to find them. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 29, 2009

Of course my comments are limited because the subject matter is not my expertise, but he relies on my input and corrections to make the document look good. Many times I need to proof text and comment with my thoughts before he even looks at it. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

This also works with your Calendar, which comes in handy if you want to either insert the agenda or another document from Word, or if you need to insert an e-mail. I always put OPEN FOR DETAILS in the subject line however, as it is not always evident in a meeting request that there is anything else in it unless you know to open it.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 10, 2010

I have gotten in the habit of doing this frequently during the day and hardly even think about it until the system shuts down for some reason and then I breathe a sigh of relief when I open the document (by pressing Ctrl + o by the way) and find that I have not lost any of my work. Ctrl + a - Selects the whole document.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 30, 2007

Here are the simple steps on how to copy tables: Open your Word document that contains the table. This actually is quite easy to do. Open Powerpoint and click on File, then select New, then Blank Presentation. You will see this screen at the bottom.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 24, 2009

spacing To insert a document i.d. or a filename path to your document Insert Footer, Edit Footer On Insert Tab, click on drop down menu for Quick Parts. Then open a new document and paste (Ctrl v). To print the entire screen, press the PrintScreen key and then paste it into a blank document. Choose Field. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 19, 2009

Meeting documents: some people have it printed single sided and others double sided. It is very hard to follow along when not all members have the document printed the same way. It is comical watching everyone trying to sort out which way to hold the paper. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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