Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Macros: Shortcuts To Productivity With Microsoft Word By The Professional Assistant on Monday, October 13, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Productivity D o you know what a macro is? Do you wish that your life could be a little more productive and be able to use a few shortcuts to get through your tasks?

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

To save on paper, some people develop a filing system through the computer, similar to the old ways, by using an office suite or another program to store documents in folders. Organize your folders by project, client, document or by any other means necessary. However, know that you may still be subject to paper in your office.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 6, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Building a successful long-term profitable business isn't about "marketing" your business, it's about "managing" your business - the marketing comes once you have your management systems in place. CREATE your paper-based filing system.

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Office Organization Success

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

A Welcome Packet is a document – it can either be printed and mailed or digital and emailed – that you send out to your new clients when they sign up to work with you, and cements the relationship you are about to have with them. Be sure to include this form on a separate page so that your client can fax back their credit card details to you.

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Professional Assistant Blog

APRIL 1, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Productivity With Shared Files By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Organize , Productivity D o you share your files with others in your firm? Imagine that your boss comes to you and asks you to merge several files into one main file ( Microsoft Word document).

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The Office Professionals Place

JUNE 4, 2010

Friday, June 4, 2010 Increase Productivity with Keyboard Shortcuts Try these keyboard shortcuts to increase productivity time, and decrease the time it takes to complete tasks. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier. Lets grow together! To minimize a window to your toolbar, press ALT , SPACEBAR and N.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Home About Me Advertise 7 Steps to Improve Your Filing System By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, September 27, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity A re you having trouble with your filing system? Dont know how to organize yourself and things are starting to pile up?

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 8, 2010

Poor Management System Do you feel as though your company does not value you as an employee? or a Poor Management System is condition that embodies many companies due to economic times, change in company practices, and company personnel. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier. Lets grow together!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JUNE 8, 2011

  Change Up Your Cleaning Products. Using less-toxic, biodegradable cleaning products not only improves the environment, but did you know that many natural cleaning products are usually sold in a concentrated form?    That means that your dollar goes much farther when you consume these products. 

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Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 29, 2011

Documents piled up? It is now time to put things in order and implement a system that will keep this space organized until spring 2012 and beyond. File and organize: Once you’ve decided on what papers you will keep, set up a filing system that will be easy for you to follow. For the approximately 2.5 Dying plants?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Tips to Go Almost Paperless | Main | Listen Live to Stephanie Share Her Story on #WIBRadio on Jan 3 @ 1pm CST » 5 Tips for Productivity, Organizing and Changing Your Life Have you ever had one of those days or weeks where nothing goes as you originally planned?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Productivity in Bite Sized Pieces - Weekly #Cinch Audiocast Review | Main | Caffeine-Free Ways to Increase Focus & Attention » You Can Steal Time Back From Email A few days ago I received an email from a reader.  I am confused. " Oops.

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Small Business CEO

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Yes, it does cost money to store documents digitally, but these costs are often far lower than the ongoing cost of buying paper, ink or toner, garbage disposal, and the extra space you need to store reams. Document Security Is Enhanced. With digital documents, you can implement document-level security with strong passwords.

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 22, 2010

How many times do you search through those piles in an attempt to look for a document that isn’t there? Schedule time in the day to file documents or keep a pile of “frequently referred to&# files on your desk for easy access. • Paper Documents Use the color coded system for filing (ie.

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BMT Office Administration

APRIL 13, 2022

In order to pay your employees correctly, keep track of labor costs, and manage employee attendance, business owners need to invest in a reliable time clock system for their workplace. You can expect to spend at least $100 on a timeclock, but prices for fancier systems can get much higher. Lathem Atomic Time Clock With Tru-Align.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 19, 2009 Filed Under: Client Service , MS-Access , MS-Excel , MS-Outlook , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Organize , Productivity D oes your department have an administrative procedures manual? This way, everyone will be using the exact same documents , spreadsheet , etc.

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The Office Professionals Place

OCTOBER 8, 2009

File According to Sara Caputo, OfficeArrow’s Productivity Guru, 80% of what is filed is never looked at again. If possible, “Go Green,&# eliminate the paper clutter and file documents electronically. Create an effective filing system. Find out what filing system works for you. Find a place for your papers.

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The Office Professionals Place

JUNE 7, 2010

Monday, June 7, 2010 Digital Detox A friend reminded me today that even though technology has made our lives so much easier and productive, we cannot forget that some age-old methods of getting tasks done are still effective. My suggestion would be to backup your documents, electronic files, spreadsheets, etc. Lets grow together!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing | Main | Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold » Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - First of all, there is not a perfect tool or a perfect system.

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Office Organization Success

AUGUST 17, 2009

A Welcome Packet is a document – it can either be printed and mailed or digital and emailed – that you send out to your new clients when they sign up to work with you, and cements the relationship you are about to have with them. Be sure to include this form on a separate page so that your client can fax back their credit card details to you.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, February 15, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Organize , Productivity Y our boss comes to your cubicle and asks you to make 10 copies of 5 different sets of publications. Photocopy all publications one after another, whether it be via the document feeder, the glass pane or both. Not Sure What To Do?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 11, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, January 11, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity D o you want to decorate your cubicle/office? You need to be able to find certain documents on your cubicle walls for easy reference. Try to keep your documents, pictures, etc. Try not to clutter your cubicle too much.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 12, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Systems that Support Growth You see, while bamboo is known for its speedy growth (once it starts growing up) there is something below the surface that many do not know.   The rhizomes are the organism's growth system.    Your business should have systems too. 

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 13, 2009

You have to be able to create a PowerPoint presentation, merge a document in Word, or create a report in Excel. Always proofread a document prior to sending it, good proofreading includes printing the document for review. Utilize spell check and review the document for grammar errors. Need a filing system?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Having VAs I can simply fax order forms to. so they can enter them into my system for me. My calendar syncs with my Apple products as well. I have Dropbox on my phone as well so I can easily send documents to my consultants while on the road. .  For vlogging, nothing beats the camera on my iPad. 

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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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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Access , MS-Excel , MS-Outlook , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Productivity Y ou receive an e-mail from your manager. If you are interested in purchasing a copy, you can find Adobe Acrobat products here. Now select Microsoft Office Document Image Writer.

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The Office Professionals Place

MAY 31, 2010

Look at it this way, if there is a document that needs to be proofread and we don’t find the mistakes, that document is going to make a huge impact. Receivers of the document may get the wrong interpretation or the wrong impression. Posted by Dewoun Hayes at 8:22 PM Labels: Development , Productivity 2comments: ??

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 3, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, March 03, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Brian McCullough of TheJobBored.com. Hopefully, not too many of you were affected by the email system outages yesterday. Hopefully, you weren’t also affected by the FPL power outages.

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The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

This is the time of year that most people stress over because we are waiting for documents like W2’s, mortgage statements, 1099’s, and other information in order to file taxes. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier. A new topic each month. When the computer is not in use put it in sleep mode.

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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

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Labelling The Features In Microsoft Word By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, September 04, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Productivity D o you create letters or labels in Microsoft Word ? From here, click on the particular label that you want to use and click New Document. You can use this feature by: 1.

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The Office Professionals Place

JUNE 13, 2010

’ And even though it increases productivity, eliminates key strokes, and cuts the time to complete tasks by at least half, there are some precautions that you should take when using this function. Copying and pasting works for the body of the document but unfortunately, does not include an attachment. Lets grow together!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 1, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! For years I have been telling people about one of my favorite personal productivity software products -- the Paper Tiger.    We've helped slews of clients implement the software along with other productivity systems as they claimed their Office Miracle ™ ! . 

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The Office Professionals Place

JANUARY 21, 2010

Now Google can help you do things like…… Google Docs – Create and share your online documents, presentations and spreadsheets Google Voice - Don’t have time to listen to voicemails? Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier. I remember the days when you could use Google as a search engine only.

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The Office Professionals Place

MARCH 4, 2010

• Creating a paper trail - a supervisor documenting an employee’s responses or vice versa The ‘Bcc’ feature is a helpful tool, but can be used for inappropriate or wrong purposes. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier. A new topic each month.

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The Office Professionals Place

APRIL 29, 2010

This makes it easy for minutes to be properly documented and promotes meeting order. If it is possible, send the documents as one attachment and not several (ie. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier. Distribute the agenda/handouts prior to the meeting. agenda, minutes from last meeting.)

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