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NEW! OneNote 2016 Training Series

All Things Admin

Whether it’s creating effective systems for minute taking, follow-up on action items, travel planning, procedures documentation, or developing communication systems that are easy for your executives to scan for information, organization is a vital skill for success-minded admins. Inserting files, screenshots, and links.

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10 E-mail Etiquette Pet Peeves and How to Handle Them

Office Dynamics

It also resulted in even more suggestions on how to improve online communication. Here’s another sampling of readers’ complaints – and how you can prevent or rectify matters. The “oops” factor: If you need more than two paragraphs to cover your topic, you’re better off using the phone, or attaching a Word* file.

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Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys

Laughing all the Way to Work

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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Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Try to anticipate the need so you can have the file or the answer your boss needs, before he or she even knows they need it. A good assistant knows just where to find the document or file needed, or they won’t stop looking till they do. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct.

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Frustration Busters!

Laughing all the Way to Work

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. With new technology I think we are all overwhelmed at times as to how to make certain things work and it can be frustrating. I always set reminders on my tasks.

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Administrative Assistant Job Descriptions

Administrative Arts

Creating and Modifying Documents. This one item can become a whole list on some job descriptions if they get specific as to the particular documents you’ll manage. This includes setting up and managing electronic and physical files. Scheduling and Setting Up Meetings. Managing Calendars. Project Management.

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When you need it later: The Bring-Forward System

Laughing all the Way to Work

Tried and True Method: I set up 12 hanging file folders labelled January through to December. I then put the items in a two-fold file folder with his calendar printed out on the one side and the items he will need for the day on the other side. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Thats great!