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What 30 Days of Productivity Taught Me About Finding Time

Success

When she asked me to play the assigned pieces, it was clear I hadn’t touched any part of my keyboard or even glanced at the sheet music outside of her practice room. It was a simple one: Find 30 extra minutes each day to do something productive and document it. So the keyboard gained a permanent space in my trunk.

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10 Apps for the Entrepreneur 2011

Eco-Office Gals

The software allows you to speak into the phone and then it writes the words into a text file of some type. From there, you can text, tweet or write memos without needing to find a computer or laboriously typing it out on the tiny keyboard of a mobile phone. It saves time and prevents the need to carry a laptop.

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Administrative/Clerical: 5 Ways to Make Your Workspace an Oasis

Office Dynamics

Optimize your desk by tackling documents and Post-it notes that take up precious surface space. Dust furniture, remove sticky residue and stains from spilled food and drinks, and wipe down phones and keyboards. Throw away old papers, empty boxes, crinkled notes, and dried-up pens.

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Macros: Shortcuts To Productivity With Microsoft Word

Professional Assistant Blog

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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Energy-Saving Software for Your Eco-Office

Eco-Office Gals

And there is secure, cloud-based software that allows you to pass documents and contracts back and forth between business partners, clients, and vendors. These options are certainly quicker and less costly than managing everything through phone calls and snail mail.

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Help Desk

Practically Perfect PA

I keep one good pen, preferably a fountain pen, for signing documents and a red pen for ticking things off my to-do list. The phone should be on the desk as near to your keyboard and computer screen as possible. Highlighter pen – I don’t seem to use these much anymore but worth keeping handy. Eraser – for correcting mistakes.

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How to remember those random requests

Practically Perfect PA

Similarly I have a large A4 desk pad next to my keyboard for any quick notes I need to make, things to remember (like phone numbers for instance), and tasks people give me at my desk. Every time I get called into my managers office I grab a pen and my note pad before seeing them. Set an alarm for tasks of a timely nature.

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