Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 5, 2008

This saves a bunch of time if you have to do a function several times and there isnt a keyboard short cut. Especially when you are cutting and pasting in a 200 page document!! This repeats the last function you did (ie inserting a row in Excel) if you press the ctrl Y you will keep inserting rows. Does anyone know of a forum for AAs?

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

The major disadvantages we heard are: Limited or no support for most office and business applications Limited storage and printer support Limited ability to import and export data Touch screen keyboard hard to use Lack of multitasking These views match our experience using the iPad.  Browsing   The reason is simple. 

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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. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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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

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Patty Buckner North Bay Index by date ► 2010 (26) ► September (2) What's all the fuss about reading contracts? Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Oh where or where is my password? Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 1, 2009

Now dont forget to put the correct year on your documents. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. 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!

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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. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. 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.

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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

JULY 29, 2009

Proofing documents can also be funny. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. In between spurts of laughter, he said that he hadnt been to my desk yet, but I should go and see the junior lawyer because he had asked him to put a letter on my desk earlier. I left his office to the sound of his chuckles behind me.

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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. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Polish up the ol resume It is all right to send your resume out and see what kind of response you get. Oh where or where is my password?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

It's spiral bound (which is huge) for easy use and documentation.    Sharing Your Plan with Your Partner Real Time I travel often but still need to actively share my plan and schedule with my partner. Google Docs Function: You can share documents and co-edit them with your selected gmail friend.

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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. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Many times I need to proof text and comment with my thoughts before he even looks at it. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

If he is travelling, I send it by e-mail, but it has been my experience that I will get better results with a face-to-face meeting. 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. Oh where or where is my password?

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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. Many days I am the only one in the office as our staff are all salesmen and women and on travels or working from home. I’m doing this thing I learned at one of the four other job jumps I did.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

On a daily basis, I make liberal use of the following two keyboard keys: 1. File the e-mail, either in a folder or saved as a document. - Thanks to Debbie Rosemont of Simply Placed - Organizing And Productivity Consulting 11. These Keys Are Your Best Friends. On the weekend take 30 minutes and deal with the dreaded e-mail.

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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.

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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. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. It is comical watching everyone trying to sort out which way to hold the paper.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 19, 2010

MacJournal Shortcut MacJournal also features a keyboard shortcut, so every time I feel my idea will be pretty close to a blog post (as opposed to other types of ideas, like blog post series, guest post ideas, strategies or just interesting bits and pieces) I use this shortcut directly. Sid Savara´s last blog.

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