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7 Steps to Documenting Complex Office Procedures and Systems

All Things Admin

A procedure is a documented, step-by-step list of instructions that guides a person through a specific task from start to finish. This series of procedures, forms, templates, and checklists combines to create our system for producing new training webinars. Document the step-by-step details for each section. Test your procedure.

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Tailored Procedures Documentation: Tools and Techniques for Every Learning Style

All Things Admin

In the world of process improvement, documented procedures help facilitate operational efficiency. Whether it’s scribbled notes or complex digital files, the importance of procedures documentation cannot be overstated. Having procedures in any form is better than having no documented procedures at all.

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How to Use Microsoft Office and Google Workspace Apps to Document Your Procedures

All Things Admin

Whether you’re a seasoned admin or just starting your career, documenting procedures are essential for maintaining consistency, efficiency, and clarity in your work. Why Microsoft Office and Google Workspace? Microsoft Word and Google Docs These word processing apps are your go-to for creating detailed, text-based procedures.

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Macros: Shortcuts To Productivity With Microsoft Word

Professional Assistant Blog

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? You now can paste the particular parts of text back into your document. Do you know how to create them? Whats next?

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Frustration Busters!

Laughing all the Way to Work

We as assistants probably know a little bit of this and a little bit of that because we work with so many programs and in some programs we know a whole lot because we use it regularly, such as Word and Outlook. Recently I was working with someone on an Excel document. To automatically insert a new row at the end of a table.