Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 1, 2012

When the HVAC system was installed, someone thought we might want the user manual for the system: a 400 page PDF document. Instead of filing the PDF on the network, the document was printed and placed in a filing cabinet , where it will sit until doomsday. We really didn’t need the manual. It adds up.

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All Things Admin

JUNE 16, 2023

There are sample procedures in PDF format that can be viewed online. They don’t just show that you can do something; they also show that you’re willing to document the process so that others can benefit from your expertise. And it links to related articles I’ve written on my blog.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 15, 2014

When the HVAC system was installed, someone thought we might want the user manual for the system: a 400 page PDF document. Instead of filing the PDF on the network, the document was printed and placed in a filing cabinet , where it will sit until doomsday or at least until someone cleans out those files.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Want Confidential Documents to Stay Confidential? Then Redi-Tag Security Seals and Tape is the product for you. If you would like more information on keeping your documents safe, take a look at the "How Safe Are Your Documents?" For more information, visit www.reditag.com.

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Productivity Bits

MAY 12, 2011

No applications (except the operating system that runs the device and other modules of its subsystem) are locally stored in the device. Depending on your work habits or work style, the Chromebook – the first ever Cloud-based notebook – can help boost your productivity. Top 10 Productivity Tools For Chromebook.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 25, 2016

It is increasingly important to know how to work productively from anywhere, anytime. Today, going mobile means having instant access to all documents, content and colleagues, and the tools to get any job done – anywhere, anytime. Now, on to a few key productivity mobile apps. View , annotate and sign PDFs.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Need To Create a PDF? 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.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 28, 2023

into their existing products and likely will continue. system will be made public. If the system itself is learning from material it doesn’t own, and possibly sampling legally protected materials, who actually owns the output? Ask other office professionals what systems they’re using and how they’re using them.

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Eco-Office Gals

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Plants in the office promote a healthier environment, tone down the sterile look of many offices which many employees find ‘ toxic ’, soak up CO2 and give off oxygen, and make your workforce more productive. Most offices are open plan and generally poorly designed when it comes to the number of heating systems they have. Power down.

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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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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 Small Business Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

Here are just some of the things that can be associated with specific customers in your system: Documents: You are able to attach word documents and other types of media to the CRM profiles in your database. Check to see when they were billed, when payment was received and when they are due to be billed again.

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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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Productivityist

JUNE 17, 2012

I had the pleasure of meeting André on a recent trip to Hamilton to visit family, and we had a great time over dinner chatting about productivity, technology and all things in between. He’s launched a new website called ProductivPad, and I asked him if he’d like to share some of his thoughts on productivity here with you.

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Office Organization Success

MARCH 2, 2013

Many business owners just starting out get caught up in the glamour of having an info product, or group training program, available for the clients and customers to purchase or register for. Usually this will be a digital product, i.e. a product that once someone has made payment for they are taken to a page to download the product.

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Clutter Coach

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

This category includes bills, medical forms to file, an insurance or telephone plan to compare with what you have now, information about a product you intend to buy and a list of activities put on by a group you belong to. manuals and documentation for stuff you no longer own; electric toothbrush, car, medical insurance plan.

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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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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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Andrea Kalli

MARCH 9, 2010

Below are some ideas for earning money from products and services other than print books. Ebooks The easiest way to create an ebook is to convert your printed book to a PDF document. Many authors charge extra for a written transcript of their teleseminars and audio products.

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Andrea Kalli

MARCH 9, 2010

Below are some ideas for earning money from products and services other than print books. Ebooks The easiest way to create an ebook is to convert your printed book to a PDF document. Many authors charge extra for a written transcript of their teleseminars and audio products.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 7, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, January 07, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Productivity D o you have trouble figuring out how to call a client or even a colleague in another country? Do you want to fax some documents to a client, but not sure if the fax number you are dialing will be correct?

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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

AUGUST 30, 2007

Here are the simple steps on how to copy tables: Open your Word document that contains the table. This actually is quite easy to do. Open Powerpoint and click on File, then select New, then Blank Presentation. You will see this screen at the bottom. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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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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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

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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Small Business CEO

OCTOBER 25, 2011

If you use Windows systems and they use open source software, there can be some real challenges if the personnel are “evangelists” for their system and philosophy. If you plan to convert systems to newer technology, what is the likelihood of getting them re-trained? Are processes documented? Are contracts documented?

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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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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   Pros of Planning Tool: Very organized product. Certainly, both methods have their benefits and limitations, so it's a good idea to test a few products and see which works best for you. Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Very well laid out. Choose what you will use!

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 5, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Microsoft Office Poll Results By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, March 05, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Access , MS-Excel , MS-Outlook , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Productivity I am sure that all of you use Microsoft Office in your workplace. Especially when you are cutting and pasting in a 200 page document!!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 13, 2011

  I like to share various tools that help to make you more productive. My scanner serves all these purposes -- scan a document in and you can then e-fax it over the internet, print out a copy, edit it directly through OCR software, save it as a PDF and toss the paper. Low-Tech Labeling Yields High Productivity.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 27, 2011

And by that, I mean not only PDF ebooks available on the blog, but also printed books on Amazon, Kindle versions and, of course, for the latest hype in town, ePub-based ebooks in Apple iBookStore. Getting them “in the system” is just the first step. CreateSpace allows PDF file formats. Because nobody else will do it for you.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

  It is productive content creation.  Last year I was invited write articles for ACCO's "Organize Your Desk Day" To give some structure to the series of 30 blogposts, I decided to create a 10-week "How-to" course in setting up an organized and productive workspace. Record Everything For Repurposing.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

I would not recommend using underlining for emphasis in an electronic document as underlining a word usually means you are linking to something else. This is the commonest form of color blindness, but it affects only.4 4 percent of women&#. 4 And what about all that pretty wallpaper that is available for your background?

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