Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 17, 2012

With the introduction of virtual meetings and teleconferencing people can communicate with each other in different time zones and locations very easily and a great deal cheaper than the cost of a flight. Pros: Multiple locations across all time zones. Pros: Multiple locations across all time zones.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 17, 2012

With the introduction of virtual meetings and teleconferencing people can communicate with each other in different time zones and locations very easily and a great deal cheaper than the cost of a flight. Pros: Multiple locations across all time zones. Pros: Multiple locations across all time zones.

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Worxbee

AUGUST 23, 2021

Working on a remote basis offers you the benefits of being able to tap into a wider pool of talent, work across different time zones, and reduce office overhead. But at the same time, you don’t have the same advantages that face-to-face communication can bring. People often put their heads down and just get on with their work.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

It helps me be so productive as I am often driving or something that makes it easy to speak, but not write/type. Thanks to Lisa Montanaro - Productivity Consultant, Success Coach, Business Strategist, Speaker. & & Author helping people live successful lives & enjoy productive & profitable businesses.

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Workplace Insight

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The findings make worrying reading for employers around the world, as engagement is so demonstrably linked to business critical outcomes such as employee retention, productivity and even profits. Therefore, empowering people to decide where and how through workplace design they will be most productive is one strategy organisations can employ.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Additionally if you have equipped your manager with all of the information they need to deal with any emergencies, they will be able to cope without you being there to help, particularly if they are in a different time zone. Remember to print off the itinerary and additional documents for your Director.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

AUGUST 4, 2011

When last minute requests are frequent, it not only causes resentment, but your productivity will lower, causing a strain in your current workload. A “Question and Answer” document where you spell out how you work sets the tone for the entire relationship. Times to call: Clients like to know when you’re available.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

No matter if you are crossing over multiple time zones or simply want to be able to go to the park and work outside, creating your freedom is possible. My calendar syncs with my Apple products as well. I have Dropbox on my phone as well so I can easily send documents to my consultants while on the road. . 

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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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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 27 February, 2009 Different spellings: British, Canadian and American I was proofing a document the other day, but since Ive been reading documents from the United States and Canada, I couldnt remember if behaviorial was the American or the Canadian spelling. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 26, 2008

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 26 October, 2008 Repeating Headers and Footers while in Sections Someone was asking on another site how to repeat a footer for just one section in a document, i.e. a table. She said it would be the same instructions for a table or a document in Word. These are instructions for Word 2003. "I

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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

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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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. To automatically insert a new row at the end of a table.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2008

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. Now select Microsoft Office Document Image Writer.

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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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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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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Providing administrative support is a big statement and can be anything from arranging a meeting, making a reservation at a restaurant for a business luncheon, bringing items forward for action, following up for your boss, making travel arrangements, data entry, taking minutes, drafting letters, preparing correspondence for distribution, typing reports, (..)

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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. As long as the end product looks good, at times we have to be creative to get there. Be prepared and think ahead. Maintaining a good bring-forward system is important to have things ready when needed.

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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? This will prevent clutter, but dont put too many file folders in the hanging file folder, since it could break over time.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 1, 2009

Now dont forget to put the correct year on your documents. 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! After all, weve been doing it for a whole year now.

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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). I create a corresponding Task reminder and write something like this: WAITBIN need to prepare form for production by March 23rd. Where can I put this paper? Thats great!

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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. Home About Me Advertise On E-mail Blackouts. Hopefully, not too many of you were affected by the email system outages yesterday.

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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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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 29, 2009

Proofing documents can also be funny. 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. What a start to a Monday morning.

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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. Polish up the ol resume It is all right to send your resume out and see what kind of response you get. There are still jobs to be had, you just have to find them.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 29, 2009

Many times I need to proof text and comment with my thoughts before he even looks at it. 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.

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Productivityist

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

all of my research is stored there, along with notebooks that contain living documents that I want to share with those who are helping build Productivityist and my virtual assistant. I’ve been a big fan of Evernote for a long time (having been a user since June 2008) and my fondness for Todoist continues to grow. for blog posts.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

Most times dragging and dropping into my Tasks works for me, but if the e-mail and attachments are needed, then click on the Insert Tab and choose Insert Item and then you can choose the e-mail you want.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 27, 2012

Sometimes people feel that they need to send me every document at once. The “oops” factor: Keep a careful watch on time zone references as well. It’s easy to confuse “standard time” with “daylight saving time (DST).” Bonus fix: Use a SharePoint* meeting site or shared drive for attachments. states or nations.

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

But what about some of the challenges that some people face when they’re traveling, for example, navigating time zones, language barriers and visas and so on? And navigating different time zones and cultures is actually an interesting challenge, and many of our customers see it as a learning experience.

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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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Office Dynamics

JUNE 16, 2015

Many are checking emails, making calls and accessing documents, explains Cint CEO Bo Mattson. Many businesses work with colleagues and clients in different time zones, so they may need to work non-traditional hours to communicate with people across the world. Is this obsessive? Not in today’s world.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 10, 2010

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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