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More OneNote Must-Knows: History, Search, and Template Creation

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Create a Template When I train people on creating office procedures, I start by encouraging them to use a template so that they have a standardized tool to help them keep their procedures consistent from page to page whether they are typed or handwritten. Here’s how you create one. Click on Page Templates at the bottom of that window.

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We don't know what we don't know

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I have always been a believer in sharing ideas and have received my best education from other assistants. Here are some ways I have found can help: The web is a wonderful tool for sharing. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on.

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Just a secretary.

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There are many teachers in my extended family and it seemed like something I could do well, but our family did not have any money to further my education and I became a secretary instead. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on.

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Getting your foot in the door.

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She saw the importance of this training to help her daughter know the workings of an office from the bottom up and the office benefitted from her educational training. The administrative position can be a springboard for a management position if you want to go in that direction and have the right educational background.

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Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog

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EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m. Oh where or where is my password?

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Now that is dedication.Executive Assistant donates kidney to her.

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EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m. Oh where or where is my password?

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What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

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It's up to us to educate them on the benefits of an assistant. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. That's a great point, Patricia. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m. love the simplicity and the way you "tell it like it is".Thank