Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 16, 2017

As most assistants are advanced users of PowerPoint the temptation to use all of the features can be high. If your organisation does not have standard themes there are lots that you can use online and via PowerPoint. New images are added weekly and you can sign up to receive them via email. Keep the slides simple. Gratisography.

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Admins4Admins

DECEMBER 16, 2009

In the task pane on the right side of the PowerPoint 2007 screen, enter one or more keywords to search for sound clips. For example; if you are searching for Telephone sound clips, enter the word “Telephone&# in the Search for: text box. Here’s how: Click on the Insert tab of the ribbon. Select Sound from Clip Organizer.

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All Things Admin

MAY 18, 2022

For example, “After five years with my company, I finally got the promotion I’ve been working towards. Whether you send things by email or share via social media, include articles and posts from others that you find helpful with a comment on how it helped you or a tidbit that you think is noteworthy. You brag to stoke your own ego.

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All Things Admin

JUNE 23, 2021

Procedures show you, step-by-step, how to perform a specific task – for example, completing an expense report or submitting a check request. Let’s use meeting and event planning as our example, and focus on creating a system for planning monthly staff meetings. Email template for circulating date/time options. Meeting Agenda.

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On The Job

JUNE 6, 2016

We're going to check email (even though we posted an "on vacation" auto response) and we're likely to keep up with happenings in the office. Instead of the short-range thinking about work, such as email or texting a co-worker, I want you to think of your career in the long-term. For example, maybe you hate deadlines.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Haven’t you written them a million emails? The photographs, bullet-point presentations and other messages you convey to your team via PowerPoint? An added bonus: the participants found the person giving the whiteboard presentation to be more credible than if the same person gave a PowerPoint or Zen presentation.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 5, 2010

We have set up a Career Portfolio Photo Album in our photo gallery with pictures of administrative professionals showcasing their portfolio as well as pictures of examples of what these administrative professionals are putting in their own portfolios. If you have an innovative idea, please email it to us to be added to the album.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 5, 2010

We have set up a Career Portfolio Photo Album in our photo gallery with pictures of administrative professionals showcasing their portfolio as well as pictures of examples of what these administrative professionals are putting in their own portfolios. If you have an innovative idea, please email it to us to be added to the album.

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On The Job

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

They have to be incredibly sensitive in emails because that can all get subpoenaed and go to court and become public record. How many cases do we know where companies have lost billions because of stupid emails? MG: I use the example of the Broadway play. AB: Is such a fishbowl existence good or bad?

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 13, 2010

Fifteen minutes later another manager comes by looking for last-minute help with a PowerPoint presentation. For example: typing a 40-slide PowerPoint presentation: two hours, provided all the material is complete. When urgent requests come in from various sources and you’re already pressed for time, how do you handle them?

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 25, 2016

Apps for file access, e-mail, calendar, password protection, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, virtual meetings, news, weather and travel are examples of key productivity tools mobile devices should have installed. Take advantage of the free mobile app versions of Microsoft Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 30, 2008

The spreadsheet might contain other types of data, but is similar to this example? checked (in this example). Imagine your boss comes to your desk and asks you to provide him/her with details of how much each firm earned in revenue on this spreadsheet. You think to yourself, how can I do this quickly, without much manual work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 9, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Opening Microsoft Office 2007 Files in Microsoft Office XP By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, January 09, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , MS-Access , MS-Excel , MS-Outlook , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Productivity I recently had a vendor send us an Excel spreadsheet that he created in Microsoft Word 2007 format.

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Admins4Admins

JANUARY 13, 2010

You can receive updates automatically via email by clicking: Subscribe to admins4admins.com by Email HOW TO PLAY SOUND ACROSS ON MULTIPLE SLIDES 1. For example, you can enter a number from 1 to 999 for this field. Sunday said: @msgroups Easy Tip: Play sound across multiple slides in powerpoint – [link] [.]

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On The Job

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Lemov admits that he needs to improve his focus on work instead of being constantly distracted by checking his email. Lemov says that is a classic example of practicing avoidance. Ask to observe as the person goes about preparing a PowerPoint, doing research, practicing with notes, warming up, etc. • But you don't.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 24, 2008

For example, I receive an e-mail from my direct supervisor. No, you are not making your screen more lively - well, if thats what you are intending to do, then go ahead. When e-mails come in and you have set up your colors, you will notice that you have prioritized them by color. Then I have my faxes set up as green.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 4, 2008

Ill be checking email _(once a week, every day, etc) __, but will have limited ability to respond. For example: Advertising inquiries, please contact John Doe at john.doe@company.com Billing inquiries, please contact Jane Smith at jane.smith@company.com And so on and so forth. I appreciate your example.

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Eat Your Career

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

For example, if one PowerPoint slide has a slightly fuzzy image, will the audience really even notice? Email this to a friend? Help establish priorities by discussing the broader impacts of the project at hand. Is it really worth the time and energy being used? Compare it to other opportunities and rank its importance.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 21, 2007

Here is how to calculate the difference between two numbers as a percentage: For example, your earnings are $2,342 in November and $2,500 in December. It kept providing me topics that werent relevant to the particular answer I was looking for. I then checked Excels help file and there it was.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2008

F or example, if you want to make a million dollars before you die, write out exactly what you want and how you will achieve this. Another thing that helps people to get motivated is by writing some sort of mantra on a piece of paper or printing it out. This way, when you sit down, you can read it each and every day.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2008

For example, you want to spend one hour on a particular project. But of course, you don’t want to disturb others around you with the bell going off or some even have chickens clucking as the alarm. To avoid this, try using an online timer instead. Virtual Stopwatch gives you the option to set a predetermined amount of time.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 29, 2008

For example, I will try to work on task A for 1 hour. Narrow them down to the amount that you can manage (usually 3 - 5), but some people can do more or less. Move all of the other tasks to the next day or time that you can tackle them. Next, add a time frame to each task. Then I will work on Task B for 30 minutes and so on and so forth.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 27, 2008

For example, if I need to send out a newsletter to all clients, I would call it "Newsletter" At this point, you would just start up a new e-mail, click on the "To:" button and select "Newsletter" from your address book. Add New, of course, would be used to add a brand new contact.

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Admins4Admins

JANUARY 11, 2010

You can receive these updates automatically through email by clicking below: Subscribe to admins4admins.com by Email DOWNLOAD THE STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS HERE: Word 2007 | How To Insert Track Changes (PDF) HOW TO INSERT TRACK CHANGES ON A DOCUMENT 1. Choose the new format (in this example we choose “BOLD”).

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Ive tried to exhaust all the possible things I could do that he doesnt ask me to do - organize emails, files, clutter, contacts, create procedures. Explain to him that youre in a situation where you feel unproductive and give some examples. His reply is usually, "Im working on some things that Ill get to you soon." and he never does.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Heres an example of what happened with me. The downfall of outsourcing is that youre not sure if the quality of the work will be presented, since you are relying one someone or a company to do the work for you and might not be to your standards. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 28, 2008

Note: Make sure to add the time in the meeting schedule (for example: Meeting with client, 1:00 pm Calgary time), so the manager knows that this is the correct time to meet with this client. Now you can see by the picture below that the new time zone has been added. You can now add in the meeting details for this time zone.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2009

You would be surprised how many misspelled words get in there by mistake; for example, instead of pressing Change you press Add to Dictionary when you are going through your SpellCheck. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared? ► February (5) We did it Canada!

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 7, 2011

Document Storage - When I receive a document (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, or PDF) that I’ll need again, I forward it to Evernote. Evernote provides a unique email address to send information to your account. For example, you can select the color of ink you’d like to use. Evernote gives you a capture device almost anywhere. (I’ve

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 11, 2011

4) Powerpoint This test is also given on the computer as well. It will test how well you know how to use Powerpoint. A couple of examples were the difference between disinterested vs uninterested, between you and me or between you and I, define sexism, and find the sentence that is an example of sexist language.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Most organisations that I have worked for offer Word, Excel and Powerpoint courses. Outlook (or whatever email / diary system you use) is a fundamental tool for assistants. For example minute taking, speed typing or preparing and writing reports. Take these courses until you have completed each stage. Training for tasks.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

Some examples would be managing a company website, creating, editing and writing a company newsletter or creating promotional materials, invitations and brochures for marketing events. This can be a rewarding career change for those suited to this type of work. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

For example, "Further to our conversation this morning, attached is a template letter that should meet your needs." For example, "Please send me the following information: - A photocopy of Ms. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? What do you want? Next, state the purpose of your e-mail. Point being.

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

I’ll share a recent, real-world example of this. One of the first steps in the procedure is creating Canva images for the course to use in our ads, emails, website, and social media pages. Create email banner. Resize the Email banner to create the Facebook page banner (851×315 px). Create website ad.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

The art of saying thank you can sometimes get lost in our busyness, but here are some examples of times it would be nice to send a card from work: To thank presenters who speak at your workplace. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? What a neat idea for businesses too. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 6, 2009

my advice when you suspect a co-worker has a problem with drug or alcohol is to alert HR.but have some specific examples available. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? One item Ive noticed is mood swings. I guess from a personal perspective. If I felt really compelled to talk to them. my approach would be.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

Example: If youre looking for a Blockbuster in Arlington, Texas you can send this text message: Blockbuster 76001 Pretty neat. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? Send a text including the business name (or business type) and the zip code youre searching for. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

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