Ergonomics, Tools and Travel - Administrative Professionals Pulse

12 Last-Minute Gift Ideas For Digital Nomads

Allwork

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Having lots of bulky baggage is not ideal when you’re trying to travel light, so gifting experiences, digital gifts, or small items is ideal. . Small, portable gifts like a travel adaptor or chic and practical laptop stand make great tangible presents for any occasion. . Wireless travel massage pillow . Travel adaptor .

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The workation is taking off – but it needs the right tech to make it effective

Workplace Insight

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Amid soaring flight and accommodation costs, it also has the benefit of helping workationers keep costs down too, as travellers can book flights on off-peak days, or opt for a last-minute discount without the worry of getting the time off of work. The tools to keep working from anywhere So, what tools do employees need?

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Finding The Best Travel Deals - Online!

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Home About Me Advertise Finding The Best Travel Deals - Online! By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Filed Under: Meetings , Research , Travel A re you trying to book a flight, hotel or car rental for your manager? Visit Travel Zoo for the most up-to-date best deals you can find on the internet.

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Resources And Tips To Harness The Power Of Interior Design For Environmental Impact — And Employee Retention

Allwork

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Another interesting way to think about biophilia is that it can be a tool for inclusivity in design. Let’s look at the example of purchasing a task chair for a workplace — a seemingly simple objective. Natural elements are non-gendered and potentially more inclusive of different cultures. All cultures have nature!

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We are not blank slates and we don’t adapt to change in predictable ways

Workplace Insight

JANUARY 1, 2024

Commuting at the same time as everybody else is clearly a ridiculous, unnecessary and anachronistic thing to do on a routine basis, as has become newly apparent, but so too is locking oneself away in a home office or dining room with its isolation, lack of ergonomics and amorphous routines. Wisdom lies in knowing the difference.

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"Checking In" to a Better Flight

Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 14, 2009

Home About Me Advertise "Checking In" to a Better Flight By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Filed Under: Meetings , Productivity , Research , Travel Y ou get an urgent e-mail from your boss asking you to book a flight and hotel. The time finally comes when your boss is flying out to that all important business trip.

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Hands Hurt From Typing?

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 Filed Under: Ergonomics , Productivity D o you find yourself typing too much? Home About Me Advertise Hands Hurt From Typing? Using the mouse too often? Heres a product that will help you feel better and relieve pain, carpal tunnel syndrome and repetitive stress injury.

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Work From Home? Want to be More Productive?

Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Finding the right tools to manage your business can be time consuming. No need to access multiple tools to access your information. By The Professional Assistant on Friday, February 29, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity A re you a Virtual/ Professional Assistant or want to become one?

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6 Easy Steps to a Better Work-Life Balance

Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Home About Me Advertise 6 Easy Steps to a Better Work-Life Balance By The Professional Assistant on Monday, February 18, 2008 Filed Under: Ergonomics , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D o you find that you are working way too much ? Do you feel that you want to spend more time with your family, friends or by yourself?

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Labelling The Features In Microsoft Word

Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

I’ve searched Google and they say to use the drawing tool. Clicking Tools, Letters and Mailings, Envelopes and Labels. I’ve sent a couple of the text boxes to the back, but for the life of me can’t get them to ‘bring to front’ again. I can’t seem to find that either! You can use this feature by: 1.

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Restaurant Reservations - Find An Open Table Online!

Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

This has become a great tool for me, since I have to make reservations on a regular basis for my managers. I am able to get a confirmation from the automated system to let me know that the reservation has been made with all of the details that I need. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Would You Relocate to Avoid Traffic Jams?

Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, December 06, 2007 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Productivity , Travel D o you find yourself getting stuck in traffic each morning and afternoon? Home About Me Advertise Would You Relocate to Avoid Traffic Jams? Do you feel that people should relocate to a closer home or find a new job?

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A Great Outlook: Adding Holidays to Microsoft Outlook

Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 13, 2008

To add your countrys or any religious holidays that you follow into your Outlook calendar, follow these 3 simple steps: Click Tools, Options, and then Calendar Options. Of course, the rest of us had to follow this schedule and would have to take time off during these periods. In the Calendar Options section, click Add Holidays.

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Sync Your Hand Held Device

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Sync Your Hand Held Device By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 15, 2007 Filed Under: Networking , Organize , Productivity , Travel A re you looking for software that can synchronize most of your hand held devices? Heres a free piece of software that was recently released that can do just that.

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Prioritization: A Colorful Outlook

Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 24, 2008

Here are the steps to doing this: When you receive an e-mail, click on Tools, and then Organize. Then I have my faxes set up as green. I know that this would be next, since people depend on these quite a bit around my office. Click on Using Colors. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

2008

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Using Microsoft Office E-mail Templates

Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Here are 9 steps to creating an e-mail template in Microsoft Outlook : On the Tools menu, click Options , then click the Mail Format tab. To restore Word as a message editor, click Options on the Tools menu, click the Mail Format tab, then select the Use Microsoft Office Word 2003 to edit e-mail messages check box.

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"Stop Watch"ing Your Productivity

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Having a timer at your desk can be a great tool. In order to get your tasks completed on time and in a proficient manner, there is a little trick that I use to make sure that I only focus on one project at a time and give it my undivided attention (when I possibly can). To avoid this, try using an online timer instead.

2008

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How to Create Mail Merge Letters

Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 26, 2007

The mail merge wizard is the simplest tool to use to get your letters or e-mails out to your clients. Click on Tools, Letters and Mailings, and finally Mail Merge Wizard. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Macros: Shortcuts To Productivity With Microsoft Word

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Click on Tools, Macro, Record New Macro… Type in the name of the macro and a description for it, so that others know what this is used for. Click on either the toolbar icon that you created, the keyboard shortcut or click Tools, Macro, and Macros…, then click run. Make sure that you cut this, not delete it.

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Organize With Social Bookmarking!

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

This is a networking tool that Ive been using for quite some time now. You have option to share these with anyone or everyone thats part of this service. You can even find other people that have similar interests as you and add them to your "Friends" list. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Copying Tables, Pictures or Text in PDF Files to Other Sources

Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 17, 2008

3comments for this post Maggie Thanks so much for this post! : ) Ive oftentimes copied text from PDF files, but had no idea about the snapshot tool. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! That will be VERY helpful in the future. Thanks again for sharing! I thought that this would help others.

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E-mails Should Not Be Like a Game of Tennis!

Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 14, 2008

Using e-mail is a great tool, especially if you are trying to cut down on company costs via international phone calls and postage fees. Has this ever happened to you? People use e-mail too frequently, making messages more and more convoluted as they go back and forth like a tennis ball.

2008

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Top Reasons for Working in Large and Small Companies

Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Top Reasons for Working in Large and Small Companies By The Professional Assistant on Monday, February 25, 2008 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Productivity , Travel D o you work in a large company ? You can travel more, whether it be to visit clients locally or internationally. A small company ?

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Has The Bubble Burst?

Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 10, 2008

How many blogs, online tools, software and books are there nowadays providing the latest, fashionable way to hit the peak of productivity? One could also say that you should never wait for the right productivity tools to get things done. It seems to me that there is now an increasing shift toward simplifying our lives.

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Need to Change Excel Details from Vertical to Horizontal or Vice.

Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 7, 2010

Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Increasing Microsoft Excel 2007's Formula Bar Size

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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How to Write Effective E-mails

Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 25, 2007

Now you have the tools and tips to give yourself a helping hand with writing the perfect messages to those who need the information you need to provide. Proofread and spell check (this is so important – you don’t want to make yourself look incompetent). Add your signature (make sure you have all of your pertinent information).

2008

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Windows 7: Will It Be Like XP or Vista?

Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 16, 2009

Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

Google Docs

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Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook

Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 28, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 28, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , Travel D o you need to book meetings for your manager(s), but most meetings are all over the country or even internationally?

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Overlapping Calendars In Microsoft Outlook? Really?

Professional Assistant Blog

JUNE 8, 2010

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Microsoft Outlook

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Elevator Etiquette 101: Going Up?

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, October 17, 2008 Filed Under: Travel Y ou’re standing in the elevator and everyone is crammed like a can of sardines. Home About Me Advertise Elevator Etiquette 101: Going Up? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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