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AUGUST 25, 2007

Home About Me Advertise How to Write Effective E-mails By The Professional Assistant on Saturday, August 25, 2007 Filed Under: A re you the type of person that likes to ramble on and on about something? You want to tell your co-worker that you need to get a report from them within the hour.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2008

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? You can then print a summary report to Excel of all of your hours for any time period, for any task, or for any client. Home About Me Advertise Work From Home?

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DECEMBER 17, 2008

Try to anticipate the need so you can have the file or the answer your boss needs, before he or she even knows they need it. A good assistant knows just where to find the document or file needed, or they won’t stop looking till they do. Be one step ahead of your boss. Be protective of your boss’s time. 23, 1 p.m.

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AUGUST 1, 2010

I keep mine in an encrypted Word file on my computer. I also have an encrypted file with various other important numbers like my and my husbands social security numbers and the like. Servers are usually backed up daily, so your file will likely be restored. However, you probably want to password protect file.

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MAY 23, 2009

At one office I worked in we had a mail cart with slots for everyones mail, but it was filed First name, Last name. the phone book, standard filing practices etc.) This goes for filing and also how your contacts are ordered in Outlook. If you open the contact card you will see in the first section File As. 23, 1 p.m.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Home About Me Advertise The E-tiquette of E-mail By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , MS-Outlook E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing all the Way to Work: The Ultimate Secretarial Survival Blog. File e-mails chronologically by date and time.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Ctrl + Home moves the cursor to the beginning of the open file or document and Ctrl + End moves the cursor to the end of the open file or document, but if you are in the middle of a document and want to select everything from there down, press Ctrl + Shift + End or if you want to select everything from there up, press Ctrl + Shift + Home.

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DECEMBER 19, 2009

If the meeting is internal, I send a meeting request, but for external meetings I tend to just confirm with them the meeting details by phone or e-mail. When a meeting is finalized, I put the scheduling sheet in a completed file. As I hear from the different parties I can put a check mark or an X whether they are available or not.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

This is useful if you want to file the email and change the Subject line to something that better describes what the email is about or to put notes in the email. You can also attach a file from Word, Excel or PowerPoint or a business card from your Contacts if it is someone you need to remember to call and want that information available.

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OCTOBER 10, 2008

Keep an organized filing system and file list. If your boss tends to misplace things when they get it, make an extra copy for your file before giving it to them. Put reminders in their Tasks or Calendar of anything you know is coming up with enough lead time so they will have time to complete it. 411 Look Up 411.ca vs. i.e.

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MARCH 15, 2009

Tried and True Method: I set up 12 hanging file folders labelled January through to December. I then put the items in a two-fold file folder with his calendar printed out on the one side and the items he will need for the day on the other side. The system I use is quite simple and has been around for a long time. Thats great!

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JUNE 23, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 6:39 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , colour coding , coloured file folders , professional assistant Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. Try it, you may like it. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca vs. i.e.

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DECEMBER 5, 2009

If you know what works best for you and if your job is 80/20 on what you like then you can put up with the small stuff like filing and filling out expense forms. But if it is a job that goes on and on with nothing to show for it I get bored. This is an important thing to know. 411 Look Up 411.ca vs. i.e.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I use hanging file folders labelled from January through to December. Every afternoon before I leave for the day, I go through the hanging file for that month to see if there is anything I need to bring forward for the next day. A tip she passed along had to do with the bring-forward system and has been a great tool for me.

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JULY 26, 2009

Or if you want to attach a file, choose Attach File. If you want to attach the e-mail with attachments, in your Task, click on the Insert Tab, choose Attach Item and you will then be able to choose the e-mail you want attached and the whole e-mail with attachments will appear as an icon in the body of the Task. If you press Ctrl.

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OCTOBER 11, 2009

If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out? vs. i.e.

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AUGUST 29, 2009

Get any files they may need as a result of the e-mail correspondence. Going through some major organizing and filing here at our office and this is another 'a propos' topic that hits home. If you have the proper access to your boss’s e-mail account you can reply on their behalf and it will appear in the From line.

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JANUARY 13, 2009

In some organizations raises are tied to how well you do and it is also a record that is kept on your personnel file. Normally, I put something about needing to get my filing system up to date, but I think I may have missed the point when I have done that. I never know what to put down. 411 Look Up 411.ca vs. i.e.

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DECEMBER 12, 2009

This can be as simple as having hanging file folders marked from January to December and then you just put items in the appropriate month that you need to bring forward for your boss. Some organizations like you to list the attachments, i.e. Enclosure: 2008 Annual Report. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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JANUARY 24, 2009

This article is extremely well written, and I have already printed a hardcopy, which I am going to add to my file. I love the way you relate the potholes, road blocks, etc. to hurdles/obstructions at work. 23, 1 p.m. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca vs. i.e.

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