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How to handle mistakes?

Laughing all the Way to Work

I remember once an assistant from a law firm sent a fax to my boss by mistake and it had the legal advice they were giving their client, which my boss wasn't supposed to see, so she immediately called and asked me to trash it and that she would send the correct fax.

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3 Steps Toward a Paperless Office

Productivity Bits

It is entirely possible for you to essentially eliminate the use of paper faxes by using electronic faxing, in which you generate an in-bound fax to the computer system you use. It is even possible for you to signature-stamp or electronically sign any documents which will be outgoing.

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Retrieve Your Files With Ease

Professional Assistant Blog

That makes sense, but can this system be applied to other information, like monthly bills, tax returns, staff, legal issues, normal company information? B eing able to retrieve the data is more important than an organized alphabetized file drawer. I remember going to a walk-in clinic (doctors office) for an ailment at the time.

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The Advertising Game

Laughing all the Way to Work

Fax Blasts I remember someone from my IAAP Chapter asked me to fax the notice of our Chapter dinner to a list of about 60 companies to promote it. I dont know about you, but when I get these "flyer" type faxes, they go immediately in the recycle bin. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Administrative assistants are highly skilled in many areas and sometimes we take it for granted, not recognizing where we could go with our skills.

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The best timeclock options for small businesses

BMT Office Administration

This time clock also doubles as a document stamp which can be helpful for stamping mail, faxes, and other documents around the office. The project tracking is also great if you are in an industry such as legal or consulting where you need to track billable hours. Lathem Atomic Time Clock With Tru-Align. Biometric time clocks.

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Best Business Technology for Small Businesses & Their Owners (28 ideas from them to you!)

Stephanie LH Calahan

Since I work at home (and because we're full-time RVers, always on the road), I need to be able to fax/copy/convert from anywhere. My scanner serves all these purposes -- scan a document in and you can then e-fax it over the internet, print out a copy, edit it directly through OCR software, save it as a PDF and toss the paper.