Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 15, 2014

When the HVAC system was installed, someone thought we might want the user manual for the system: a 400 page PDF document. Instead of filing the PDF on the network, the document was printed and placed in a filing cabinet , where it will sit until doomsday or at least until someone cleans out those files.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Home About Me Advertise 7 Steps to Improve Your Filing System By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, September 27, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity A re you having trouble with your filing system? Dont know how to organize yourself and things are starting to pile up?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 29, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Closing Shared Files While Away From Desk By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity D o you share files on a network within your office? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? I am one of these people.

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BMT Office Administration

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

While individuals have until April 18, 2023, to file their personal income taxes, businesses have to start thinking about tax requirements a bit sooner. If you’re not quite sure about the differences between a 1099 and a W-2, keep reading to learn which form to send and how to fill out and file them. What is a W-2?

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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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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Home About Me Advertise How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that some of your co-workers can be extremely annoying, rude or just plain inconsiderate? Anyhow, I could go on but Im sure you get the point.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 7, 2011

Create a shared notebook, give access to the relevant people and they can decide when and how to view. Idea File – Ideas strike at random times, in the oddest places. Document Storage - When I receive a document (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, or PDF) that I’ll need again, I forward it to Evernote.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 30, 2007

Home About Me Advertise How to Copy Tables from Word to Powerpoint By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 30, 2007 Filed Under: MS-Excel , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word P eople often ask me, "How do you copy a table from Word into Powerpoint?" Open Powerpoint and click on File, then select New, then Blank Presentation.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 21, 2008

Home About Me Advertise How to Cope With Co-Workers Arguing By The Professional Assistant on Monday, January 21, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Productivity Y ou’re on the phone with a client and an argument breaks out between two of your colleagues. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Home About Me Advertise How to Hold Effective Meetings By The Professional Assistant on Friday, September 07, 2007 Filed Under: Meetings , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity H ave you ever wondered why you have so many meetings to attend and most of the time, you feel that you dont have a need to be there?

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 26, 2007

Home About Me Advertise How to Create Mail Merge Letters By The Professional Assistant on Sunday, August 26, 2007 Filed Under: MS-Access , MS-Excel , MS-Outlook E ver have trouble doing a mail merge in Microsoft Word? If you are choosing contacts from Excel, select the file and the particular sheet that they are on.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

Home About Me Advertise How to Lose a Customer and a Few More! By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, September 09, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service D o you find that people are passing calls and e-mails from person to person, getting the client more and more frustrated? Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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Professional Assistant Blog

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? Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 23, 2007

Home About Me Advertise How to Organize Tasks Effectively By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 23, 2007 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Prioritize A task here, a task there! Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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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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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Home About Me Advertise Increasing Microsoft Excel 2007s Formula Bar Size By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Productivity D o you find that trying to either write or fix formulas in Microsoft Excel can be a pain? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Cover Your Tracks: E-mail Archiving By The Professional Assistant on Friday, September 05, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , System Security D o you back up your e-mails in Microsoft Outlook ? Then a new person comes in, taking over the work and wonders why they cant find the old file.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 4, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, January 04, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity A re you being asked to check your companys website stats? Do you have software in place for it? Its a great piece of software that will help you and you marketing department figure out the best course of action to increase your sites popularity.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 7, 2010

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, July 07, 2010 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Productivity Y our boss calls you over to their office and asks that you send her a list of something that you’ve created in Microsoft Excel. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Filed Under: Prioritize , Productivity D o you need extra help with your workload ? Do you feel overwhelmed by the number of tasks that keep getting piled on your desk like a never ending mountain of files? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 28, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Copying Pictures To and From Microsoft Word By The Professional Assistant on Monday, January 28, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Productivity H ave you ever wondered how to copy pictures from and to Microsoft Word ? Recently, someone asked me how this is done. Click Insert, Picture, From File.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 16, 2009

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, July 16, 2009 Filed Under: Productivity A re you a big fan of Windows XP? How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JUNE 8, 2010

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Productivity D o you have trouble trying to book several managers’ meetings, yet you have access to their calendars in Microsoft Outlook 2007? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2009

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? Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Administrative Arts

AUGUST 18, 2010

Can they get some sort of training to improve their skills in a particular software program or office process? Rarely though, is anyone referring to total immersion in a software program when they ask that question. I’m certainly no expert, but I’ve mastered what I need to solve most issues I’ve run into with any Adobe.pdf file.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 21, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Calculation of Discounts in Excel By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Filed Under: MS-Excel H ave you ever wondered how to calculate discounts on certain products/services that you or your firm offers? I then checked Excels help file and there it was.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 17, 2009

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 10, 2009

Home About Me Advertise "Going Green" With Your Documents By The Professional Assistant on Monday, July 13, 2009 Filed Under: Productivity D o you recycle your unwanted papers at work? Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2009

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity D o you have too many applications open on your computer? Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Believe it or not, this can lower productivity.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Home About Me Advertise Make No Mistakes With Meeting Request Attachments in Outlook 2007 By The Professional Assistant on Friday, November 20, 2009 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook Y ou sent a meeting request to a bunch of people. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 21, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 21, 2008 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Networking H ave you noticed that Administrative jobs have been more and more difficult to find? Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2008

CRM) Video Tutorials By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity A re you using ACT! In one of my previous jobs, when I was working for an Investment Advisor, he gave me the installation CD-ROM and asked me to read up on how to use it. Home About Me Advertise Free ACT!

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 19, 2009 Filed Under: Client Service , MS-Access , MS-Excel , MS-Outlook , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Organize , Productivity D oes your department have an administrative procedures manual? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Home About Me Advertise Dealing With Unreasonable Requests By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, October 08, 2009 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity Y ou receive an e-mail , among the many others that you receive each and every day. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

Home About Me Advertise "Excel"ing to Create Subtotal Row Totals By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, September 03, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity Y our manager sends you an e-mail with a spreadsheet attached. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word Y our boss comes up to you and asks you to take a look at an e-mail that he/she just sent you. You notice that there is a picture within the file and your boss asks you to resize it.

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