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Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys

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© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 10 August, 2010 Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys I am on vacation and on my home computer I do not have a mouse so rely on keyboard shortcut keys, which reminded me again how helpful they are and how they are a big timesaver rather than reaching for the mouse all the time.

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Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time

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I breathe a sigh of relief when I get someones assistant on the phone or receive an email from them. If I hear from the assistant I know I am going to get answers and the process of setting up a meeting will go smoothly, but should I try to develop a working relationship with them? They are a valuable resource and I appreciate them.

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Warning! Warning! Incoming text message.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Sometimes I wish I had something to warn me when I am with someone with a cell phone so I can know that we are going to be interrupted. I find it frustrating when people either text while in a conversation or are constantly taking phone calls. Apparently not, when its by phone. In an emergency, the cell phone is a useful tool.

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We did it Canada!

Laughing all the Way to Work

Hello Patricia, You have some great resources at [link] Given your interest in country codes, I wanted to make you aware of my site, [link] for possible inclusion as well. CountryCode.org is a comprehensive guide to make phone calls from anywhere to any country in the world. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Keeping focussed in a busy environment

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If you have to answer the phone, deal with an email or attend to something for your boss, do so, as that is the nature of the admin job -- multi-tasking, but once you have done it, go right back to your to-do list, re-focus and continue what you were doing. Once I had identifed the problem, I could make a plan on how to deal with it.

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Do you like what you do?

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I have a network of assistants that I call friends, although some are just phone colleagues, but we help each other. It works better if you have a whole pool of resources with different strengths to call upon. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Will Google ever stop amazing me? Introducing Goog/411

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Of course before I recommend anything I try it out so I picked up the phone and it asked me what I was looking for and what city and province. I chose details and was given the street address and phone number and I still had the option of having my call put through to the store number. You can use google to get similar information.

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