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"Excel"ing to Create Subtotal Row Totals

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They ask you to create subtotals for the latest sales report, but want you to only send them the revised spreadsheet showing the subtotal rows. One of my managers wanted me to use our sales tracking software to create the sales report for a particular product. I was able to put the entire report together within a matter of minutes.

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Need To Create a PDF? Don't Have the Software? Don't Panic!

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Your manager asks you to create a report of some sort and wants you to send it to a client, but making sure that they cannot manipulate the information. There is a simple way of getting this type of report to anyone without having to use Adobe Acrobat. Now you can e-mail the report to the client without any problems.

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To Break or Not to Break? That is the Question!

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Does your manager walk up to you and ask you to do a report or task of some sort, while you are “not on the job” so to speak? Do people bother you during your breaks or lunch? This happens to many people that I’ve spoken to, over and over again. Don’t you wish that you could just put up a sign that says, “On Break” or “On Lunch”?

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The Workplace is a Productivity Killer

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Before you can even open the first e-mail that’s marked urgent, your boss shows up and asks you to send him the latest sales report on the department’s products. Then you turn on your computer, put your food in the fridge and head back to your desk. Then your co-worker starts.

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Overworked? Unload Your Workload to a Freelancer!

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Whether you need help fixing up that company website, proofreading a report that your boss needs right away or even compiling reports that your boss gave you today and is asking for you to complete it yesterday. Hiring a freelancer can have great benefits. Truths of a Shy Writer can help you when you’re in a bind.

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How to Write Effective E-mails

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You want to tell your co-worker that you need to get a report from them within the hour. Yet you go on and on about how you want it to look, going into great detail of the type of report you want. If you chatter away in your e-mails and are trying to get your point across, this information will be quite juicy for your fingertips.

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Work From Home? Want to be More Productive?

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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. Having all your communication with your clients be in one place, so there is never a question of when or if an e-mail was sent. All communication history is saved. Easily recording the time spent on each task.

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