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Eight Ways to Keep Your Office Clutter-Free

Ian's Messy Desk

We recently were involved in a capital project to build a new program facility in our region. When the HVAC system was installed, someone thought we might want the user manual for the system: a 400 page PDF document. It can be tempting to print every interesting thing we find on the web or print a 400 page PDF “just in case.”

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Eight Ways to Eliminate Paper and Clutter in Your Office

Ian's Messy Desk

We were recently involved in a capital project to build a new program facility. When the HVAC system was installed, someone thought we might want the user manual for the system: a 400 page PDF document. Despite improvements in document handling technology, despite the convenience of PDF files, we still produce a lot of paper.

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How to Use Evernote: 22 Ways

Ian's Messy Desk

Document Storage - When I receive a document (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, or PDF) that I’ll need again, I forward it to Evernote. Project Planning – Create a new Stack for a project. Everything you need to recall or act on regarding a project will be in one spot.

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10 Sites for Quotations

Ian's Messy Desk

Tom Peters’ “Top 41″ quotes and other free stuff – the Top 41 quotes are a project from 2006 that are compiled in a PDF and offered —along with a load of other free Tom Peters’ material— for download. World’s best quotes in 1-10 words – 10 quotes that are less than 10 words.

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"Stop Watch"ing Your Productivity

Professional Assistant Blog

In order to get your tasks completed on time and in a proficient manner, there is a little trick that I use to make sure that I only focus on one project at a time and give it my undivided attention (when I possibly can). For example, you want to spend one hour on a particular project. Having a timer at your desk can be a great tool.

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Copying Pictures To and From Microsoft Word

Professional Assistant Blog

Do you have a big project coming up and want to show your boss that you can handle this type of task ? 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 ?

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Are You Afraid to Talk to Your Boss?

Professional Assistant Blog

Here are the basic rules to do this: Start off with something positive, such as you have been working hard on whatever project you want to mention and show some results of this. Mention to your boss (in a professional manner of course) that you have X number of tasks, projects, etc. This will show that you are being pro-active.

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