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E-mail Etiquette

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With the increasing use of email as the first choice for business correspondence it opens a whole new world of dos and don'ts for the assistant.Here are Some Good-Sense Email Etiquette Tips: Email Salutations: Although email is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. Copyright © 2005 All rights reserved.

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Different spellings: British, Canadian and American

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© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 27 February, 2009 Different spellings: British, Canadian and American I was proofing a document the other day, but since Ive been reading documents from the United States and Canada, I couldnt remember if behaviorial was the American or the Canadian spelling. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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The E-tiquette of E-mail

Laughing all the Way to Work

Here are Some Good-Sense E-mail Etiquette Tips E-mail Salutations: Although e-mail is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. I would not recommend using underlining for emphasis in an electronic document as underlining a word usually means you are linking to something else. Jane Watson of J.

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Repeating Headers and Footers while in Sections

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© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 26 October, 2008 Repeating Headers and Footers while in Sections Someone was asking on another site how to repeat a footer for just one section in a document, i.e. a table. She said it would be the same instructions for a table or a document in Word. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Frustration Busters!

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 26 July, 2009 Frustration Busters! Recently I was working with someone on an Excel document. They sent an e-mail wondering if any of the assistants could help them export a document from Excel to Word. Lets enjoy our day together.© To automatically insert a new row at the end of a table.

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We live in an Acronym Happy World.

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© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 7 September, 2009 We live in an Acronym Happy World. After the first use, then you can feel free to use the acronym throughout the document. Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! 411 Look Up 411.ca

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The E-tiquette of E-mail

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Here are Some Good-Sense E-mail Etiquette Tips E-mail Salutations: Although e-mail is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. I would not recommend using underlining for emphasis in an electronic document as underlining a word usually means you are linking to something else. 4 percent of women&#.

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