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Macros: Shortcuts To Productivity With Microsoft Word

Professional Assistant Blog

You can also add this macro to your toolbar or assign a keyboard shortcut by clicking on the buttons below and following the instructions. Click on either the toolbar icon that you created, the keyboard shortcut or click Tools, Macro, and Macros…, then click run. Click on the Stop button shown below.

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Too Many Applications Driving You Crazy?

Professional Assistant Blog

I close all of them by either clicking on the "X" at the top-right corner or pressing ALT-F4 (keyboard shortcut to remember - can be very useful). Once I am finished with the task, I would look at my next task on my to-do list and figure out what applications I wont need. Then I would open up the applications associated with the next task.

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

Professional Assistant Blog

All you need to do is go through your regular print routine with the following steps: Click File, Print or CTRL-P as the keyboard shortcut. There are other ways to implement this, depending on the software that you are using, but let’s keep this simple for now. Now select Microsoft Office Document Image Writer.

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Forgot Your Password? Again?

Professional Assistant Blog

Defeat Keyloggers by not using the keyboard to type passwords. Encrypt your passwords to achieve complete security. Generate random passwords to maximize password strength. Fight Phishing by entering passwords only on matching web sites. Back up your passwords and copy them between computers.

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Microsoft Office Poll Results

Professional Assistant Blog

This saves a bunch of time if you have to do a function several times and there isnt a keyboard short cut. This repeats the last function you did (ie inserting a row in Excel) if you press the ctrl Y you will keep inserting rows.

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The Solopreneur Handicap That Makes You Suck at Productivity

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

Wipe last night’s cereal crumbs from your keyboard. We’ve been so busy telling people to Escape Cubicle Nation , retire to 4 Hour Work Weeks and become Non-Conformists … that we’ve overlooked a few advantages of old-school big business entrepreneurs. Kicking off a day filled with social media buzzwords. Ah, freedom!

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

After reading the article on the "remote clicker", which is what I used to call it, I asked John in the cubicle beside me. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Reactions: 2comments: Patty said. Hi Patricia and fellow admins. We looked in a catalogue and found it. It's called a Presentation Remote.