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Successful Remote Work Requires Investment Into Culture

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According to Ramos, “We’ve been very much accustomed to operating in a virtual environment.” ” This meant that practices like asynchronous communication, documentation and virtual team building were already part of their culture. With workers spread globally, documentation and written updates are vital.

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

The greatest contrast in open environments and private or shared offices can be seen in Europe, where in the United Kingdom nearly half of all office layouts are entirely open (49 percent), while in Germany 54 percent of overall physical workplaces consist entirely of individual or shared private offices.

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Different spellings: British, Canadian and American

Laughing all the Way to Work

© 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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Repeating Headers and Footers while in Sections

Laughing all the Way to Work

.© 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. These are instructions for Word 2003. "I

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Frustration Busters!

Laughing all the Way to Work

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. All this time she had been right clicking and choosing Insert row each time she needed another row. She did not know how simple it could be by just tabbing.

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We live in an Acronym Happy World.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Depending on how acronym happy your office is, it can be like learning a new language. After the first use, then you can feel free to use the acronym throughout the document. I suppose we better get used to it as it seems to be a trend and start to learn the language of acronyms and initialisms. Back to the drawing board.

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Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right?

Laughing all the Way to Work

A good assistant knows just where to find the document or file needed, or they won’t stop looking till they do. Great Article--As we at American Folder Company understand the challenges that many office environments face each day. Be prepared and think ahead. Be good at tracking things down. ► February (5) We did it Canada!