Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Home About Me Advertise 7 Steps to Improve Your Filing System By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, September 27, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity A re you having trouble with your filing system? If you really do have to put a lot of files in a folder, place a rubber band around the folder.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Work With Stephanie « Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing | Main | Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold » Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - Sometimes I wonder if I am duplicating my efforts by using a calendar and the tickler files. What are your thoughts in this area?

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Page Personnel

AUGUST 26, 2022

Those in an office manager role need to know how to manage processes, procedures, documentation, project management and communications. For example, answering phones, taking messages, purchasing office equipment, working with relevant software and filing paperwork.

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Office Organization Success

DECEMBER 15, 2012

Ask your VA/service provider if she has a Credit Card Authorization form that she can send to you, and you fax back to her. Put your CC info in a Word document, and send to her via a secure file transfer service like Send This File or Dropbox. Instead use one of these options: 1.

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The Office Professionals Place

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Monday, October 19, 2009 Choose Your Method of Communication Effectively – Email, Phone, In-person, “Snail&# Mail/Memos Have you ever received an email from someone who just started at the company asking you to do something and you haven’t been introduced? Or have you played the popular “phone tag&# game?

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Office Organization Success

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

For most business owners there will be a physical client file that you’ll need to create. One of the simplest ways of creating this file is by using a manila file folder in which you simply drop your paperwork into. I then use this folder for storing all the documents that I send and receive from my clients.

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 22, 2010

Sunday, August 22, 2010 Miscommunication, Misfiled, and Misplaced = Misrepresentation A work day consists of filing, answering phones, greeting visitors, and a host of communication efforts with coworkers, supervisors, and customers, plus other duties and responsibilities that can get overwhelming. Lets grow together!

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Eco-Office Gals

OCTOBER 23, 2012

You can communicate via email; you can use things like Google Docs, Adobe and e-Signature to send documents and contracts; even faxes can be sent and received online thanks to companies like FaxZero and MyFax. For more information, visit Energy.gov and put “do it yourself energy audits” in the search field.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 25, 2013

There is more stuff on office desks: computers, printers, faxes and other new technologies. We waste precious time looking for an important e-mail or document. Activities: Cluster phone calls to make; cluster items to copy; cluster computer work; cluster large projects, etc. Love the “round file!”

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JUNE 8, 2011

.  Did you know that most small businesses have at least 9 paper copies of every document because they either cannot find the original, or because the paper copy is the way that the information is distributed?    Start with something like electronic faxes.    It only gets bigger as the company gets bigger. 

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Small Business CEO

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Have you ever waded through stacks of files only to discover what you’re looking for is in another filing cabinet? Yes, it does cost money to store documents digitally, but these costs are often far lower than the ongoing cost of buying paper, ink or toner, garbage disposal, and the extra space you need to store reams.

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The Office Professionals Place

JUNE 7, 2010

I was online completing a form that required a phone number and I didn’t have the phone number handy, while I was conducting a search on the internet, my friend got a regular phonebook and found the phone number before my page could load to show me the results of my search. Backup electronic files.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 19, 2009 Filed Under: Client Service , MS-Access , MS-Excel , MS-Outlook , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Organize , Productivity D oes your department have an administrative procedures manual? This way, everyone will be using the exact same documents , spreadsheet , etc.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word Y our boss comes up to you and asks you to take a look at an e-mail that he/she just sent you. You notice that there is a picture within the file and your boss asks you to resize it.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 28, 2008

I said, "If I called you at work in the middle of the day, would you be able to come to the phone and chat?" Any personal calls they have to make to the bank, insurance company or any personal matters, he always asks his wife to do it because he says, "You sit at your desk all day and have a phone readily available, so it is easier for you".

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Macros: Shortcuts To Productivity With Microsoft Word By The Professional Assistant on Monday, October 13, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Productivity D o you know what a macro is? You now can paste the particular parts of text back into your document. Do you know how to create them? You will need in a short while.

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Office Organization Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

For most business owners there will be a physical client file that you’ll need to create. One of the simplest ways of creating this file is by using a manila file folder in which you simply drop your paperwork into. I then use this folder for storing all the documents that I send and receive from my clients.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 13, 2011

" That is what I heard from her as we were talking on the phone.  OneNote: My Filing Cabinet In The Clouds. create notebooks and files just like I would with paper, but now it is all organized on my computer. " Stephanie you are such a geek."   OK!    I'll own that. 

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Access , MS-Excel , MS-Outlook , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Productivity Y ou receive an e-mail from your manager. 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.

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The Office Professionals Place

JANUARY 21, 2010

Now Google can help you do things like…… Google Docs – Create and share your online documents, presentations and spreadsheets Google Voice - Don’t have time to listen to voicemails? Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. weather, jokes, news, etc.)

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 13, 2009

You have to be able to create a PowerPoint presentation, merge a document in Word, or create a report in Excel. A good office professional must be able to greet clients, answer phones, and interact pleasantly, politely, and cordially. Utilize spell check and review the document for grammar errors. Need a filing system?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 2, 2008

In one interview, the person interviewing me said he needed his filing done on a daily basis as many people were using the files and it was important to have all the information up to date. This was mentioned a few times in the interview so I knew it was important and when I got the job I made sure to do my filing every day.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, February 15, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Organize , Productivity Y our boss comes to your cubicle and asks you to make 10 copies of 5 different sets of publications. Photocopy all publications one after another, whether it be via the document feeder, the glass pane or both. Not Sure What To Do?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 11, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, January 11, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity D o you want to decorate your cubicle/office? You need to be able to find certain documents on your cubicle walls for easy reference. Try to keep your documents, pictures, etc. Try not to clutter your cubicle too much.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 6, 2010

CREATE your paper-based filing system. Having an efficient filing system in place will enable you to find the information you need, when you need it! First of all invest in your filing storage, whether that's a dedicated filing cabinet or plastic filing crates. CREATE your PC filing system.

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The Office Professionals Place

APRIL 29, 2010

It is impolite to blurt out or cut people off, you wouldnt do it in an in person meeting, dont do it on a phone call. This makes it easy for minutes to be properly documented and promotes meeting order. If it is possible, send the documents as one attachment and not several (ie. Start on time and end on time.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 16, 2008

If people place items on my desk or chair, I will simply place it back at the top of my mail tray and prioritize all documents as needed. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? People have to understand that each person prioritizes their work their own way.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Labelling The Features In Microsoft Word By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, September 04, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Productivity D o you create letters or labels in Microsoft Word ? From here, click on the particular label that you want to use and click New Document. You can use this feature by: 1.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

It's a great way to save files and photos on the "cloud." You have access to your documents and photos no matter where you are. No need to load and check USB flash drives or email documents back and forth from work to home. .  Keep reading for tricks and tools that they use to save time. No problem!

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 3, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, March 03, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Brian McCullough of TheJobBored.com. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Home About Me Advertise On E-mail Blackouts.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 1, 2010

Mac Users Will Have Easier Access for their Document Management While the desktop version of Paper Tiger could be used on a Mac, sometimes people had challenges making the Windows version work well.  Mac Filing So You Can Find it Again   in News & Updates!   Do you have things you think I should test or suggest?

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The Office Professionals Place

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

For example, if a team member is not outspoken, but is proficient in computer software, they would a good person to organize documents. Follow-up does not mean frequent phone calls, emails, meetings, or standing over someone’s shoulder. Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files.

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

We all know how difficult it can be to maintain a realm of sanity in the workplace when the phone is constantly ringing, clients are popping in and out of the office, a project is due, and you have a supervisor who is behaving like a ‘helicopter mom.’ Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 5, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Microsoft Office Poll Results By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, March 05, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Access , MS-Excel , MS-Outlook , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Productivity I am sure that all of you use Microsoft Office in your workplace. Especially when you are cutting and pasting in a 200 page document!!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 12, 2010

  Make sure that as you schedule the activity (appointment on the phone, outside of the office or task you want to get done, etc) with enough time to come to a stopping point.    For some people that is a traditional filing cabinet system, but others might find more success with cubbies in their office. 

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Home About Me Advertise The E-tiquette of E-mail By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , MS-Outlook E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing all the Way to Work: The Ultimate Secretarial Survival Blog. File e-mails chronologically by date and time.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

  The Esselte company conducted a study of over 2,600 executives and found that the average executive wastes 6 week a year just looking for lost documents and information.    In the picture above you see a standard file cabinet on the left and one that is open and on wheels on the right. 

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