Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 24, 2014

Determine if you can digitize any of your printed documents. Ensure your office and desk set up is comfortable. Place your computer directly in front of you with your keyboard and mouse in a comfortable position – your lower arms should rest at a comfortable angle. Recycle or shred anything that you do not need a copy of.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 13, 2007

I like my Toolbar set up for my working convenience and what I am familiar with. A Good Hint to Consider: Take a Printscreen of how you set up your toolbar and print it out and keep in a safe place. Open a new document in Word and paste it in by either using Ctrl V or from the toolbar click on **Edit > Paste.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 4, 2008

It seems that documents without spelling errors are becoming a thing of the past. In the office I proofread letters and e-mails and do a final Spell Check before letting the document leave my desk. Men especially have complained about their big thumbs as they try to type on the small keyboard.

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Admins4Admins

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Use this quick tip to help spice up your presentation! You can receive these updates automatically through email by clicking below: Subscribe to admins4admins.com by Email HOW TO INSERT A POP-UP PICTURE IN A CELL 1. Right-click the cell where you want the pop-up picture. 2. Click on “Insert Comment”.

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Productivity Bits

MAY 12, 2011

With a comfortable full-sized keyboard, large display and clickable trackpad, all-day battery life, light weight, and built-in ability to connect to Wi-Fi and mobile broadband networks, Chromebooks are ideal for anytime, anywhere access to the web. Share critical documents on the web with your team. Large Document. Google Docs.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 10, 2014

Yes to Michael Kors’ party, I want the driver to drop me off at 9:30 and pick me up at 9:45 sharp. Similarly I have a large A4 desk pad next to my keyboard for any quick notes I need to make, things to remember (like phone numbers for instance), and tasks people give me at my desk. I asked for clean, athletic, smiling.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 19, 2012

Yes, I had got up to make the odd cup of tea or make a quick trip to the bathroom but I hadn’t been out for lunch or in any meetings that day so effectively I had been sitting in my chair at my desk for a good 8 hours. I keep one good pen, preferably a fountain pen, for signing documents and a red pen for ticking things off my to-do list.

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Virtual Moxie

AUGUST 4, 2009

This recently came up in the AssistU community forums, and I wanted to share it with you. For those of you who don't know what this is, it's a manual that gives "average" operator times for document production and non-keyboard administrative services. As long as it takes!

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 22, 2016

A major part of my processing speed is in keyboard shortcuts in my e-mail program. You should look into keyboard shortcuts too. For each step of my process, I have a keyboard shortcut such as CTRL-1, CTRL-2 , CTRL-3, etc. Consider looking at quick text snippets and email templates to speed things up. Advanced Search.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 10, 2010

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 10 August, 2010 Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys I am on vacation and on my home computer I do not have a mouse so rely on keyboard shortcut keys, which reminded me again how helpful they are and how they are a big timesaver rather than reaching for the mouse all the time.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 30, 2008

New executives are computer savvy and are comfortable on a keyboard. The up and coming assistant will need to be knowledgeable and skilled in what they do and assertive in doing it. A good assistant should be able to free the executive up to pursue their expertise, not to be burdened down with the day-to-day running of an office.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 21, 2012

Always show up in their office pen poised ready to write with notebook already opened. Otherwise, if you show up with nothing they will think you don’t plan on writing anything down and will somehow remember all of it. I am not a big fan of touch screen keyboards as they are not a true QWERTY keyboard.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 26, 2008

.© 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. 411 Look Up 411.ca " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

.© 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. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 5, 2008

This saves a bunch of time if you have to do a function several times and there isnt a keyboard short cut. Especially when you are cutting and pasting in a 200 page document!! If successful, I will write a post to everyone letting them know its up and running. And the split screen function is wonderful too.

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Service Untitled

APRIL 15, 2011

When there are poorly managed expectations and neglectful follow-up procedures, customers become confused, disappointed, and frustrated. People with experience and some technological knowledge can easily navigate such features as sending and receiving emails, editing Office documents, high-speed Web access, or even using the QWERTY keyboard.

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Productivityist

MARCH 10, 2012

Again, we use an external drive for this (that also gets backed up to the Drobo) for this. Scrivener is getting that nod right now since I’m working on a book, and any application I’m putting through the paces will end up there during the testing phase as well. Having Netflix on my iPad helps as well. My main iPhoto Library.

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The Marq

JANUARY 7, 2010

Astrid allows me to do all of this on the device and sync up with RememberTheMilk.com service. I used to use Google Documents for this purpose. In fact, I stopped using Google Documents altogether since all remaining documents I transferred to Google Wave, a collaboration and document management tool. Enter Astrid.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Good News - The Unemployment Rate Went Up in August | Main | Wall Street Journal on the Two-Track Economy » September 07, 2010 Our iPad Review The iPad is a huge success.    Many of these are being used by small businesses.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 26, 2009

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. Unlike Word you will only see the header repeated when you do a print preview or print the document. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 18, 2008

It ended up that instead of a meeting it was a surprise baby shower for me. An agenda should be sent to the attendees with the previous minutes and all background documents. Minute takers should not be afraid to speak up and ask people to identify themselves for the minutes. I had escaped once again having to taking minutes.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Coming from a legal background, we were always taught if you are using an acronym or initialism in writing, on the first use you should spell it out and then put the acronym in brackets, which makes a lot of sense and saves a lot of head scratching and searching the document to figure out what the person is referring to. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

I personally use a Franklin Covey planner because I love the look of the pages, but many other companies make planner pages with the same set-up.  Thinking Through A Pen As a writer, I enjoy being able to open up my planner to jot things down. Keeps all your appointments, contacts and email in one spot so it's all synched up.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 29, 2009

When an opportunity came up, I went for it. Working is something we all have to do, but when it loses our interest, it makes it pretty hard to get up in the morning and make the commute in. Polish up the ol resume It is all right to send your resume out and see what kind of response you get. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Time Zones Resume IAAP Interviewing 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca Patty Buckner North Bay Index by date ► 2010 (26) ► September (2) What's all the fuss about reading contracts? " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 29, 2009

I can hardly keep up with my own e-mails at times let alone someone elses account, but that is part of my job. Of course my comments are limited because the subject matter is not my expertise, but he relies on my input and corrections to make the document look good. Does it raise a question for you to follow up with your boss?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 15, 2009

Tried and True Method: I set up 12 hanging file folders labelled January through to December. For paper things that I need to remember to follow up on, I put the letter or document in my Wait Bin (which is a tray for things I am waiting on). The system I use is quite simple and has been around for a long time.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP International Meeting Minutes 100

Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 11, 2016

Follow the popularity of my blog post on Excel Hacks I thought I would write a follow up – 40 Word Hacks! To search for auto recovered documents on the File menu, click Open , and then click Recent Documents. Scroll to the end of all recent documents, and then click Recover Unsaved Documents.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Thanks to Deborah Erickson, CPO of No Where But Up,Organizing 4. You can set them up to send all emails from a particular sender to a folder to make it easy for you to find. Sometimes we end up on a lot of lists that we had not intended to be on. On a daily basis, I make liberal use of the following two keyboard keys: 1.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 1, 2009

Now dont forget to put the correct year on your documents. Until you remember on your own what year you are in, this is a good back up system. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

I started this blog to share the knowledge I had picked up over the years either from other administrative assistants, my bosses or from trial and error. Bring Forward System or Using Tasks in Outlook Have a system to follow up on items your boss has asked you to do or things you know you need to do. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 17, 2008

A good assistant knows just where to find the document or file needed, or they won’t stop looking till they do. Having a good filing system and keeping the file list up to date is something every assistant needs to be able to do. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 29, 2009

Since I got in at 9 and my boss was in an hour before me, I knew he had probably seen it already so decided to suck it up and just go in and ask him. Proofing documents can also be funny. I thought somebody ought to tell her, so I caught up to her and it turned out to be someone from my own office. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Productivity Bits

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

A certain amount of piling is inescapable, especially when you are actively working with the documents filling up your workspace. If you are uncertain about the importance of certain documents, make it a priority to ask your superiors or coworkers where they go. Stacked up beside your keyboard is never the right answer.

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Staples Keyboards Filing AT&T 100

Eco-Office Gals

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

If you’re a PC user, all you have to do is press the “Start” menu button—the one with the Microsoft logo—on your keyboard, type in the file name, and click the file you’re looking for. Keeps you up with the times. After all, larger companies still keep stacks of decades-old documents, right? Saves space.

Filing 100

Filing Dropbox Keyboards Environment 100

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JANUARY 8, 2013

For example, I set up a sales dial-in call with about 40 people from every continent on the call. I sat at my kitchen table watching my phone blow up while people were emailing and IM’ing me all at the same time wanting to know why they couldn’t get on the call. Any books or reading up on this would be helpful too please.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 24, 2009

spacing To insert a document i.d. or a filename path to your document Insert Footer, Edit Footer On Insert Tab, click on drop down menu for Quick Parts. Then open a new document and paste (Ctrl v). To print the entire screen, press the PrintScreen key and then paste it into a blank document. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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