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Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys

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© 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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Warning! Warning! Incoming text message.

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Here is some common-sense etiquette: Screen your calls: Subscribe to call display. However, I think our etiquette hasnt caught up with the technology. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. I usually snap my fingers and say "Hey, over here!" We joke about it, but it is distracting. Oh where or where is my password?

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Whose meeting is it anyway?

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Do you ever get a meeting request and an agenda has not been provided, or if it is a teleconference the call-in details have not been given or the boardroom hasnt been booked for an internal meeting? Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Whose responsibility is it anyway? Oh where or where is my password? 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Welcome to Canada, Mr. President.

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What is the proper etiquette when addressing or writing to a President? Here is a video link on the proper etiquette to address a President. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Everyone up here calls him Obama and our Prime Minister is called Harper. Why do we not use their full name? 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Just a secretary.

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There are many teachers in my extended family and it seemed like something I could do well, but our family did not have any money to further my education and I became a secretary instead. I have become familiar with time zones, airport codes and international holidays to avoid. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog

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Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. Patty Buckner North Bay Index by date ▼ 2010 (26) ► September (2) What's all the fuss about reading contracts? 411 Look Up 411.ca

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We don't know what we don't know

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I have always been a believer in sharing ideas and have received my best education from other assistants. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Our strength is what we know collectively and we should have some way to share our knowledge with each other. Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on.