Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 24, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 24 May, 2009 Word and Outlook 2007 tips I use Word 2007 at my new job and have never really had a chance to go through it to find the quick tips and how-tos that I had in Word 2003. .©

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 10, 2014

Here are my top ten tips on how to remember those random requests…. 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. Good old fashioned pen and paper. Ask for confirmation. Ask for confirmation.

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Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Tired of spending all of your time in your email inbox? Slack helps you say goodbye to email while keeping all of your teams’ communications and files in one place, wherever you go. Here are seven of my favorite tips and tricks to help make Slack easier and better to use. Keyboard Shortcuts. Emoji Reactions. Conclusion.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 12 December, 2009 On the job tips for new Admins. Sometimes e-mail is not the best way to communicate and it needs to be followed up by a phone call or face-to-face short meeting.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 21, 2012

I am not a big fan of touch screen keyboards as they are not a true QWERTY keyboard. The touch screen keyboard won’t give you a fast typing rate because you have to type with one finger versus all 10. If you don’t have it with you, whip out your cell phone and send yourself a text message or email.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2008

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. Keep up the great work!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 17, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 17 April, 2010 Keeping focussed in a busy environment There are so many distractions in the office -- the telephone, your co-workers, email and your boss! Do you like what you do?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2009

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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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 15, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Sometimes I wish I had something to warn me when I am with someone with a cell phone so I can know that we are going to be interrupted. Apparently not, when its by phone. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JANUARY 8, 2013

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. I am copied on highly confidential information and I read emails that seem to be written in a new language – sales speak.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I had no idea this could be done, but I was thrilled when I got her email, but it just proved to me once again that we are all holding on to things we take for granted that others know about. Click OK and voila!

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Time Zones IAAP PowerPoint Email 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 1, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets One person can be great at software programs and know all sorts of tricks to get things done quickly and another might be excellent at organizing and managing their email account. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 9, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I breathe a sigh of relief when I get someones assistant on the phone or receive an email from them. I also get good tips from other assistants. I have learnt some great tips that way.

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Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100

The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? www.ftrans.net Phillip These tips are all great. Also success stories.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Check: Are phone calls planned? For each one, write down what you hope to accomplish with the phone call to help you stay focused. I will try it, thanks for the tip. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2008

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. Whats next?

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PDF 2008 Cubicle PowerPoint 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets A good tip if you flub up your voicemail is to press # and it should give you prompts to get out of it. They said it works with most phone services. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Time Zones IAAP 2010 Meeting Minutes 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

You can see what others are interested in, ask questions, share tips, and more. When you chat, they can't hear your voice, when you are on the phone, they can't see you, etc. Email (build trust) 3. Phone (providing value) 4. What do you do to build relationships beyond the keyboard?    6. "Escalate"

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Below are a few tips so the task is not as daunting: Filling in the blanks I take minutes on a laptop so it is easy to make a template ahead of time which is based on the agenda. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets CountryCode.org is a comprehensive guide to make phone calls from anywhere to any country in the world. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Recently, a temp worker at my job gave me another Google tip. Of course before I recommend anything I try it out so I picked up the phone and it asked me what I was looking for and what city and province.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 1, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets There are just too many passwords to remember, and that doesnt include my bosss passwords that I also need to know because I have to check his emails as well as my own. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets If the meeting is internal, I send a meeting request, but for external meetings I tend to just confirm with them the meeting details by phone or e-mail. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 20, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets You hear something while walking down the hall or are copied on an email and know something about the purpose of a meeting coming up. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Too much information.

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Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. Lets enjoy our day together.© Oh where or where is my password? 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 28, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. Lets enjoy our day together.© Oh where or where is my password? 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets If it is an external meeting, but local, enter location of meeting in calendar, provide your boss with address and directions, contact phone number, taxi chit. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Time Zones IAAP International Calendars 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets If you have to reschedule, send an email apologizing, but advise that your bosss schedule has changed. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 9, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Did I phone to get my electricity turned on? Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 16, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets If you are not the organizer, you still have a responsibility to provide available dates in a timely manner, set a reminder to make sure there is an agenda and if there isnt, email to ask for one.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 19, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets The cure: always answer the phone professionally - this way youre never caught off-guard. I have a love/hate relationship with the email autofill. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Time Zones IAAP 2009 International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 31, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. Word and Outlook 2007 tips Grrr! Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. Lets enjoy our day together.© Oh where or where is my password? 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. Lets enjoy our day together.© Oh where or where is my password? 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 23, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. Lets enjoy our day together.© Oh where or where is my password? 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Time Zones IAAP AT&T 2010 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 22, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. Lets enjoy our day together.© Oh where or where is my password? 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Administrative Professionals Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I have a network of assistants that I call friends, although some are just phone colleagues, but we help each other. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Time Zones IAAP Interviewing Holidays 100