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Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right?

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Try to anticipate the need so you can have the file or the answer your boss needs, before he or she even knows they need it. A good assistant knows just where to find the document or file needed, or they won’t stop looking till they do. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!"

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Oh where or where is my password?

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Along with our multiple work passwords, we have a password for our home computer, and if we sign up for Facebook, Twitter or any other website, we have another password to remember. I hope you keep your address book locked up as that would be a very valuable source of information for someone up to no good. Works so far!

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Grrr! moments

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At one office I worked in we had a mail cart with slots for everyones mail, but it was filed First name, Last name. I grew up in a world that used Last Name, First Name (i.e. the phone book, standard filing practices etc.) This goes for filing and also how your contacts are ordered in Outlook. Well here is one of my Grrr!

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Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys

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Ctrl + Home moves the cursor to the beginning of the open file or document and Ctrl + End moves the cursor to the end of the open file or document, but if you are in the middle of a document and want to select everything from there down, press Ctrl + Shift + End or if you want to select everything from there up, press Ctrl + Shift + Home.

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Meetings Plus: Taking them offline

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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. When a meeting is finalized, I put the scheduling sheet in a completed file. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!"

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Pass it on.

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This is useful if you want to file the email and change the Subject line to something that better describes what the email is about or to put notes in the email. I think Tasks is one of Outlooks best-kept secrets, but it shouldnt be and is a great way to follow up on items. So how can we know what we dont know? " Warning!

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Colour Coding Works.

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