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40 PowerPoint hacks for assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Yup, we are looking at PowerPoint today. I LOVE PowerPoint. There are so many wonderful things you can do with PowerPoint and the software really does allow you to be incredibly creative. I’ve put together a mixture of hacks for the design element of PowerPoint and also the presentation side of things.

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7 Tips to Clean Up Your Digital Files

Jen Lawrence

Digital records management isn’t something we spend time thinking about until we need to find a file. We spend far too much time searching, wondering where we would have thought to save the file when we were working in it. I personally despise wasting time looking for files. That brings us to the first tip.

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Creating a PowerPoint Presentation Fast by Organizing All of Your Presentation Slides - Even if you have 1000s

Stephanie LH Calahan

Last Friday, I shared a post on how you can save time using a Master Power Point (Keynote if you are a Mac user) file to create your custom presentations really fast.    But, what if you have 100s or even 1000s of slides to manage?    What if the files are huge ?  Adam Urbanski Great tip, Stephanie.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

The writer immediately points out that technology and automation have chipped away at duties like papers to be filed and landlines to be answered. And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away.

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How to Use Microsoft Office and Google Workspace Apps to Document Your Procedures

All Things Admin

Before we dive into the specifics, let’s talk about why Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, and OneNote) and Google Workspace (Docs and Slides) are ideal choices for procedures documentation: Accessibility : These suites are the office standards in the business world, making them accessible to most professionals.

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Tech of the week: WeTransfer

Practically Perfect PA

WeTransfer is a really simple website that allows the user to send big files to other people. You enter the details for the person receiving the file, you then upload your file (up to 2GB) and voila! We work with huge documents every day, from PowerPoint presentations to PDFs, video files and everything in between.

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Creating Powerful Presentations

Practically Perfect PA

If your presentation contains charts make sure every chart is on a separate slide and is up on the screen when your manager refers to it. As most assistants are advanced users of PowerPoint the temptation to use all of the features can be high. Ability to save the recording as a video file. Keep the slides simple.