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Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook

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AUGUST 28, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 28, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , Travel D o you need to book meetings for your manager(s), but most meetings are all over the country or even internationally?

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Copying Tables, Pictures or Text in PDF Files to Other Sources

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JANUARY 17, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Copying Tables, Pictures or Text in PDF Files to Other Sources By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, January 17, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Excel , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Productivity D id your boss just ask you to copy a table, picture or text to another source of software, such as Microsoft Excel or Word ?

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Need To Create a PDF? Don't Have the Software? Don't Panic!

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Need To Create a PDF? This will enable you to create a PDF-like file where no one can manipulate information. Dont Have the Software? Dont Panic! Your manager asks you to create a report of some sort and wants you to send it to a client, but making sure that they cannot manipulate the information.

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Trying to Phone/Fax Internationally?

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JANUARY 7, 2008

Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Glad to hear that its a time saver. Is there a fee of any sort that goes with the international fax? Home About Me Advertise Trying to Phone/Fax Internationally? Do you want to fax some documents to a client, but not sure if the fax number you are dialing will be correct?

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Work From Home? Want to be More Productive?

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FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Finding the right tools to manage your business can be time consuming. This lessens the time you have to spend on the phone. No need to access multiple tools to access your information. Do you work from home on a regular basis? Are you just starting out or already have a thriving business?

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E-mails Should Not Be Like a Game of Tennis!

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JANUARY 14, 2008

Using e-mail is a great tool, especially if you are trying to cut down on company costs via international phone calls and postage fees. Sure, there are times that e-mail is appropriate, such as when you need some sort of record from a client to fulfill their product order.

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Restaurant Reservations - Find An Open Table Online!

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

This has become a great tool for me, since I have to make reservations on a regular basis for my managers. I am able to get a confirmation from the automated system to let me know that the reservation has been made with all of the details that I need. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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Labelling The Features In Microsoft Word

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

I’ve searched Google and they say to use the drawing tool. Clicking Tools, Letters and Mailings, Envelopes and Labels. I’ve sent a couple of the text boxes to the back, but for the life of me can’t get them to ‘bring to front’ again. I can’t seem to find that either! You can use this feature by: 1.

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A Great Outlook: Adding Holidays to Microsoft Outlook

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AUGUST 13, 2008

Of course, the rest of us had to follow this schedule and would have to take time off during these periods. To add your countrys or any religious holidays that you follow into your Outlook calendar, follow these 3 simple steps: Click Tools, Options, and then Calendar Options. In the Calendar Options section, click Add Holidays.

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Prioritization: A Colorful Outlook

Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 24, 2008

Here are the steps to doing this: When you receive an e-mail, click on Tools, and then Organize. Then I have my faxes set up as green. I know that this would be next, since people depend on these quite a bit around my office. Click on Using Colors. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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Need to Change Excel Details from Vertical to Horizontal or Vice.

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JULY 7, 2010

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Using Microsoft Office E-mail Templates

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FEBRUARY 8, 2008

To be a little more productive at my job, I thought Id create e-mail templates, which save quite a bit of time in the long run. Here are 9 steps to creating an e-mail template in Microsoft Outlook : On the Tools menu, click Options , then click the Mail Format tab. Click Apply , then OK. On the File menu, click Save As.

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Increasing Microsoft Excel 2007's Formula Bar Size

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

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Top Reasons for Working in Large and Small Companies

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FEBRUARY 25, 2008

You have access to more resources, such as better technology and online learning (which is usually provided by the company). You are more options to stay within the firm, but to branch out to other jobs. You can travel more, whether it be to visit clients locally or internationally.

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"Stop Watch"ing Your Productivity

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OCTOBER 7, 2008

In order to get your tasks completed on time and in a proficient manner, there is a little trick that I use to make sure that I only focus on one project at a time and give it my undivided attention (when I possibly can). Having a timer at your desk can be a great tool. To avoid this, try using an online timer instead.

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Want to Blog About Your Work?

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DECEMBER 5, 2007

More and more firms are allowing their employees to blog, whether it be internal or external. Internal blogging refers to employees writing blogs that are stored on an intranet or company server. Blogging about your firm is one of the ways to do this. This can boost company credibility and advertise itself in a global way.

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Windows 7: Will It Be Like XP or Vista?

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JULY 16, 2009

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How to Create Mail Merge Letters

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AUGUST 26, 2007

The mail merge wizard is the simplest tool to use to get your letters or e-mails out to your clients. Click on Tools, Letters and Mailings, and finally Mail Merge Wizard. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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Organize With Social Bookmarking!

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

This is a networking tool that Ive been using for quite some time now. So, next time you need to look for something within your tags, click on one of them and you will find all of the articles that youve saved with that particular tag. You have option to share these with anyone or everyone thats part of this service.

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Macros: Shortcuts To Productivity With Microsoft Word

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OCTOBER 13, 2008

Click on Tools, Macro, Record New Macro… Type in the name of the macro and a description for it, so that others know what this is used for. Click on either the toolbar icon that you created, the keyboard shortcut or click Tools, Macro, and Macros…, then click run. Make sure that you cut this, not delete it.

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Overlapping Calendars In Microsoft Outlook? Really?

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JUNE 8, 2010

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Finding The Best Travel Deals - Online!

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

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Has The Bubble Burst?

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MARCH 10, 2008

How many blogs, online tools, software and books are there nowadays providing the latest, fashionable way to hit the peak of productivity? One could also say that you should never wait for the right productivity tools to get things done. It seems to me that there is now an increasing shift toward simplifying our lives.

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Be Positive About Your Customer Service Issues

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JULY 17, 2009

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"Checking In" to a Better Flight

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JULY 14, 2009

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"Going Green" With Your Documents

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JULY 10, 2009

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How to Write Effective E-mails

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AUGUST 25, 2007

Now you have the tools and tips to give yourself a helping hand with writing the perfect messages to those who need the information you need to provide. Proofread and spell check (this is so important – you don’t want to make yourself look incompetent). Add your signature (make sure you have all of your pertinent information).

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