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

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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. There is a simple way of getting this type of report to anyone without having to use Adobe Acrobat. Now you can e-mail the report to the client without any problems.

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Warning! Warning! Incoming text message.

Laughing all the Way to Work

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. I find it frustrating when people either text while in a conversation or are constantly taking phone calls. Apparently not, when its by phone. A person I know does this all the time.

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Guest Blog by Alexis Bonari: 10 Easy Ways to Check and Maximize.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Make sure that tasks directly associated with clients come first, consider the financial impact of a project and its completion date on the company, don’t let deadlines control the priority list (expense reports can wait when there are more important tasks), and consider cause and effect (do A to enable B, which accomplishes C).

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Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Holgate is the Executive Assistant to the President, she also reports to the Director of Human Resources and manages a staff of four. On the night of the awards Lynn reports she was sitting at a table with nine of her colleagues from HPTI including the Senior Vice-President. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Keeping focussed in a busy environment

Laughing all the Way to Work

Prioritize the tasks you need to do for the day/week/month and then do them one item at a time. But I did it by keeping a notepad by the phone and each time I started a task I would write it down. In a very short time I started to see what the problem was -- telephone calls. Having a to-do list can be a life saver.

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Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog

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Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Patty Buckner North Bay Index by date ▼ 2010 (26) ► September (2) What's all the fuss about reading contracts? Taking Effective Meeting Minutes ► August (3) Pass it on. Oh where or where is my password? Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. vs. i.e.