Business Cards, PDF, Software and Travel - Administrative Professionals Pulse

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

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Need To Create a PDF? Dont Have the Software? There are other ways to implement this, depending on the software that you are using, but let’s keep this simple for now. This will enable you to create a PDF-like file where no one can manipulate information. Dont Panic!

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Business Card Window Envelopes

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Business Card Window Envelopes By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 Filed Under: Networking , Productivity H eres an interesting envelope that I found on this website. Many software-developing companies provide web hosting services. It is easy and very cheap to use.

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

Professional Assistant Blog

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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Finding The Best Travel Deals - Online!

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Home About Me Advertise Finding The Best Travel Deals - Online! By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Filed Under: Meetings , Research , Travel A re you trying to book a flight, hotel or car rental for your manager? Visit Travel Zoo for the most up-to-date best deals you can find on the internet.

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Sync Your Hand Held Device

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Sync Your Hand Held Device By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 15, 2007 Filed Under: Networking , Organize , Productivity , Travel A re you looking for software that can synchronize most of your hand held devices? Heres a free piece of software that was recently released that can do just that.

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The ultimate app guide for assistants

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

Here are some of my favourites: Great Apps: Travel. This app is slightly expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. You can set it for your current location or receive alerts from places you are planning to travel too. If your manager travels on one airline frequently it is worth downloading their app.

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Increasing Microsoft Excel 2007's Formula Bar Size

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

I was just playing around with the software and stumbled upon this great feature. I remember back in the day when Microsoft Excel 2003 and prior versions didn’t have this feature. Then we upgraded to Microsoft Office 2007 and voila! That’s it! Now you have a larger area to work with.

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"Checking In" to a Better Flight

Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 14, 2009

Home About Me Advertise "Checking In" to a Better Flight By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Filed Under: Meetings , Productivity , Research , Travel Y ou get an urgent e-mail from your boss asking you to book a flight and hotel. The time finally comes when your boss is flying out to that all important business trip.

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Checking Stats for Your Company's Website?

Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 4, 2008

Do you have software in place for it? Its a great piece of software that will help you and you marketing department figure out the best course of action to increase your sites popularity. Its a great piece of software that will help you and you marketing department figure out the best course of action to increase your sites popularity.

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Would You Relocate to Avoid Traffic Jams?

Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, December 06, 2007 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Productivity , Travel D o you find yourself getting stuck in traffic each morning and afternoon? Home About Me Advertise Would You Relocate to Avoid Traffic Jams? Do you feel that people should relocate to a closer home or find a new job?

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Free ACT! (CRM) Video Tutorials

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2008

website, which has the following online video tutorials for some of the most frequently used functions in this software. Take a deep breath and follow the instructions below. Ive found a great resource on the ACT! The only thing is that you need to have earphones or speakers at your computer.

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Cover Your Tracks: E-mail Archiving

Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

The reason I use the latter method is because our company policy is that we cant download any software that IT doesnt approve. Then just follow the instructions to installing and using the software. One is the easier way, where you download a file; the other is the longer way. Its compatible with any version of Outlook 2002 or later.

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Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

When you try to save a document as a template, make sure that you click on the drop down arrow in the Microsoft Office software that you are using and select template, when using the "Save-As" command. Just make sure to protect the documents, spreadsheets, etc. so that they dont get changed.

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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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"Excel"ing to Create Subtotal Row Totals

Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

One of my managers wanted me to use our sales tracking software to create the sales report for a particular product. They ask you to create subtotals for the latest sales report, but want you to only send them the revised spreadsheet showing the subtotal rows. I recently ran into this problem as well.

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Men Wearing Shorts At The Office?

Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 18, 2008

Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 2comments for this post Jodith I have no problems with shorts in the office if its a casual environment (and I mean casual, not business casual). I worked for a software company with a casual dress code and men and women both wore shorts all the time (it was in Houston and warm close to year round).

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Work From Home? Want to be More Productive?

Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Are you just starting out or already have a thriving business? Finding the right tools to manage your business can be time consuming. You have to understand how a professional administrator operates and also have the technology and software to run your business in a successful manner.

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Tired of Sending Recurring E-mails?

Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

SendLater for Microsoft Outlook allows you to send e-mails directly from your software on your computer (this is an add-on for Microsoft Outlook), but then there is a cost associated with it. LetterMeLater.com allows you to send e-mails via an online application for free. You can send recurring e-mails as many or as few times as you want.

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Kallout To Research Information

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2008

In a nut shell, you download the free software , install it and it’s always running in the background. It might even keep you reading information in the browser, instead of focusing on your original task. There is a more productive method that you can use to conduct your research. There is a new service called Kallout.

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Windows 7: Will It Be Like XP or Vista?

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JULY 16, 2009

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Overlapping Calendars In Microsoft Outlook? Really?

Professional Assistant Blog

JUNE 8, 2010

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Top Reasons for Working in Large and Small Companies

Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Top Reasons for Working in Large and Small Companies By The Professional Assistant on Monday, February 25, 2008 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Productivity , Travel D o you work in a large company ? I personally have a preference for larger corporations, but do like the feel of a smaller business. A small company ?

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Phishing & Spam - Not Your Everyday Food Items!

Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2007

Many anti-virus software are being advertised this way to secure people from spam e-mails. Another tip is to install anti-virus and internet security software, such as Symantecs Norton products. These types of software even include spam blockers. They would even sell your personal information in chat rooms on the black market.

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Be Positive About Your Customer Service Issues

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JULY 17, 2009

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"Going Green" With Your Documents

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JULY 10, 2009

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Has The Bubble Burst?

Professional Assistant Blog

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? It seems to me that there is now an increasing shift toward simplifying our lives. Who needs to be productive when the amount of stuff you have to deal with is cut in half?

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Retrieve Your Files With Ease

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

You can use Microsoft Access to create a database of all of your files criteria and the software assigns a "key" or number that corresponds with your files. You can use Microsoft Excel to add all of this information and then add the numbers from the files to your Excel spreadsheet.

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Too Many Applications Driving You Crazy?

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

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

Professional Assistant Blog

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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Elevator Etiquette 101: Going Up?

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, October 17, 2008 Filed Under: Travel Y ou’re standing in the elevator and everyone is crammed like a can of sardines. Home About Me Advertise Elevator Etiquette 101: Going Up? Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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