Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 24, 2014

Whether you are an executive, manager, or team member, you can have an impact on the stress level of your co-workers by using technology and other techniques. File away completed projects, and do an assessment of what you really need to keep. Here are three ways to do this every day of the week: Keep your workspace clean and organized.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Productive & Organized Goes Audio in 3 Different Ways » 19 Tips for Managing Your Email Even When You Dont Want To E-mail, it is the form of communication that we love to hate and love to love.    I don't care what tool you receive your e-mail in, you still have to manage it or it will run you. 

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 11, 2016

To search for auto recovered documents on the File menu, click Open , and then click Recent Documents. To view all of the MS Word Commands go to File > Options > Customise Ribbon. To check word count File > Properties > Statistics. Use the keyboard shortcut Fn + Shift + F7.

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Eco-Office Gals

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Online project managers allow you to post schedules and updates, assign tasks, communicate with team members, and virtually keep everyone on the same page, even when working remotely. These options are certainly quicker and less costly than managing everything through phone calls and snail mail.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 29, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 29 August, 2009 Managing your Bosss Inbox Nowadays our bosses are busy almost 24/7 and in order to cope they need our help managing their e-mail account. Get any files they may need as a result of the e-mail correspondence. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 10, 2014

I’ve spent many many hours searching for bits of paper my manager has lost (or never actually had…), I’ve tried to remember hotels and restaurants they visited five years ago and clients they met briefly at a conference the previous summer. Archive and search rather than file. Good old fashioned pen and paper.

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Productivity Bits

MAY 12, 2011

With a comfortable full-sized keyboard, large display and clickable trackpad, all-day battery life, light weight, and built-in ability to connect to Wi-Fi and mobile broadband networks, Chromebooks are ideal for anytime, anywhere access to the web. Add and manage your tasks from your Chromebook using Google Tasks. Google Tasks.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Access , MS-Excel , MS-Outlook , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Productivity Y ou receive an e-mail from your manager. All you need to do is go through your regular print routine with the following steps: Click File, Print or CTRL-P as the keyboard shortcut.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 30, 2008

As a secretary I typed letters, answered the phone and did the filing. As an administrative assistant I manage my boss's practice so he can do his job. The role of the secretary/assistant has always followed the needs of management. New executives are computer savvy and are comfortable on a keyboard. But how can we help?

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Productivityist

JANUARY 29, 2015

Project Management tools can be unwieldy beasts, that’s for sure. I mean, managing a project is supposed to be complicated, isn’t it? That’s part of it’s charm and it’s purpose, to be a Project Management application that you can just pick up and play with. project management Web Applications'

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 22, 2016

A few of the stupid things I tried to manage the e-mail: * Folders. I personally use OneNote, but you can use a similar program or even plain text files. A major part of my processing speed is in keyboard shortcuts in my e-mail program. You should look into keyboard shortcuts too. Lots of folders meant a lot of sorting.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2009

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity D o you have too many applications open on your computer? I close all of them by either clicking on the "X" at the top-right corner or pressing ALT-F4 (keyboard shortcut to remember - can be very useful). Whats next?

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Small Business CEO

AUGUST 30, 2012

At the end of the day, your desk should have little more on it than your computer, keyboard, mouse pad, phone, and perhaps a framed photograph of a loved one. Oftentimes, we don’t properly file things or put something away because it’s not convenient. Here’s how to get started with a clean slate, every time: 1.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

My iPad has an awesome case and keyboard made by Zagg (in red of course to match my business brand!). I always synch all of my files from my main Mac computer in my home office to Dropbox so that I am sure to have all of them handy while on the road by using the app on my phone and tablet. Use a good task tool.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 14, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 14, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity , System Security F orgetting your Windows password happens to everyone from time to time. Here are some features directly from the site: Manage Your Passwords and Log In automatically. Defeat Keyloggers by not using the keyboard to type passwords.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 16, 2018

I was fortunate to work with some amazing managers and executives who were happy to mentor me about business and how to be a business partner. Of course, I love my iPad (newer, bigger, lightweight screen with the keyboard by Apple); loving my AirPods (no wires!); I still love the 43 hanging file system. It never fails me. *

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

WinWeb – Your Office Online Simply the best way to manage your small business! A few weeks ago I ordered my new MacBook Pro and I wanted a German keyboard, of cause I could not order a German keyboard, you can order a French keyboard? installed, and agreed to pay the extra for the keyboard.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 17, 2008

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. The assistant is also the gatekeeper to manage the flow of paper through the boss’s office. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Be one step ahead of your boss. Be creative.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 1, 2010

I keep mine in an encrypted Word file on my computer. I also have an encrypted file with various other important numbers like my and my husbands social security numbers and the like. Servers are usually backed up daily, so your file will likely be restored. However, you probably want to password protect file.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 31, 2014

The project management triangle applies very well to blogging: you’re always looking for the sweet spot between speed and quality content to provide great value to your readers. Whether it’s through a voice recorder, a text editor, a task management tool, or a dog-eared notebook, write down each and every idea.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 31, 2014

The project management triangle applies very well to blogging: you''re always looking for the sweet spot between speed and quality content to provide great value to your readers. Whether it''s through a voice recorder, a text editor, a task management tool, or a dog-eared notebook, write down each and every idea. You''re not alone.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 23, 2009

At one office I worked in we had a mail cart with slots for everyones mail, but it was filed First name, Last name. the phone book, standard filing practices etc.) This goes for filing and also how your contacts are ordered in Outlook. If you open the contact card you will see in the first section File As.

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On The Job

OCTOBER 26, 2007

So the dog and two cats appear, dumping over the trash, barfing up something they should not have eaten, and scrambling to lie on the computer keyboard, my lap or whatever papers I need, all the while drooling and shedding and panting and meowing. It begins with breathing. Screen your calls.

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Productivityist

AUGUST 30, 2012

In the Advanced/General preferences panel, you can set Postbox to use Gmail’s keyboard shortcuts and you can also create events within Google Calendar for detected dates. As many of you may know, I’m not a fan of using your e-mail app to manage your tasks. If you’re a big Gmail user, then Postbox has you covered.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Keep an organized filing system and file list. If your boss tends to misplace things when they get it, make an extra copy for your file before giving it to them. I work for 6 different managers as well a staff of another 25 or so. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Oh where or where is my password?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 15, 2009

Tried and True Method: I set up 12 hanging file folders labelled January through to December. I then put the items in a two-fold file folder with his calendar printed out on the one side and the items he will need for the day on the other side. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Thats great! " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

When a meeting is finalized, I put the scheduling sheet in a completed file. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Confessions of a Micro-Manager ► September (3) The Advertising Game Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles We live in an Acronym Happy World. Oh where or where is my password? " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

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. You can also attach a file from Word, Excel or PowerPoint or a business card from your Contacts if it is someone you need to remember to call and want that information available.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I use hanging file folders labelled from January through to December. Every afternoon before I leave for the day, I go through the hanging file for that month to see if there is anything I need to bring forward for the next day. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Otherwise, I never remember to check it.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 23, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 6:39 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , colour coding , coloured file folders , professional assistant Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Try it, you may like it.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 26, 2009

Or if you want to attach a file, choose Attach File. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Confessions of a Micro-Manager ► September (3) The Advertising Game Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles We live in an Acronym Happy World. On the right, make sure Attachments is clicked. If you press Ctrl.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

If you know what works best for you and if your job is 80/20 on what you like then you can put up with the small stuff like filing and filling out expense forms. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 13, 2009

In some organizations raises are tied to how well you do and it is also a record that is kept on your personnel file. Normally, I put something about needing to get my filing system up to date, but I think I may have missed the point when I have done that. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. " Warning!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 11, 2009

I find that generally administrative assistants are good in a lot of different areas and are in a unique position of being in a close working relationship with management that could open doors to new work experiences and better overall job satisfaction. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. " Warning!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

I think every business professional these days must find the right combination of tools for managing their Calendar, Contacts, Info Capture and Info Recall. Your choice of time management system is a very personal one -- take the time to make the right decision for you.   Who Are You?

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2007

WinWeb – Your Office Online Simply the best way to manage your small business! » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, October 29th, 2007 at 8:10 pm and is filed under Comments , Mobile Technology , Web Technology , use online IT. External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 24, 2009

I am part of the project management office at my company and I hear the term roadblocks all the time. This article is extremely well written, and I have already printed a hardcopy, which I am going to add to my file. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Hi Patricia: What an encouraging message this is.

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