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NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Home About Me Advertise 11 Tips To Improve Your Performance By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 08, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity A re you asking yourself, “How can I improve my workplace?&# Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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DECEMBER 12, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 12 December, 2009 On the job tips for new Admins. Next week I would like to talk about meeting planning and give you some scheduling tips that have worked well for me.

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DECEMBER 11, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Blogging Tips for Company Blogs By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 Filed Under: Client Service , Productivity D o you blog for your company? Here are 9 great tips on making you a better blogger: Credentials are a must. If you read my recent article on blogging at work, read on.

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OCTOBER 31, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Tips on Handling Deadlines By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D o you hate deadlines? Do you feel jittery each time you receive a task that needs to be completed yesterday? Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 1, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets 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. Works so far!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 17, 2008

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets 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. Be protective of your boss’s time. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 23, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets At one office I worked in we had a mail cart with slots for everyones mail, but it was filed First name, Last name. Each time I went to get my mail I would find my mail in the other Patricias slot or vice versa.

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JULY 7, 2010

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, July 07, 2010 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Productivity Y our boss calls you over to their office and asks that you send her a list of something that you’ve created in Microsoft Excel. You can also find more Microsoft Excel tips and tricks here. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Home About Me Advertise Increasing Microsoft Excel 2007s Formula Bar Size By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Productivity D o you find that trying to either write or fix formulas in Microsoft Excel can be a pain? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets The tip she sent me was how to edit an email that you have received. The tip my co-worker sent is much better, but if she hadnt shared, I would still be doing it the old way. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Filed Under: Prioritize , Productivity D o you need extra help with your workload ? Do you feel overwhelmed by the number of tasks that keep getting piled on your desk like a never ending mountain of files? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets When a meeting is finalized, I put the scheduling sheet in a completed file. See on the blog sidebar under Meetings for some electronic meeting scheduling sites such as doodle.com and other tips.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Home About Me Advertise How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that some of your co-workers can be extremely annoying, rude or just plain inconsiderate? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Home About Me Advertise Make No Mistakes With Meeting Request Attachments in Outlook 2007 By The Professional Assistant on Friday, November 20, 2009 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook Y ou sent a meeting request to a bunch of people. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! I'm going to try this.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 15, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets The system I use is quite simple and has been around for a long time. Tried and True Method: I set up 12 hanging file folders labelled January through to December. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 10, 2008

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Put reminders in their Tasks or Calendar of anything you know is coming up with enough lead time so they will have time to complete it. Keep an organized filing system and file list.

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JULY 16, 2009

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, July 16, 2009 Filed Under: Productivity A re you a big fan of Windows XP? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Home About Me Advertise Windows 7: Will It Be Like XP or Vista? Whats next?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 23, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets When you are busy, busy and dont have time to think, having two or three colours to choose from will help make things easier. Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 26, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets All this time she had been right clicking and choosing Insert row each time she needed another row. She wanted me to show her other tips and thought I really should do a lunch and learn on these shortcuts.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets 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. Associates e-bulletin helps and tips.

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JUNE 8, 2010

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Productivity D o you have trouble trying to book several managers’ meetings, yet you have access to their calendars in Microsoft Outlook 2007? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets A tip she passed along had to do with the bring-forward system and has been a great tool for me. A tip she passed along had to do with the bring-forward system and has been a great tool for me.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

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? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Whats next?

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JULY 17, 2009

Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Whats next? Subscribe to The Professional Assistant feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you today. Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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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. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Whats next?

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JULY 10, 2009

Home About Me Advertise "Going Green" With Your Documents By The Professional Assistant on Monday, July 13, 2009 Filed Under: Productivity D o you recycle your unwanted papers at work? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Whats next?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 29, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Get any files they may need as a result of the e-mail correspondence. Going through some major organizing and filing here at our office and this is another 'a propos' topic that hits home.

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JANUARY 4, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, January 04, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity A re you being asked to check your companys website stats? I have been updating my firms website stats for quite some time now and wanted to share some tips on getting the information correct - the first time.

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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? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Believe it or not, this can lower productivity.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Networking , Organize , Productivity A re you in the process of looking for a job? Do you need some helpful tips on how to get that dream job that you always wanted? Here are some more articles on job seeking tips.

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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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SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, September 09, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service D o you find that people are passing calls and e-mails from person to person, getting the client more and more frustrated? For more great tips on customer service, check out my post entitled 7 Ways to Great Customer Service.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 13, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 13 January, 2009 Is it that time of the year already? In some organizations raises are tied to how well you do and it is also a record that is kept on your personnel file.

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AUGUST 21, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 21, 2008 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Networking H ave you noticed that Administrative jobs have been more and more difficult to find? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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MARCH 26, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Why People Gossip At The Office By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Office Gossip , Productivity D o you gossip at the office? Until next time, T ake care - of your clutter! Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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JULY 24, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Prioritization: A Colorful Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, July 24, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D o you receive quite a bit of e-mail in your Inbox each day, but have trouble prioritizing them? Until next time, T ake care - of your clutter!

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OCTOBER 11, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets please continue to give us such great tips, i am allays very happy to read them and they help me a lot in my job! Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. very informative entry!

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