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Calendar Clarity

Laughing all the Way to Work

To add an attachment, click on the Insert tab and choose Attach File or Attach Item. My current boss travels a lot so I put his travel schedule in the calendar as well. If a meeting is from 9 to 5 for instance, I block that whole time in their calendar. You can add the agenda to the meeting request by attaching it.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

The writer immediately points out that technology and automation have chipped away at duties like papers to be filed and landlines to be answered. And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away.

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On to the next task.

Laughing all the Way to Work

The problem is it is now filed in the back burner of my mind. I document everything and that is how I keep track. I put items in my calendar as a reminder, but the problem with calendar reminders is unless you know which day you put it on or what you named it, you can't easily find it. So I document that as well.

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Where is everybody? Setting up an office vacation calendar

Laughing all the Way to Work

Keeping an up-to-date vacation calendar is important so these overlaps are anticipated and in some cases vacations have to be re-scheduled. Setting up a calendar in Word is probably the easiest way to do it and everyone can see at a glance who is going to be away. Double-click Calendar Wizard. Follow the steps in the Wizard.

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Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - How to Use Both For Optimal.

Stephanie LH Calahan

Work With Stephanie « Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing | Main | Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold » Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - Sometimes I wonder if I am duplicating my efforts by using a calendar and the tickler files. What are your thoughts in this area?

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Downsize and Organize Your Digital Clutter

Office Dynamics

If you’ve ever spent a morning trying to track down a lost file on your hard drive or searching through a decade of email, you know that digital disorder can also take a toll on your wellbeing. Does your documents folder or email inbox resemble a junk drawer with everything tossed in together? Get organized. Make Folders. Duplicates.

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Being an Administrative Assistant for Two Different Types of Managers – Ask an Admin

Office Dynamics

He does not use Google Calendar but has an iPhone. . The other Chief, older, but very organized and uses online calendars and his phone as well. I set reminders on my cell and Google Calendar. I prepare files with the documentation he will need for the meetings and leave on his desk. What are your thoughts?