Practically Perfect PA

JULY 9, 2012

The magazine also features information on marketing, finance, productivity and updates on IT and social networking. The office Professional is a monthly PDF magazine featuring news, information and advise for all administrative professionals. Global PA Network. Ole offers a great blog and Ezine for assistants. Here is the link.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

There are many tools at our fingertips that help to increase how productive we are. Apps are just one of these tools available (and often free). I love this tool on my desktop or on my phone because it helps me update every social media platform from one place, at one time. This really applies to all roles. Call Please.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 15, 2014

When the HVAC system was installed, someone thought we might want the user manual for the system: a 400 page PDF document. Instead of filing the PDF on the network, the document was printed and placed in a filing cabinet , where it will sit until doomsday or at least until someone cleans out those files. It adds up.

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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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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 29, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Closing Shared Files While Away From Desk By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity D o you share files on a network within your office? Are you the type of person that needs to run between your desk and other places on a regular basis? I am one of these people.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Finding the right tools to manage your business can be time consuming. No need to access multiple tools to access your information. By The Professional Assistant on Friday, February 29, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity A re you a Virtual/ Professional Assistant or want to become one?

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JANUARY 10, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, January 10, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Networking , Productivity A re you stuck at home because youre sick? If youre feeling well enough to be able to work from home (telecommuting), an alternative would be to ask your IT department to set you up with VPN (virtual private network) access.

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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? Home About Me Advertise Administrative Jobs Decreasing? Have you been laid off in the last few years?

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 26, 2007

The mail merge wizard is the simplest tool to use to get your letters or e-mails out to your clients. Click on Tools, Letters and Mailings, and finally Mail Merge Wizard. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, November 03, 2008 Filed Under: Networking , Organize , Productivity D o you find articles on this site intriguing? This is a networking tool that Ive been using for quite some time now. Home About Me Advertise Organize With Social Bookmarking!

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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? Youd be surprised of how many people in your network are willing and able to help out. Home About Me Advertise Cant Find a Job? Change is inevitable.

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Professional Assistant Blog

APRIL 1, 2008

" One of the most productive ways to update information on files is to either create or move a file into a shared folder on your companys network drive. If your company doesnt have a network, since you might be in a smaller organization, you can e-mail the file around to the various people and ask them to add their information.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 5, 2011

Archive Network with Steph Is This You? Single-Tasking / Multi-Tasking Productive Magazine [link] -- Every few months this PDF magazine is published.     Be sure to check out her tool tip if you use Outlook. .  Click on any of theself-evaluator tools below and receive your results online immediately!

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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. Website hosting is to provide websites easily accessible online by World Wide Web to clients.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Here are 9 steps to creating an e-mail template in Microsoft Outlook : On the Tools menu, click Options , then click the Mail Format tab. To restore Word as a message editor, click Options on the Tools menu, click the Mail Format tab, then select the Use Microsoft Office Word 2003 to edit e-mail messages check box.

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DECEMBER 6, 2007

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NOVEMBER 14, 2007

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

I’ve searched Google and they say to use the drawing tool. Clicking Tools, Letters and Mailings, Envelopes and Labels. I’ve sent a couple of the text boxes to the back, but for the life of me can’t get them to ‘bring to front’ again. I can’t seem to find that either! You can use this feature by: 1.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 14, 2008

Using e-mail is a great tool, especially if you are trying to cut down on company costs via international phone calls and postage fees. Has this ever happened to you? People use e-mail too frequently, making messages more and more convoluted as they go back and forth like a tennis ball.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

This has become a great tool for me, since I have to make reservations on a regular basis for my managers. I am able to get a confirmation from the automated system to let me know that the reservation has been made with all of the details that I need. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 25, 2007

Now you have the tools and tips to give yourself a helping hand with writing the perfect messages to those who need the information you need to provide. Proofread and spell check (this is so important – you don’t want to make yourself look incompetent). Add your signature (make sure you have all of your pertinent information).

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 24, 2008

Here are the steps to doing this: When you receive an e-mail, click on Tools, and then Organize. Then I have my faxes set up as green. I know that this would be next, since people depend on these quite a bit around my office. Click on Using Colors. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 13, 2008

To add your countrys or any religious holidays that you follow into your Outlook calendar, follow these 3 simple steps: Click Tools, Options, and then Calendar Options. Of course, the rest of us had to follow this schedule and would have to take time off during these periods. In the Calendar Options section, click Add Holidays.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

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NOVEMBER 30, 2007

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DECEMBER 31, 2007

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JANUARY 23, 2008

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FEBRUARY 21, 2008

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APRIL 24, 2008

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JULY 16, 2009

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AUGUST 21, 2007

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AUGUST 30, 2007

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JANUARY 28, 2008

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2007

Do you fear that opening an e-mail will cause a virus to roam around your firms network and do some potential damage? By The Professional Assistant on Friday, December 14, 2007 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , System Security D o you receive spam in your e-mail box? How can you determine whats real and whats not? Youre not alone.

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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? One could also say that you should never wait for the right productivity tools to get things done. It seems to me that there is now an increasing shift toward simplifying our lives.

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