Did you just spill soda or coffee on your keyboard? Running a paper towel frantically over the keys right away makes it feel like you’re doing something constructive, but the best maneuver is to quickly flip it over and just let the liquid drain. If that keyboard is part of your laptop, there’s something you […]
I had a great question on the Office Technology Today Answer Center free subscriber webinar. How do you manage bullet points in tables? Well, the answer wasn’t terribly easy, but it is doable.
Are you ready to kick your career up a notch in 2017? Cultivating these five essential skills can help ensure your success.
Do you type two spaces after a period? If so, your résumé may be destined for the wastebasket. According to career counselor Marc Miller, adding that extra space is a résumé mistake that brands an applicant as “too old.”
It can be frustrating when your peers use sneaky tactics to make themselves look better than you at work. But what can you do to stop them? That’s what one reader asked recently on the Admin Pro Forum.
Bracketing slang or a supposedly humorous aside with quotation marks often tells the reader, “I have it on good authority that the cool kids these days use this kind of lingo, but I wouldn’t want you to think I would ever compromise my dignity by stooping to such informality, so take these marks as a […]
Even little things can affect your productivity in big ways, and making some simple changes to the way you approach your workday can pay off, says Lifehacker’s Eric Ravenscraft.
If you’re struggling to proofread your writing well, consider using text-to-speech to pinpoint errors, recommends Lifehacker’s Dave Greenbaum.
Two-factor authentication is a more complex login process that can help keep your online accounts and the information you store in the cloud safe, writes U.S. News & World Report data reporter Lindsey Cook.
Getting your words right makes a good impression, but part of knowing the rules means knowing when it’s OK to break them. Linguist Steven Pinker, writing in The Guardian, offers eight grammar rules that you can bend once in a while.