Gain a better Outlook: 3 moves toward an empty inbox
Managing the stream of email that gathers in your inbox every day can feel like an impossible task. Slim down your filing system into this “trusted trio” of action-based folders.
Category: Organizing
Meeting pros know
Learn how most professional planners schedule agendas for two- and three-day meetings …
Keep packed clothes looking their best
How can you keep packed clothes looking their best? Pack them in the plastic they came back from the dry cleaner in.
Use the power of logic in spreadsheets
Say you’re trying to use an Excel spreadsheet to track weekly wages for office employees. It’s simple enough to create a formula (hours x hourly rate) that calculates wages for someone who works 40 hours or less. But what if someone works 45 hours one week?
Putting together an office style guide
Which is correct: “E-Mail” or “e-mail”? “Red, white and blue” or “red, white, and blue”? “A.M.” or “a.m.”? Would everyone in your office answer the same way? If not, you could probably use an internal style guide.
It’s still not too late to celebrate
With some organizations scaling back holiday parties and others nixing them altogether, your end-of-the-year celebration may not be the grand event it used to be. But with the right strategy, you can orchestrate an event to remember with a minimum of work.
Show off star power with a desk manual
Showcase your talents by putting together a desk reference manual. Done bit by bit, it can become the ultimate productivity tool. Here’s how to do it.
Help! I’m doing the work of 3 people
Update your style for citing sources
The basic information required for noting sources hasn’t changed since you wrote a high school term paper, but the wealth of information available in electronic formats continues to add new twists.
Working Smarter: Type once, enter twice, save time
Cut way down on your keystrokes, with these Outlook tools that let you mine information that’s already in your files.