Blog – Productivity Tips for VAs

New Dictation feature A new feature showed up on my Home Ribbon the other day. I was intrigued and decided[...]

Finish off your report with a Cover Page You have written a large brilliant report and you need a cover[...]

Finish off your report with a Cover Page You have written a large brilliant report and you need a cover[...]

AutoText AutoText is one of my favourite time saving features. When you have standard text that you need to type[...]

AutoText in Word 2016 for Mac Do you find yourself writing the same text again and again? Maybe it’s a[...]

  How to get your computer to correct your habitual spelling mistakes! Autocorrect is one of those things that works[...]

How can Matt find joy analysing Data with Excel? Matt was a marketing executive who had recently started in a[...]

How Jill could use the filter button to save time! Remember Jill? She has been wasting so much time. Up[...]

How to set Print Scaling in Microsoft Excel 2013 I am often asked how to make everything typed on a[...]

Reuse Slides in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac You are creating a presentation – for yourself or for someone else. You[...]

  Reuse slides you already have! You are creating a presentation – for yourself or for someone else. You realise[...]

Jennifer is a busy VA. She works for several clients and some days she can be found using Microsoft Word,[...]

How Jennifer wowed her clients with PowerPoint Designer for Windows Jennifer is a busy VA. She works for several clients[...]

Modifying Slide Backgrounds You are working on a presentation for a client and they ask you to change how the[...]

How to save time by getting that word outline into PowerPoint This tip applies to both PowerPoint for Windows and[...]

I don't know anyone who dislikes a story – being read to, or listening to a story on the radio[...]

Shelley – is there a way to see All Mail Items in Outlook? I used to use Lotus Notes and[...]

Insert a copy of your calendar You are talking to a new client and trying to arrange to meet up[...]

How to search for email in Outlook Search for email You need to find an email. But – you can’t[...]

Boomerang your emails back to your inbox Who doesn't want more control over their inbox? I have a whole training[...]

Encrypting your email? Do you? Should you? How to? Unless you have been living in a cave for the past[...]

What kind of Microsoft Office do I need in my business? I think there is some confusion about Windows and[...]

Work from Anywhere Any Device Any Time Microsoft launched Office 365 a while back. It has been updated several times[...]

17 facts about Office 365 1. You can use it online and offline 2. Synchronise your online folder to your[...]

What is Co Authoring? This is a blog that I posted a while ago on my other site www.theittrainingsurgery.com. The[...]

Where is my stuff and how do I edit it? A question that popped up in a VA group I[...]

Let’s be real here, being a VA doesn’t mean staying at your home office all day, there can be meetings,[...]

Microsoft recently announced their new Microsoft Bookings app, helping keep all appointments in one, user-friendly space. This is a system[...]

As a virtual assistant, having an easy to use customer relationship management system is key to managing your clients effectively.[...]

There is a lot involved in the running of a football club. The public tends to hear about the players,[...]

Everybody knows that behind every successful manager or company director, you'll find an organised, efficient Virtual Assistant. Business owners actively[...]

Why did Ed use on-line training to boost his Microsoft Office Skills? Ed decided to take the plunge and set[...]

How to be more productive in the office It's a well-known fact that office workers tend to procrastinate in the[...]

How using technology in the workplace can improve performance I was talking to my husband the other day. He is[...]

The Ultimate Tech System for VAs Congratulations! You have started out in business. You have decided what to call yourself[...]

Tips for Organizing Your Workspace for Better Workplace Performance Did you know that how your workspace is organized has a[...]

Document styles? Clients' Style Documents documents documents. Your clients are sending you documents right left and centre. Each one is[...]

101 ways to be more productive Valentine's Day – time to show our loved ones how much we cared –[...]

Communication   Which way do you communicate? This is a topic I have been thinking of for a while. Especially[...]

What have you missed? Well you may have missed the fact that I have entered a 30-day blogging challenge which[...]

Why even trainers need to learn! You might think that trainers can stop learning once they have mastered their topic.[...]

Which way do you absorb information? We all learn in different ways. I know that I have to Listen to[...]

Should training be linked to a business need? What is the business need that drives you to get yourself trained?[...]

How much time do you waste? In my two previous blogs (find the first one Here and the second one[...]

5 benefits of learning how to use your software Imagine receiving a top of the range car a Porsche or[...]

Why bother to get training? Jill is a busy VA. She set up her VA business and has some very[...]

Business Barista - the book - its here! I'm so excited I just had to write the title again! I[...]

Want to be more productive tomorrow? Then leave a task half-finished tonight. It doesn't sound like it would be a[...]

If you are like me, first you’ll be tempted to say, “Coffee is coffee. There is no relation between coffee[...]