Debbie Mayo Smith, International Motivational Speaker
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Quick Business Tips November 2008 Vol 4 No# 38

{FIRST} Helping you know your software better to advance business performance

1. Save Time With ALT +

2. Get To Windows Explorer Quick As A Wink

3. The 101 Quick Tips Books. What A Great, Inexpensive Prezzie.

4. GoogleAlert For Business Development


1. Save Time With Alt +

Going back and forth to your mouse from your keyboard takes time. Add up all the milliseconds over the year and you can probably count the hours.

Have you ever wondered what the underlined letters are in your MS Office menus? It's the letter you push along with the alt key to perform that action. Such as Alt + F opens the file menu, then P will print. . Alt + E opens the Edit menu....

Over the past few weeks I have been forcing myself to use more Alt shortcuts repetitively instead of falling back on the habit of the click. A great place to start is with replying and sending emails. Alt + R for reply and Alt + S for sending the email will move you along at a much swifter pace.

If you have Office 2007, Hitting the Alt Key will bring up all the shortcut letters across the ribbon.

Go on, try to instill a new habit now!


2. Video - Get to Windows Explorer quick as a wink

When trying to find a file, we always turn to Windows Explorer / My Documents. Here's a shortcut to get to it immediately.

View the lesson. here (45 seconds long)


3. 101 Quick Tip books - a great prezzie idea

Looking for a gift for family or clients that is inexpensive but will provide great value and be appreciated? I know. Corny.

If you've read and enjoyed 101 Quick Tips Create A Great Customer Experience or 101 Quick Tips Email and Google, or even 101 Quick Tips Surviving The Kids, why not give one or two as a gift? Have a look at the books . If you'd like ten or more (pick and mix is a-okay) shoot an email through to me for a discount Email Debbie


4. GoogleAlert for business development

If you don't know www.googlealert.com, you should. This website will send you links to the search terms you enter from the latest listing on Google.

The inital benefit of course is when you repetitively search for something over time - this service saves youtime having to sort through material you've already read. It only brings you the new items listed on Google.

Ah ha. Put your thinking cap on. It can be a source of finding new business opportunities for you. Have it bring you the latest requests for proposals, news of changes in corporations you work with, staff changes. The sky is, no your imagination is the limit.


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