Ten Stress-Busting Tips For The Whole Working Day

Many of us have experienced stress at work from time to time, but often we don't realise what the true causes are. Have you ever woken up dreading the day, been late, then turned up for work already a stew of stress before the clock has even shown the start of your 'real' working day? The same can be said when you get home - if you're snapping at friends and family due to a 'bad day', then your stress is taking over your entire day, rather than just your working hours. Here are ten ways to keep stress at bay -all day

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1448-ten-stressbusting-tips-whole-working-day.html

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Automatically Insert The Time, Date Or Both In Excel

Over the years, the automatic features of Excel that allow the user to enter predictive data without typing it in its entirety must have saved enough time to balance out the cigarette breaks of a heavy smoker over the course of a year. Data entry is not the most exciting of occupations and so any assistance that is geared towards cutting down on the amount of effort required should be taken up.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1704-automatically-insert-time-date-or-both-in-excel.html

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Handy Hints For An Accessible Website

If a high street shop is your business, then you'll know that in order to make any money, you need to get people through the door. It doesn't matter what it is that you're selling, you need to make it as easy as possible for would-be customers to come inside, find what they might like to buy, and buy it. All of which any store owner would be expected to understand.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1664-handy-hints-accessible-website.html

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How Coping With The Worst-Case Scenario Can Save Your Project

"The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1662-how-coping-with-worstcase-scenario-can-save-your-project.html

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How A Little More Conversation Means Outlook Has A Little More Action

Recent controversy surrounding the publicity of kiss and tell stories on social networking sites has meant that we're all worrying about how much technology is out of control. However, the real issue is that, for some, technology is not out of our control, but it is beyond our control. And as a well known journalist and television presenter face a prison sentence after using a social networking site to name and shame, it seems that even those in the know are not completely cyber-savvy.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1702-how-little-more-conversation-means-outlook-has-little-more-action.html

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Make Friends And Influence People Anywhere With Outlook

Recently, a tourist organisation launched a week-long social media campaign which allowed followers to log in and view a couple's road trip around lesser-known holiday locations in the UK. Using Facebook and Twitter feeds, a map, video blog and live photo feeds, the couple's travels were documented to give potential visitors a truer insight into a real-life holiday in the UK. Genius! The campaign was promoted by online display advertising, newsletters, PR and email activity. Digital is definitely the way to go for a marketing department who want to get ahead of their competitors.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1703-make-friends-and-influence-people-anywhere-with-outlook.html

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The Benefit Of Using Outlook Calendars

For many of us, Outlook is used for emailing, and that can keep us busy for much of the time catching up on activities, responding to messages and keeping track of what people are up to. However Outlook Calendars can be just as powerful, and for many email users, it's a natural progression to use calendars. This article summaries how to use Calendars in Outlook with some useful examples. We'll begin by looking at Calendar views.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1706-the-benefit-using-outlook-calendars.html

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Using The Calendar In Outlook

The humble calendar has been with us for centuries, keeping us up to date on where we are in the month and even in this electronic age it still has a place in our hearts. Young schoolchildren paint pictures to which small calendars are stapled, and they take them home to proud parents. The bedrooms of teenagers are adorned with calendars featuring pop stars or football teams. A grandmother delights in opening a Christmas present that is a calendar for the coming year with cute photos of kittens on it, and in recent years we have seen a penchant for organisations to make their own calendars featuring volunteers in states of tasteful undress that raise funds for worthy causes.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1219-using-calendar-in-outlook.html

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Excel: Save Time With AutoFill

A recurrent theme in the world of science fiction is the free thinking machine or robot that can feel human emotions and cause terror to mankind. The child robot David in the 2001 film Artificial Intelligence saw Martin, the returning human son, as a rival and so tried to drown him; the murderous HAL in 2001 a Space Odyssey attempted to kill the astronauts who had been ordered to switch him off, and I remember in an early edition of Spider Man comic, the web-slinger was called into action to stop a robot that was running amok on campus.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1079-excel-save-time-with-autofill.html

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Zap Those Unintended Capitals In Word

While watching a recent repeat of the panel show QI one of the questions related to the Bayeux Tapestry. An accompanying photograph showed the word hAROLD, and it set me thinking. We have all at some point accidentally pressed the Caps Lock key and, after holding down the Shift key at the start of a sentence, continued typing in capitals, with the initial letter in lower case because of the reverse action of holding down the Shift key when the Caps Lock was already on. How on earth they managed to make the same error on something as painstaking as a tapestry, however, is beyond me.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1692-zap-those-unintended-capitals-in-word.html

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Demotivation: Laziness Or A Real Concern?

Whether you're a team leader with many people to manage, or a colleague who knows that one of your peers needs a bit of a lift, knowing how to motivate another person is key in having a happy, productive workplace.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-949-demotivation-laziness-or-real-concern.html

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Present For The Future - How Better Presentation Skills Can Boost Your Career

You're facing an important meeting. The future of your department, of your job and those of colleagues, might rest substantially on whether or not you can convince management that your department can progress in the future, and make a significant contribution to the continued growth of the company. It's a critical point in your career: two paths lay ahead of you, one of optimism, of personal and professional development; the other path... well, best not think about that.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-893-present-future-how-better-presentation-skills-can-boost-your-career.html

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A More Effective Meeting, A More Successful Business

Few aspects of working life are quite as unpopular as meetings. The popular impression is at best one of a necessary evil, at worst of a waste of time.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-897-a-more-effective-meeting-more-successful-business.html

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Improving Navigation Of Your Worksheets In Excel

The flexibility of Excel is renowned - no matter how much data you have, there are a thousand different ways of presenting it. Problems arise when each individual person then has their personal pet ways of doing so. Where some people prefer bar charts, some like pie graphs. Where some colleagues might prefer to be handed raw data, others might want a very specific Pivot Chat to browse through. If you're sharing your data often with different people, you should learn tips to make it more navigable. After all, it's no use having excellent data when only you can interpret it!

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-898-improving-navigation-worksheets-excel.html

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Scope Creep? Stamp It Out With These Simple Solutions

Cristina isn't having a good week. Things should be going well; her team have been hired to construct a new website by Sunshine Snacks, a nationally successful producer of desserts and sweets whose profits have been slipping in recent years.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-899-scope-creep-simple-solutions.html

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Learn To Use The Project Guide In Microsoft Project

If you're starting to use Microsoft Project 2003 or Project 2007, you'll find an extra help feature called the Project Guide which is available once a Project file opens, in addition to the regular Help facility. The Project Guide is really useful in guiding you in a step by step way through the various stages in building a new project plan and is particularly helpful for first time Project users. This article describes the Project Guide and how to use it.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-901-learn-use-project-guide-microsoft-project.html

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How To Create Formulas In Excel

If you're new to Excel one of the first things you'll want to start doing is to create your own formula. This article looks at how to create and use formulas in Excel from the very beginning. You might consider attending an Excel training course to take this further in the future. The best ones are practical, enjoyable and cover formulas in more detail as well as many other interesting Excel features.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-902-how-create-formulas-in-excel.html

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How To Link Between Spreadsheets In Excel

Ever wondered how you can create a formula in Excel which uses data from different worksheets or from different Excel files? This article shows you how to do this in easy steps. We'll first look at a formula linking one or more worksheets.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-903-how-link-between-spreadsheets-in-excel.html

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Using Find And Replace In Excel

One of Excel's many useful features is Find and Replace. This article describes how to use this often overlooked feature which can be used in some unusual ways. So next time you want to find something in Excel - this could be text, or a formula or perhaps some cell formatting - Find and Replace will do the trick.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-904-using-find-and-replace-in-excel.html

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Understanding Critical Path In Project

When you start using Microsoft Project to build project plans, you create and link tasks to show the project steps. You may have heard the term "critical path" in relation to the tasks, but what exactly does this mean? This article describes what the critical actually means, how to show the critical path in your Gantt charts and explains why it's so important.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-905-understanding-critical-path-in-project.html

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Use Hyperlinks In Excel To Make An Impact

Spreadsheets created through Microsoft (MS) Excel have the advantage that they are organic, rather than static, constructs that are able to expand to fit the required information.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-913-use-hyperlinks-in-excel-make-impact.html

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How A Good Smell Can Induce A Better Learning Environment With PowerPoint

There is a compelling amount of evidence that suggests the use of aromas can help to improve a learning environment. By stimulating the learners' sense of smell you can make them feel more alert, more relaxed and even improve their long term memory.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-924-smell-can-induce-better-learning-environment-with-powerpoint.html

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How To Rise Above The Economic Downfall And Find That Perfect Job

Unemployment figures are still rocketing and the confidence of job seekers is plummeting. To add to the agony, many companies are now on a 'hire freeze' level which means that no-one is leaving and no-one new is being employed.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-934-how-rise-above-economic-downfall-and-find-that-perfect-job.html

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Turn That Headshake Into A Handshake - How To Cope With A Difficult Boss

Tough bosses can be found in every work field but the trick is learning how to deal with them so as you can survive your five days a week without wanting to break into a psychotic frenzy and slay the demon who taunts your every move. The demon may be closer to you than is comfortable, but you need to make your peace with this dark force. Shine some light into the darkness which weighs as a heavy burden and clouds your skills and abilities.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-936-how-cope-with-difficult-boss.html

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How Not To Facilitate A Meeting

Facilitating a meeting is a big responsibility that requires intricate planning if it is to be a success. Everything from the refreshments to how the room will be set up must be right so that the experience for the attendees is pleasurable, as this will make them more receptive to the points raised at the meeting. As our friend Bill finds out below, however, things can go very wrong indeed.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-937-how-not-facilitate-meeting.html

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Raise The Morale Of Your Employees During These Difficult Times

Whilst working in these tough economic times, it is easy to become deflated and discouraged. Your employees function with the looming fear that they may be the next to be given the old heave-ho.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-939-raise-morale-your-employees-during-difficult-times.html

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Training The Trainer: Three Common Mistakes

No matter what subject you train people in, inevitably demand will sometimes outstrip the supply of what you're able to give. If you have too many trainees and not enough time or resources to cater to their needs, then the time will come to train a trainer to help you do your job, or deputise for you in your absence.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1323-training-trainer-three-common-mistakes.html

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Putting The Fun Into Time Management

Just when you think your life is working like clockwork, you can guarantee that something will come along and put a spanner in the works which will throw everything else off schedule and cause mayhem. But it is these obstacles and u turns which shake up the mix and stop us from falling into a rut and standing still.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1415-putting-fun-into-time-management.html

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Better Time Management At Work? Multi-Task!

Although there is an old joke that women can multi-task better than men, the truth is that we're all capable of incorporating the skill of multi-tasking in our working day, and our time management will improve as a result.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1454-better-time-management-at-work-multitask.html

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Turning Excel And Access Into Your Two Best Friends In The Office

It's no fun working in a large and busy office if you don't know anyone (well, you might say that it's no fun working in a large and busy office under any circumstances, but let's not go down that road right now). The days run along better if you have friends in the office, while work itself can go that much more smoothly if you know what everyone's role is, if you know who to go to with which tasks, queries or problems.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1508-turning-excel-and-access-into-your-two-best-friends-in-office.html

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Training The Office In Office

With the advent of more advanced versions of MS Office, the need for training within your company may need to step up a notch, too. When Microsoft Office 2003 gave way to 2007 and 2010, it looked radically different to most users, even those familiar with the suite already. Usually, there needs to be some training in place before your business upgrades its software in such a dramatic fashion.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1514-training-office-in-office.html

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Putting The EQ In Your IQ For Ultimate Business Success

Have you ever questioned your ability as a team leader? How well would you rate yourself with regard to managing yourself and others? An emotional intelligence training provider will equip you with the skills to be able to become 'heart smart' and not just 'intelligent smart'.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1686-putting-eq-in-your-iq-ultimate-business-success.html

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Need Training? Ways To Find Training Companies

If you've established that your company needs some training or wishes to consult the services of a training provider, then the next step is the trickiest. How do you find the right company for you, and how do you go about booking them? Here are some tips on how to book training companies, and where to find them.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1517-ways-find-training-companies.html

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5 Ways To Be Better Organised At Work

No matter how good we think we are at our jobs, there's always room for us to be better organised. After all, it makes us more productive and frees up our time for other more enjoyable tasks, as well as our social life and time with family. Better organisation is also known to reduce stress at work, since you don't feel swamped by tasks all the time. Here are five suggestions on how you can be more organised at work.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1647-five-ways-be-better-organised-at-work.html

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Taking The Office Home With You

The decision to allow employees to work from home could lead to happier workers as individuals are able to create a better balance of both work and lifestyle.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1681-taking-office-home-with-you.html

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Understanding Task Relationships In Microsoft Project

Have you felt confused applying different types of relationships between tasks? Do you want to know the difference between Finish to Start and Start to Start? This article takes a look at the different kinds of task links and describes how each are used.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-909-understanding-task-relationships-in-microsoft-project.html

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Coping With Compatibility In Excel 2007

Excel 2007 brought along with it a myriad of changes from its predecessor. To help users cope with the upgrade, Microsoft also had to consider how it was going to downgrade. Spreadsheets are sometimes finicky things: one wrong cell or formula and it gets thrown out of sync, or at least produces an angry error. To solve the problem, "Compatibility Mode" was introduced, so you can share files between 2007 and 2003.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-908-coping-with-compatibility-in-excel-2007.html

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Is An Unpaid Internship Truly Ethical?

An intern, without doubt comes in bottom place on the workplace food chain. If there were anything lower than the bottom rung of a ladder, they would be on it. As a result, the duties usually associated with internships reflect the basement level of responsibilities given such as making the tea, fetching and carrying and generally doing all of the other chores nobody else wants to do.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-942-is-unpaid-internship-truly-ethical.html

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What Is Follow-up Training? And Does Your Company Need It?

Once training is booked, most companies only concentrate on "getting on with it", doing the training, and then leaving the premises, full of their new-found skills or knowledge. In the real world, this isn't always the best idea.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1519-what-is-followup-training-and-does-your-company-need-it.html

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What Type Of Training Is Best For Your Company?

It's all very well recognising that your company needs some training in one area, but nowadays there are many different ways of delivering the same training, depending on what is needed. Here are four different types of training, each one with their own special advantages when choosing how you would like training delivered in your company:

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1520-what-type-training-is-best-your-company.html

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Five Ways Group Training Can Save Your Company Money

When many of us think of a "training" scenario, we usually relate it to our first couple of weeks in a new job or role (or training someone else new), or something that we request ourselves when we realise that we need certain skills or to brush up on something required in the office. We've usually had experience of group training, of course, but rarely do we think of its true benefits to save your company money. Here are five ways that training as a group can help your budget as a company:

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1523-five-ways-group-training-can-save-your-company-money.html

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The Importance Of Finding The Best Microsoft Office Training For Your Staff

It rather goes without saying that, whatever your business does, it needs to do it well. A restaurant needs to provide nice food. A taxi company needs to get people from A to B without fuss. A phone network needs to a service that won't fail, whenever the customer needs to make a call. And so on, and so forth. Companies that carry out their core activities efficiently and to a high standard should expect to be rewarded for their efforts with greater success.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1528-importance-finding-best-microsoft-office-training-your-staff.html

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Turn Weaknesses To Strengths With Bespoke Sessions

Workplace teams feature lots of different personalities who all contribute in their own way, but if you find that you spend a lot of time dealing with issues between staff members or completing tasks that should have been finished by someone else, then it could be a good idea to schedule sessions with a training provider.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1544-turn-weaknesses-strengths-with-bespoke-sessions.html

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IT Training Programs: How To Choose The Best Ones For You

Look online and you will find training provider after training provider waiting to serve your needs especially within the world of IT. In fact, these days finding a training provider is as easy as finding a bag of sugar in the local supermarket. But how do we find the time to sift through every training company in a bid to find the one which suits our needs, time and money?

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1512-it-training-programs-how-choose-best-ones-you.html

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Developing Office Skills For A Brighter Business Future

Imagine that you're running a courier firm (assuming, of course, that you don't already. If you do, just imagine you're running a different one). The first thing you'd expect from a driver is that he or she would be able to drive. However, it would also help no end if your driver could do more than just keep the vehicle on the road, if they can find the quickest or most efficient route from a to b, if they can pick their way through the traffic or find shortcuts and alternative routes to avoid the jams. Having drivers who not merely do the job but do the job well can make a substantial and positive difference for the company.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1507-developing-office-skills-brighter-business-future.html

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Assess Training Needs To Boost Professionalism

The positive impact of having a well-trained workforce can be felt at all levels and now there are many ways that you're free to analyse the needs of employees so they can move companies forward.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1540-assess-training-needs-boost-professionalism.html

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Four Myths Of Training Courses

The subject of training may act as a motivating factor for you and your colleagues to advance your careers, or it may fill you with dread at the thought of spending precious time away from your desk.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1545-four-myths-training-courses.html

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Don't Get Lost On Your Microsoft Office Learning Path

As you begin to delve into the many applications that make up software products, you'll start to find that you have a lot of questions that need answering and finding support for your learning is imperative so you can use the programmes to their optimum.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1548-dont-get-lost-on-your-microsoft-office-learning-path.html

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What Does Software Training Mean For Your Firm?

Just as you and your colleagues learn about the ins and out of software applications such as Microsoft Office, you may find that suites have then been upgraded so there is a whole host of new functions that leave you feeling confused and a bit out of your depth.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1549-what-does-software-training-mean-your-firm.html

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How Structured Tutorials Make Businesses More Efficient

Recognising training gaps could be quite difficult, especially in large, busy organisations where you don't have the time to check that employees are using applications correctly.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1550-how-structured-tutorials-make-businesses-more-efficient.html

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Training Programs: The Benefits To Broadening Your Employees Horizons

Many companies only consider training for new employees, they fail to see the advantage of equipping their existing staff with added new skills which will increase their performance and thus enhance profits. If a company has valued and committed employees, it makes sense to hold on to them and reward their efforts with a training program which will help them to adapt to changes in their roles as they develop.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1562-training-programs-broadening-employees-horizons.html

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For A Green Team Choose Ethical Training

Choosing green ways of managing your business is increasingly becoming a requirement depending on the sector your firm operates in, and linking up with other companies that also adopt environmentally-friendly practices could reflect well on your organisation.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1603-for-green-team-choose-ethical-training.html

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Find The Best Training, Make The Perfect Presentation

Major presentations can often turn out to be make-or-break moments, for a business or an individual career. It could be a bid for an essential and lucrative contract, or perhaps an argument for a department staying open. The intent might be to attract greater investment or a larger budget, or maybe an illustration of how shedding unprofitable aspects of a business will help it to stay afloat. Any of these occasions can be swung in your favour by a successful presentation - or turned against you if your presentation fails.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1663-find-best-training-make-perfect-presentation.html

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Find The Best Training, Make The Perfect Presentation

Major presentations can often turn out to be make-or-break moments, for a business or an individual career. It could be a bid for an essential and lucrative contract, or perhaps an argument for a department staying open. The intent might be to attract greater investment or a larger budget, or maybe an illustration of how shedding unprofitable aspects of a business will help it to stay afloat. Any of these occasions can be swung in your favour by a successful presentation - or turned against you if your presentation fails.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1663-find-best-training-make-perfect-presentation.html

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The Microsoft Training Blog Team
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IT Training: A Vital Investment For The Smaller Business

Small and medium-sized businesses are always under pressure, squeezed from various angles by competition, expenses, regulations and the whims of the public. Many who start out on in business fail within a short period of time, usually because there's more money going out than coming in. Clearly, controlling the money going out is essential to keeping a smaller organisation alive, for giving it room to prosper and flourish.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1668-it-training-vital-investment-smaller-business.html

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How To Recognise When You Need Training Help

If you were told that you needed to brush up on your business or software training, would you be offended? Do you perceive any gap in your training or skill set as a sign of weakness? Sometimes it's a harsh realisation that you do, in fact, need training help - and it's the bigger man or woman who will admit this and act on it. But how can you tell?

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1677-how-recognise-when-you-need-training-help.html

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Getting The Best Out Of A Training Course

If you're young and in your first business role, you may never have been on a training course before. If you're an old hat and have been to many, you may have become so complacent that you're not getting the best out of the courses that you're still going on. Either way, there are some tips available to get the best out of any course:

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1678-getting-best-out-training-course.html

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Use Training To Get Financial Control

Financial awareness is imperative for those who own their own businesses, but even colleagues who work for a large or small company could become more productive if they have a bit of know-how regarding accounts.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1602-use-training-get-financial-control.html

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How To Spot Training Warning Signs

Building a cohesive team is not always straightforward and managers sometimes struggle to get the best out of groups, although contacting a training provider about sessions could help to solve issues.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1601-how-spot-training-warning-signs.html

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A Suitable Training Program Will Make Career Change Easy For Older Women

Women have fought a lot of prejudices over the years to secure their place in the workforce. However, many in the 45-60 age bracket still find it difficult to study for a change of career as they would not want to move to another region to study, especially when they have grown-up sons and daughters living close-by.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1572-a-suitable-training-program-will-make-career-change-easy-older-women.html

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Training Programs: Induction Training To Take The Fear Out Of A New Job

We all know that dreaded feeling when we start a new job. The fear of being on public display as we are paraded around the office being introduced as the newbie; trying to look attentive and understand every single piece of information that is run past us and sitting through hours of monotonous PowerPoint slides. Then, when we least expect it, we are thrown to the lions and left to take live calls with little or hardly any support from our superiors. It is enough to put anyone off wanting to better themselves.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1567-training-programs-induction-training-take-fear-out-new-job.html

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How High-Quality Training Can Mean A More Productive Office

One office isn't necessarily all that different to another. The building might - sometimes - be a little more individual. The location may be different. The employees within should certainly be distinct. But the office itself doesn't tend towards much variety. Desks, chairs, the odd pile of paper, some pens scattered about, photocopier in the corner, perhaps a water cooler or coffee machine, and for every employee a PC running Windows and Microsoft Office software. You know the kind of software, I'm sure - we all do: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, the standards of all-purpose business applications for many a long year.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1561-how-highquality-training-can-mean-more-productive-office.html

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Tips On Boosting Employee Retention Via Training

All workers in organisations have a role to play in making businesses a success and it's generally a good sign if employees choose to stay with the same firm for many years.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1551-tips-on-boosting-employee-retention-via-training.html

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Five Tips To Avoid Booking A Bad Training Provider

With the advent of the internet, almost anyone can set up a website - a shop window, if you like, for a business - and charge customers for a service or product. Sometimes, you won't be able to tell if you're booking a company that can meet your training needs, has a good track record, and who will "look after you" as a valued client.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1518-five-tips-avoid-booking-bad-training-provider.html

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How To Tell If Your Company Needs A Training Provider

Very often we only think of training when an individual starts a new role, or if an employee actually comes forward and asks for it because they have identified a gap in their set of skills. Training should be more on the agenda for the whole company, but very often it gets put on the back burner because it's either not thought of at all, or there are constraints with budget or time.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1516-how-tell-if-your-company-needs-training-provider.html

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Three Tell-tale Signs Of A Good Training Provider

With so many training companies out there all vying for your business and your money, how can you tell if they are any good? There are some key indicators that you should look for when choosing a training provider. Here are three tell-tale signs that they are a quality company.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1515-three-telltale-signs-good-training-provider.html

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How To Choose A Training Company That Provides Continued Support

In a business environment where Information Technology has grown to become an invaluable workplace tool, the benefits of staff undergoing extensive training programs in specific software applications are obvious.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1513-how-choose-training-company-that-provides-continued-support.html

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Distance Learning Vs Face To Face Tuition

Whether you are an adult learner hoping to improve your education or someone who is interested in taking a course for inner fulfillment, it is highly likely that you have already started to browse the internet looking for a training provider who can supply the perfect course for you.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1510-distance-learning-vs-face-face-tuition.html

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What To Look For In A Training Provider

To succeed in business you need many things; vision, drive, organisation and leadership are all fine components. Yet they are also difficult to pin down when fighting for a lucrative campaign or trying to secure that vital promotion. They are luxury qualities, frequently subjective and tricky to categorically prove, but many people obsess over them to the point of excluding or ignoring more fundamental skills.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1506-what-look-in-training-provider.html

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Identify Your Training Style For The Best Fit

Once you've established that employees, or yourself, could benefit from learning more about specific topics, the next step is to find out which style of training suits workers and the organisation.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1604-identify-your-training-style-best-fit.html

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Adapt To Your Workplace Culture Via Training

Most office workers operating in a modern office will have some knowledge of the programs they use, but as the applications change and develop they could feel left behind.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1605-adapt-your-workplace-culture-via-training.html

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Choosing A Training Company - When Less Isn't More

Training can be a large expense in business, and for that reason many companies try to run their training courses as cheaply and as economically as possible. Although that's a good attitude to have in many facets of business, it can actually harm your business in the long run. Sometimes with training, less isn't more - and here are some reasons why.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1648-choosing-training-company-when-less-isnt-more.html

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Training The Trainer: You Or A Company?

Training a trainer usually takes place within your own company, and for good reason. After all, you know the ropes, you know what training needs are required, and you know how you'd like the training courses delivered.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1654-training-trainer--you-or-company.html

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What Microsoft Office Training Is Best For You?

Ubiquitous as the Office Suite is, it's hard to believe that there once existed a time - within the office - where it didn't exist, and everything was still very much pen, paper, and typewriters.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1655-what-microsoft-office-training-is-best-you.html

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Manage Your Time With An Effective To Do List

Time is a most unusual concept. It travels at a constant speed but sometimes it appears to drag and other times it appears to be gone in a flash. If your football team has a slender advantage, those three minutes of injury time can seem like an eternity. Yet at Christmas time people often comment on how quickly a year has passed

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1485-manage-your-time-with-effective-do-list.html

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Why Diaries Aren't Just For Adrian Mole

Multi-tasking is not a natural skill for everybody and if you feel that your business activities could do with more planning then it could be time to start a comprehensive work diary.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1392-why-diaries-arent-just-adrian-mole.html

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Looking Into The Future Using Visualisation Techniques

Using your imagination to achieve project success could feel unfamiliar if you have relied on strict systems of logic in the past to bring assignments to an end, but businesses are currently appreciating the power of visualisation.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-917-looking-into-future-using-visualisation-techniques.html

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Beat Distractions To Get Ahead

The problem with distractions is that they aren't always unwanted, so it's harder to ignore them when they crop up.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1390-beat-distractions-get-ahead.html

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The Time/Work Trap - Steps To Prevent Taking Your Work Home

To many of us, "work time" and "me time" (your social, family or just solitary quality time) have very clear distinctions. We know when one is eating into the other, because usually our time management will suffer. Whether it's working late often on that last project, preventing you from having time at home, or whether your home life starts to prevent you working, this is a careful balance that shouldn't be upset. Here are some time-management tips on preventing your work following you home...

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1366-the-time-work-trap-steps-prevent-taking-your-work-home.html

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The Curse Of Cancelled Courses

When looking for a training provider, there is one element that should always be avoided, and that's when the company have the power to cancel courses - whether you want them to or not. You may think 'oh but it doesn't matter, if they refund me and reschedule, it's all right'. But delve into deeper consequences of cancellation and you will see the domino effect it can have on your training schedule. Cancelled courses can affect businesses more negatively than many other aspects of the training company, and here are several reasons why:

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1652-the-curse-cancelled-courses.html

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Time Management - Can It Really Be The Key To Success For Your Company?

Everyone who runs a small or medium-sized business will be very familiar with the importance of managing money, of keeping a hand on what comes in and what goes out. However, watching the clocks is every bit as important â€" it may not always seem a priority, but time management can mean the difference between success and failure for your company.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1471-time-management-can-it-really-be-key-success-your-company.html

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Four Electronic Tools For Better Time Management

We live in a society that's now filled to the brim with electronic gadgets, being improved and added to all the time. However we very rarely harness their many utilities and functions to help our time management.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1455-four-electronic-tools-better-time-management.html

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Getting Into The Time Management Habit

Over the holiday period I went out with friends for a drink at a local pub. The bar was very busy and the young barman rushed off his feet. I noticed that there were two large bottles of vodka side by side at the optics. When someone ordered double vodka he put the first one into the glass at one optic and then immediately poured the second measure from the other optic. This saved the time of waiting for the first optic to refill and the whole action would have saved him only a few seconds, but when you have a lot of customers waiting to be served, every second counts.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1421-getting-into-time-management-habit.html

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Five Signs You Need To Address Your Time Management

Much confusion exists as to what time management actually is. The fact is, we all manage our time - it's how you do it and how productive you can be. There is, after all, such a thing as bad time management. The trick is to know if you suffer from it or not. Many people who leave work on time (or don't take their work home with them) or tend to meet most deadlines don't necessarily have good time management, because other areas may be suffering - from their social life to quality time spent with he family.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1303-five-signs-you-need-address-your-time-management.html

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Improve Your Lists And Improve Your Time Management

Making a list is probably the most simple and effective way of managing your time, and most of us do it already. "To do" lists are the backbone of time management, but many of us don't perfect what is a very powerful time management tool. All we do is make a list, then cross it off. It's sometimes a little more complex than that.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1385-improve-your-lists-and-improve-your-time-management.html

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Adopting Good Habits In Time Management

Adopting good habits is beneficial in all areas of life but it is a particularly useful aid to effective time management. Such as the commuter, who covers his windscreen as a matter of course on those icy winter nights, heads for work in the morning while his neighbours are scraping and de-icing theirs. Or the woman who habitually prepares the following day's sandwich before she goes to bed is at the bus stop while her yawning colleagues are getting butter from the fridge.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1295-adopting-good-habits-in-time-management.html

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Organisational Skills - Some Basic Pointers

A few years ago, when I worked from home, I used to be about as organised as a moth in a hurricane. My desk was so cluttered that I never knew where to find anything, and the desktop on my computer was in a similar mess, with files scattered all over and, I could swear, a circular stain from a coffee cup. I had a sticky note to remind me where I'd stuck another sticky note with an important phone number on, and paper avalanches were an occupational hazard. In short I was the Oscar Madison of the home office but I was quite happy with my 'system' of organised chaos.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-880-organisational-skills-some-basic-pointers.html

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Tips And Techniques For Knowing Your Priorities

The finite nature of resources is one of life's inevitable nuisances. We've all dealt with them at one time or another; we've all been shopping, and not been able to buy everything that we'd like, because the money just isn't there. Or, sometimes, the money is indeed there - but needs to be set aside to pay bills, because keeping the lights on or a roof over your head is a bigger priority than ice cream or a fine chardonnay.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-890-tips-and-techniques-knowing-your-priorities.html

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