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Microsoft Hints and Tricks
Toll Free Numbers and Your Professional Image
New Partnership with National Franchise
Networking Event - Black Caucus
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In an hour a Virtual Assistant can.... upload/input at least 40 contacts into your contact file

Shortcut key combination comes to the rescue
Microsoft Word (2000, 2002, 2003)

How often have you started typing in a document only to realize that the Caps Lock key was on?  Or you find that the AutoCorrect feature to "Capitalize first letter of sentences" was turned off and the first letter of every sentence was not automatically capitalized as you expected?
 

Well, all is not lost.  I mean you could retype the information but that would be a waste of time.  The best way to remedy either problem is to use a little known keyboard combination that will allow you to toggle the case of your text.
 
Simply highlight the problem text and press Shift + F3 key.  This will cycle through three different formatting options all lower case, ALL UPPER CASE and All Proper Case.  Also, if just want to do the first word of your sentences just click anywhere in the work and press Shift+F3.
Give it a try!!


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Toll Free Numbers Reinforce Your Professional Image

Even if you're just a company of one person, toll free numbers do wonders to enhance your professional appearance and can level the playing field with your largest competitors. You instantly gain an enticing, free way for customers to contact you (which in turn makes it more likely they will call). You also gain a professional, big company image that says you're not only successful, but that you're here to stay.

Though not a new business device, toll free numbers are now more affordable, convenient and readily available to businesses of all sizes than ever before. In fact, many even come standard as part of a 'hosted business phone system' with advanced call management features and Internet fax.

Toll free numbers provide customers with just one number to call and call forwarding ensures that this number follows you wherever you go - home, office or on the road. (Plus, providers such as RingCentral remotely process all calls and faxes, so customers never get a busy signal) With national reach, today's toll free number helps reinforce business continuity and cost savings across the board, especially if you have mobile employees or multiple offices.

"Welcome to My Company. Push 1 for Sales, 2 for Service, 3 for a company directory..."

Once you have a toll free number, the next step to building your big business image is to add a business-class phone system, enabling you to sound and operate just like one of the Fortune 500. Here are some of the capabilities a good phone platform offers:

A digital auto-attendant to greet callers and route them to the appropriate employee regardless of location.
Instant on-line setup - nothing to deploy or maintain and all your business communications consolidated to just one bill. Local phone numbers for all employees - internal company calls become local calls even if your company consists of three people in three different locations.

Plus, you can enjoy the benefits of voicemail, Outlook integration, online fax service, call logs and call forwarding...just to name a few of the included features.

All the perks without a high price tag

Best of all, there's no hardware to buy or maintain, so these services are more affordable than you may think. Today's toll free numbers don't just help your company sound professional, they actually translate into substantial cost savings. So between your quality, professional website, the convenience of a toll free number and the powerful features of a hosted business phone system, your business will be ready to take on the big guys - no matter how small your 'small business' may be.
 
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administrative partners, llc announces a New Partnership with a National Franchise!  
 
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administrative partners, llc is proud to announce a new partnership with ProForma franchise owners. The two formed this partnership after a strenuous qualification process. The franchise chose only FOUR virtual assistant organizations from over 30 applicants. They felt that administrative partners, llc's corporate background and graphic design skill set amongst other attributes, made them well-equipped and highly capable of assisting in growing the businesses of their growing number of franchise owners.

About Proforma
With over 30 years of experience, Proforma remains clearly focused on meeting the graphic communications and marketing needs of North American businesses and organizations.

Through more than 600 member offices in the United States and Canada, Proforma serves more than 30,000 clients-clients who trust Proforma to support their printing, promotions, business forms and e-solutions needs everyday.

Need promotional products to showcase your business and/or printing of letterhead and other business documents? My clients can help. Ask me how!


Business Networking Event You Don't Want to Miss...
 
 
2008 Congressional Black Caucus ALC

Date: 09/24/2008 - 09/27/2008
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center Washington, DC

The ALC provides the platform for African American Members of Congress to share the progress of their work on legislative items and also allows for the exchange of ideas correlated to policy issues that are of critical concern to their constituents.

While the ALC provides the opportunity for attendees to acquaint themselves with the Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the ALC is also a time for people from across the nation to come together in one place, at one time to focus on the pressing issues that challenge Black America. During this conference, people from all walks of life can be found in the Washington Convention Center. Anyone who cares about the health, economic, educational and political state of Black communities is certain to be present.

Since 2008 is a Presidential election year, this event will mark another historic convention.

Want to advertise at the caucus? Join Minority Buzz at a discounted rate of $75 for a year membership (normally $245) and take advantage of the opportunity to market to thousands of people for a small handling fee of $100. Visit www.minoritybuzz.com to learn more.
administrative partners, llc is a virtual support practice that is committed to nurturing collaborative and efficient partnerships with its clients. We provide administrative support, RealtorŪ services, event planning, marketing and graphic design projects to our clients. We are confident that our extensive industry experience will enable us to service you in any way that will support the future growth of your business and discover new avenues along the way.

Learn about the many services that we offer by visiting us on the web at www.administrativepartners.net. We look forward to hearing from you soon.
 
We look forward to working with you,
Tamika R. Johnson, Principal
Administrative Partners, LLC
office: 301.249.1891; fax: 240.823.9367
tamika@administrativepartners.net
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