We know that sitting at your desk all day is bad for you. If you’re worried your desk job might also be causing your muscles to weaken, Reddit user QuitetheCharacter suggests keeping small dumbbells by your computer to maximise your downtime.
Full-blown project management demands dedicated software, but for simpler tasks a spreadsheet can do the job. Microsoft presentations and spreadsheet expert Glenna Shaw is sharing a project plan template which lets you plan your project and track milestones.
Microsoft has offered a cut-down, ad-supported free Starter Edition of Office 2010 for quite a while now, but it has only been available pre-installed on netbooks and other low-spec PCs. At the moment, however, you can download the whole thing for free from Microsoft’s servers.
If you need to sign a legal document while away from your home or office you can use free web app SignNow to upload a PDF of the document, sign the document electronically and email it to wherever it needs to go, all without having to pay or register with SignNow.
So you’ve decided to work from home. As a rookie veteran of working without a traditional office for one year I’m here to tell you that it is the greatest and worst thing that can happen to your work life — much like being transferred to a glitter-packing facility. What follows is a quick two-minute guide of what you need to know before you take your pants off and turn up those old Hootie and the Blowfish albums.
Meetings are seemingly impossible to start on time; whether it’s a few minutes or 15, people are always shuffling in late. Time Management Ninja suggests a way to get more punctual meetings: give the last person a task no one wants.
Aside from some language and performance improvements, Microsoft’s web versions of its Office Apps haven’t seen massive changes since their launch last year. That changed a little over the weekend, with the Excel spreadsheet app adding direct printing from within the app and a number of right-click editing options.
Microsoft Word is a handy text processor, but it also has often-forgotten design features built in. Office Expert Helen Bradley walks through how you can use SmartArt feature to create a timeline for project planning.
Need to work regularly with spreadsheets in Excel and find yourself constantly reaching for the mouse? A handful of common keyboard shortcuts can make you much more productive.
