6 Ways to Work More Effectively on a Virtual Team

The number of people working virtually is growing day by day.  This article from Microsoft at Home has some great tips to follow when working virtually.

Working on a virtual team can be a challenge. Communications on global teams, with team members in different time zones, can be difficult. Managing remote teams and keeping track of where people store critical information can be tiresome. Here are some suggestions to help with virtual team management and to help your team work more effectively.

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You can run a paper bag through your printer.

RSS 101: Get Online Articles Delivered to You

Have you felt overwhelmed by the information thrown at you when opening your web browser to your home page or other favorite websites? Have you ever wondered how you could pare down what you see to only what you really care about? Worry no more! You can indeed raise your efficiency to a whole new level by consuming web information using Really Simple Syndication, or RSS.

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Print Production Fundamentals with Lynda.com

Join author Claudia McCue on a journey that introduces the printing process and reveals the keys to designing a document that prints as well as it looks onscreen. This course takes you on the floors of two commercial print houses (BurdgeCooper and Lithographix), to better understand the life cycle of a print job and observe printing presses in action. Along the way, discover how to better communicate with your printer, choose the correct paper, inks, colors, and fonts for your project, and how to correctly lay out your documents in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign. This course is designed to help you and your printer produce a professionally finished print job, whether it's a business card, brochure, or multipage magazine.

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Basics for Safer Downloading

Whenever you download a file—whether you open a spreadsheet attached to an email message, grab a cool little screensaver or mouse cursor from the web, or download music or video files from someone else's computer—you could be putting your computer at risk.

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Microsoft Excel 2007 - Moving a Cell

Everyone knows how to cut and paste information from one cell to another cell, but did you know that you can drag a cell to a new location?

1.  Click on the cell that you would like to move.
2.  When the four arrow symbol appears, drag the cell to anywhere on your worksheet.

It's easy.  Try it!

Google Calendar Essential Training with Lynda.com

In this course, Google Apps trainer Susan Cline demonstrates how to use this web-based calendar to manage both your personal and professional schedules. The course shows how to invite attendees and assign resources for any event with the scheduling tool, and how to monitor attendee responses. Tutorials on setting up tasks and troubleshooting errors are also included.

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