Thursday, April 2, 2009

Blog Moving

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Safeguard Against File Loss with Continuous Backup

Sometimes once-a-day backups are not enough. If you've just written a very important memo or created a critical spreadsheet, don’t take a chance on losing it just because you forget to make a copy. Add-ons for backup software automatically can create secure backups on a hard disk or external drive.

Learn about a product that painlessly saves backups to an external or internal site as you work.

How to Setup Up and Maximize the Utility of the EMC Continuous Backup Add-on for EMC Retrospect

Simple Elements of Designing Good Web Pages

Designing user-friendly and graphically pleasing web pages is not difficult, but the process does require adherence to some basic elements of good web design. Following some simple but important web design tips in this linked article will get you started.

Five Basic Elements of Good Web Design

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Retention Rules for Home Office Documents

Just because you’re operating a business out of a home office do not think you can be careless about retaining business records. In this increasingly litigious society, anyone can be sued by anyone for any reason. Learn what records to keep and how long to keep them.

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Friday, February 6, 2009

Start Planning for Tomorrow Before You Quit Work Today

If you wait until the beginning of your work day to think about organization, you're already probably facing disorganization. Get some hints here how you can be proactive instead of reactive about staying organized.

Get some tips here on getting organized.

Preplan Next Day's Work

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Print Those Drafts at Home or at a Copy Shop?

Despite the “paperless” office, writers still need to print out copy at times. No one would take a disk with a few pages on it to a copy shop for printing. What about printing out a 40-page user manual or 90 pages of sample chapters for a book proposal? Do you print at home or take it to a shop?

In these times of economic troubles, controlling home office costs is more important than ever.

Check the rest of this article for hints on setting up a spreadsheet to track printing costs. "Do the Math and Decide."

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Use Microsoft Word in Outline View to Plan Presentations

If you have to give public presentations in your line of work, you probably start by creating a talk in a word processor. Writing in the Outline format will help organize your thoughts into a logical flow without shuffling note cards around.

Read more of this article on Bright Hub