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• Administrative pros: What have you done for yours lately?

  20 Apr 2011

  You know them, you see them every day running all over the office, and you have probably—at one time or another—overloaded their inboxes with your requests for a new computer, a better office, and a way to hide (possibly in their offices) from the local chatterbox. (Who, me?) Who are they...
• Triangulation: The latest dance craze or a work habit to be avoided?

  15 Apr 2011

  I'm handing over the writing reins today to a new friend I made through this blog. Tom Patterson and I have had some pretty interesting conversations about life, and more in particular, life at work. As a leadership coach, Tom works to provide insight and creative solutions for his clients, and it would...
• Your workplace: Navigating the curves and styles

  21 Mar 2011

  Let's talk about the workplace and its influence over your work style, your worklife, your outside of work (space) life, and even your psyche. I'm riffing on this today (literally, just riffin') because earlier this week I had a really interesting and illuminating conversation with a fellow named Tom...
• Delegation: Get your life back (Part II)

  16 Mar 2011

  Monday's post made the point that you're the one doing all the work all the time, and it's time to step back and let go a bit. Handing off some work isn't a sign of weakness; it says that you trust others (and, okay, need to get rid of the bags under your eyes). Share the information...and thereby the...
• Delegation: Get your life back (Part I)

  14 Mar 2011

  You are a doer. You're a multi-tasking whiz kid, burning the midnight oil, taking the heat when the office burns down, and then putting out that fire. See, I used to be like that too. But then my family grew, and, well, it was a wake-up call to let me know that 1) I didn't need to do everything all by...
• ScreenTips, document tooltips, & other things readers have taught us

  2 Mar 2011

  Today I'm engaging in a bit of laziness but still trying to help out as much as I can: I'm going through the comments and emails I've received the past few weeks and picking out a few that I think might help the great majority of you. These are comments where people have asked questions, I've provided...
• Telecommuting: Workin’ it from home

  11 Feb 2011

  I was talking on the phone to a fellow in Seattle named Dave (who is helping me get some cool Crabby swag made) and the subject of telecommuting came up. He said he tried it but with three kids around, he just couldn't do it. (I suggested hiring out the kids during the day but that idea didn't really...
• Crabby + Accessibility: Create for all audiences

  19 Jan 2011

  Last week I wrote about what accessibility is and who it's for , and this past Monday I talked about what accessibility features are already available to you in Windows . For today's post (which is the last one in this series) I'm going to give you a snapshot of what accessibility features and technologies...
• Crabby + Accessibility: See better, hear better, navigate better

  17 Jan 2011

  Last week we talked about what accessibility means and who these accessibility features are for . Today I want to point you toward some resources that I'm hoping will 1) help you use your computer more efficiently and comfortably; and 2) make you aware of technologies that are out there, even if you...
• Baby, I've filled the bottle of collaboration for you—now go drink

  15 Dec 2010

  I've previously written posts about collaboration tools and techniques in Office; I've covered Communicator , PowerPoint , SharePoint Workspace , Outlook calendars and Word . I want to take today's post to comment on why collaboration is such a hot button topic these days and why you really should consider...
• Send a Crabby holiday card to show them you care

  6 Dec 2010

  Over the nearly nine years that I've written the Crabby Office Lady column and blog, I've received countless comments and e-mails from women telling me of the kinship they feel with me, Crabby, because they, too, are the "crabby" ladies of their offices. And you know, as I see it, being a crabby office...
• Get a load of this: Earn a certificate, & prove your Office prowess

  24 Aug 2010

  I don't need to tell you that it's a tough job market out there; many of you have experienced that yourself. Some of us can't find a job while others are worried that they'll be losing theirs. Sometimes you just need that little extra something on your resume to give you that edge when you're applying...
• Crabby's tips for surviving performance reviews

  19 Aug 2010

  Chances are that if you work for a living, you're going to experience the joy of being reviewed on the work you do (and how you do it). There are ways to make performance reviews—for the giver and the receiver—a little less overwhelming. Keep track of your work using Search Folders (available...
• Visions & concepts: StickySorter

  18 Aug 2010

  I love the StickySorter intro: "Ever found yourself lost in the eye of a brainstorm?" Um...yes, and apparently I'm not alone. This Office Labs project was created and inspired by a real-life problem at work: Two Microsoft employees, Julie and Sumit, were looking for an easier way to capture, sift through...
• Crabby's effective meeting mantra

  17 Aug 2010

  So you want to call a meeting. What's the best way to do it? And once everyone is gathered together and staring at you, anticipating your pearls of wisdom, what's next? Step 1: Determine the purpose of the meeting What's the best way to get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. And what's one...
• Act like your mom is watching

  10 Aug 2010

  A while back I wrote a column about e-mail etiquette . Since many of us spend a lot of time in e-mail (more time than we really should, probably), this particular column has become one of my more popular ones. And while I still get e-mail messages that are written IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS and even ones...
• There's a Monster in the Office!

  16 Jul 2010

  Welcome to hope: The partnership of Monster.com and Office.com , a career center for job seekers, powered by Monster.com. You need résumés? Office has more résumé templates than there are stars in the western sky. (Astronomers/Astrologists: This is just an exaggeration; no...
• Come fly with Crabby: Office Web Apps

  1 Jul 2010

  When you use Office Web Apps (convenient little companions to the desktop versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote), all your documents are created, edited, and stored on a server...a server located somewhere near...in the clouds... This is where the term " cloud computing " comes in: web apps...
• Managing stress at work: Crabby's Daily Tip

  28 May 2010

  A while back, I wrote a column about how to attempt to de-stress at work. It isn't easy, I know; I'm right there with you. There are some days when I want to consider just chucking it all and becoming a Bohemian earth mama, living off the land with my dirty kids and mangy dog and...starving to death...
• Workplace decorum: Crabby's Daily Tip

  6 Apr 2010

  There are certain civilized ways of treating each other that years of evolution have encouraged us to realize. Still, some of us seem to have forgotten our manners. I've written an entire column about etiquette in the workplace covering several mores and protocols when at work. I'm highlighting two of...