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Windows - Is your "Program" list getting a bit unorganized? Click Start, Programs (or "All Programs"), right-click on any item in the dialog box and choose "Sort by Name." Now, your Program list is alphabetized and organized.
Internet - Not seeing the whole page when you are browsing the Web? Hit F11 to temporarily view more. Hitting F11 again, toggles it back. Very useful on text-intensive sites.
Word - Double-clicking anywhere on an un-edited portion of your document will place the cursor there, automatically inserting as many hard-returns and alignment changes as necessary. It is called, Click-Anywhere-and-Type.
Access - If a field, property box, or text box, has information in it, and you are unable to see it all you can expand these items to make it easier to edit and read. Open a Data Sheet, Property Sheet, or a Form in form view. Click the field you want to edit. Press SHIFT+F2. Bingo! Now you can see all the information.
Excel - The fill handle in Excel is the small black square in the lower-right corner of a selection (whether your selection is one cell or a range of cells). This handy fellow is one of the many different ways to fill data quickly into worksheet cells. For example, if you a have a number, word, or phrase in a cell that you'd like to have in one or more adjacent cells, you don't have to copy and paste. You just select the cell and drag the fill handle. Even better, the fill handle can automatically continue a series of numbers, number and text combinations, dates, or time periods, based on a pattern that you establish or pre-set information such as January, February, March, etc....
You have probably seen this symbol :  Try it next time you are working in Excel.
10 Ways to Irritate Your HR Staff
 In climbing the corporate ladder, one of the most powerful allies to have on your side is your Human Resources department. They have their finger on the pulse of the inner wiring of the organization, and if there is any staffer who can alert you to upcoming events that might be beneficial to you or your team, it is someone from HR.
To keep the alliance strong and working to your benefit, here are ten things you should NOT do:
- Treat HR staffers like glorified secretaries or gofers.
- Bring in your own search firms without getting HR's approval list first.
- Promise raises and/or promotions to your staff unless you have first cleared them with HR for consistency with others in similar jobs or grades.
- Fail to attend a meeting arranged at your request to discuss a performance problem with a member of your staff.
- Say anything remotely politically incorrect in a public place and then try to explain away your gaff by saying "but everyone knew I was kidding".
- Miss the deadlines for performance appraisals, bonus recommendations, merit increases, or job requisitions.
- Yell "With all the paperwork you require, it is impossible to run a business!"
- Tell HR it is their responsibility to develop job specs for your department.
- Be out of the office when candidates have been scheduled for job interviews.
- Ask for confidential information about salaries.
Need some help with HR Issues? ETR offers a large selection of 2 to 4 hour training seminars including:
Human Resource Training Seminars
Conducting Legal and Effective Interviews
Get the skills you need to conduct effective interviews and hire the right person, while avoiding the pitfalls of inappropriate interview practices.
Effective and Legal Performance Appraisals
Learn how to use appraisals to improve employee performance and avoid problems that could be potentially illegal.
Employee Discipline and Bad Conduct
After this course, you will be able to deal with difficult employees and correct bad behavior and will learn what NOT to say to problem employees.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Learn the in's and out's of the Fair Labor Standards Act and how to make sure your company is in compliance.
Preventing and Managing Absenteeism
Absenteeism costs American businesses millions of dollars a year. Let us show you how to reduce or even prevent absenteeism and improve your bottom line.
Privacy Rules and HIPAA
With Identity Theft on the rise in the age of the Internet, it's more important than ever that you know what is required from the HIPAA law and how to protect the privacy of your employees.
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Learn the rules and rights of the Family and Medical Leave Act - what right the employee has and what rights you as the employer have.
Understanding the ADA
The ADA prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with a disability who are able to perform essential functions of their job with or without reasonable accommodations. Get the answers that most people don't know about ADA, such as:
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What key ADA definitions do I need to know?
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What are the key ADA issues I need to watch out for?
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What if a reasonable accommodation is requested?
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What does the ADA not force me to do?
Worker's Compensation
By law, employers are required to provide Workers Compensation Insurance. But what illnesses or injuries are covered by Worker's Comp. How long does it cover an employee? Find the answers that will help you through the maze of Worker's Compensation.
Do you love to teach? ETR is looking for a part-time instructor.Must be proficient in Advanced Excel and Advanced Access. Helpful if proficient in Adobe programs, HTML, OrgPlus, Visio, Crystal Reports, SQL, Visual Basic, and more.
Please email resume with a list of software you can teach to etr@etrdirect.com or etrdirect@hotmail.com.
Express Yourself with Expression Web
Microsoft Expression Web is a professional design tool to create modern, standards-based sites that deliver superior quality on the Web. Just a few of the features our Expression Web training offers:
- Reduce complexity and ease data integration by using powerful design tools and task panes to quickly incorporate
XML data.
- Seamlessly integrate Web design and development teams with Expression Web and Visual Studio's superior support for XML, ASP.NET and XHTML.
- Unleash your creative ideas and bring your Web sites to life with sophisticated CSS design features. Visual designers, specialized task panes, and tool bars give you precise control of page layout and formatting.
- Build dynamic, interactive pages that harness the power of the Web to deliver superior quality. Built-in support for today's modern Web standards makes it easy to optimize your sites for accessibility and cross-browser compatibility.
Build Your Web Site Your Way
Register now for this 2-day training. Classes are filling fast so be sure to reserve your seat today.
We are offering the following class dates to choose from: August 1st & 2nd and September 4th & 5th
| August & September Class Schedules for Idaho Falls, ID |
August 2007
September 2007
 Can't make it to a class during the day? Attend one of our night classes. All evening classes are scheduled
from 7pm - 9pm.
Telephone Etiquette for the Office
August 8th and August 15th
September 10th and September 17th
Pocket PC Tips & Tricks
August 3rd
August 31st
Creative Crash Management Course
August 28th, September 4th, and September 11th
Interview Tips to Get the Job You Want!
September 13th and September 20th
Cultivating a Positive Attitude
August 30th, September 6th, and September 13th
Don't see the class you want? Click here to request a Saturday, Night, or even a Day class.
 A walk-in job applicant was being interviewed by the manager of a computer store for a position as a technician. The applicant got off to a bad start when she demanded a high salary before she and the manager had even begun to discuss the applicant's experience and skills. Things didn't get better when the manager noticed that the applicant didn't have any technical experience and very little sales experience of any kind.
"I'm surprised that you had the nerve to ask for such a large salary when you've never worked as a technician or done much selling!" said the manager.
"I've always found," said the applicant sagely, "that the work is much harder when you don't know what you're doing."
Make sure you know what your doing -
Call ETR today and register for one of over 100 Professional Development Seminars that we offer.
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