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Barbara March
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Barbara March's long career in office administration, in many different industries, and her passion for computer software led her into software training. After obtaining Microsoft Office Specialist qualifications at Expert level and becoming a Microsoft MOUS Master Instructor, Barbara extended her knowledge and expertise further in MS Office by achieving outstanding pass marks in ECDL Advanced examinations. This knowledge and expertise, she has applied in all her posts including her current role as a data analyst in a local authority. Barbara's analytical mind forces her to question the accepted boundaries of the software she uses and to apply her flair and imagination to find ways to use the software capabilities to the limit and to the benefit of her performance and professionalism.
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Separate Tasks Folders


A separate Tasks folder can be just a To Do List and the tasks can be made to seem less overwhelming and more manageable when the tasks are grouped into categories that indicate their priority.

Outlook’s priority grading of Low, Normal, and High is not always adequate so you may prefer to have a task grading system of Urgent, Today, This Week, and Sometime, or a numbering system that will order task priority by number, or a more explicit system that separates tasks into the actions required; for example, Email, Phone, Write, Visit, Delegate, or even a combination of all three.

A Tasks To Do List

  1. 1. Create a new Tasks folder named Tasks To Do List.

  2. 2. Create a new table type view from the Define Views | New option and name the view All To Do Tasks.

  3. 3. In the View Summary dialog box, click Fields, and select the fields: Complete, Subject, and Due Date, and click OK.

  4. 4. Create the following two new manual fields:

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Barbara March's long career in office administration, in many different industries, and her passion for computer software led her into software training. After obtaining Microsoft Office Specialist qualifications at Expert level and becoming a Microsoft MOUS Master Instructor, Barbara extended her knowledge and expertise further in MS Office by achieving outstanding pass marks in ECDL Advanced examinations. This knowledge and expertise, she has applied in all her posts including her current role as a data analyst in a local authority. Barbara's analytical mind forces her to question the accepted boundaries of the software she uses and to apply her flair and imagination to find ways to use the software capabilities to the limit and to the benefit of her performance and professionalism.
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