The Microsoft Crabby Office Lady Tells It Like It Is: Secrets to Surviving Office Life by Annik Stahl

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The Barnes & Noble Review
If you’ve ever visited Microsoft Office Online, you’ve probably encountered the Crabby Office Lady, the incarnation of the tough office veteran who knows exactly where every body is buried. Crabby’s new book brings together her hard-bitten wisdom: about Microsoft Office, your office, and using the former to improve life in the latter.

Rely on Crabby for tips on using Office tools like SharePoint and LiveMeeting to collaborate with folks you’d rather not see in person. Crabby will show you how to run no-nonsense meetings (and use Outlook’s “Plan a Meeting” feature to prepare for them). Crabby’s Office tips help you get ready for performance reviews (whether you’re receiving or giving them); telecommute more effectively; make email less annoying. Maybe best of all: Crabby’s ten-step plan for getting ready for vacation -- tips that’ll significantly reduce the stress you’ll face when you come back. Bill Camarda, from the July 2006 Read Only

From the Publisher

The Crabby Office Lady's humorous online column reaches more than 250,000 people a month, and more than 10,000 people view her videos each month. The real Crabby Office Lady, Annik Stahl, has helped Microsoft put a human face on the sometimes frustrating world of work. In this humorous but practical take on how to survive today's office environment, Microsoft's very own Crabby Office Lady shows you how to make the most of Microsoft Office programs so that you can be more efficient, collaborate more effectively, and spend more time doing the things that really matter to you. Topics include:

• Minding your e-mail manners
• Customizing Office: toolbars, menus, colors, buttons, fonts, templates, and more
• Working with difficult people, collaborating, and surviving office life and culture
• Using the "get away from it all" checklist to prepare for vacation, so that you don't come back to an avalanche of work
• Surviving performance reviews: how to track projects, make notes, and keep track of wins and losses on a daily (or weekly) basis, rather than trying to pull it together at the end of the year
• Improving ergonomics and using the accessibility features in Office and Microsoft Windows
• Demystifying computer terms, e-mail terms, and general software terms
• Working from home: pros, cons, and best practices for telecommuting
• Delegating and preparing for effective meetings
• Taking advantage of Office Online templates, clip art, training, and the Office Marketplace

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