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DAVIDSON STAFFING PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING WEBINARS:


Modifying Heading Styles & Generating a Table of Contents in MS Word 2007 & 2010


Tuesday, October 25, 2011 (ROOM STILL AVAILABLE)

12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Learn how to format a pleading in MS Word 2007 and 2010 using Heading Styles and Outline Numbering as well as how to automatically generate a Table of Contents.

$49

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Modifying Heading Styles & Generating a Table of Contents in MS Word 2003
$49

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 (ROOM STILL AVAILABLE)
Learn how to format a pleading in MS Word 2003 using Heading Styles and Outline Numbering, as well as how to automatically generate a Table of Contents.

$49

Register for this webinar:

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Cool Breeze

Even though summer is over, that doesn't mean the temperature in your office won't rise causing you to wish you could catch a cool breeze.

And you may be like some of us, who are having our own "private summers" (ahem).

Whatever, the reason, you'll want to check out the Vornado Flippi fan. Not only does it look super cool, it's quiet, compact and gets the job done. I got mine for only 24.95.

There's no reason for you to sit there and sweat while you're talking to the boss. With the Flippi she'll think you've got it under control, even when you don't.

The Flippi is also the perfect size for dorm use. Heck, you can even put it in your suitcase for traveling. The Flippi rocks.

Don't believe me - check it out for yourself.

(Vornado has some super cool personal heaters as well)

To see the complete line of Vornado products, go to:

www.vornado.com

Bless You! Now, Go Home!!

I like to think of myself as someone who tries to do the right thing. I try to put in an honest day's work for a honest day's pay. I don't pretend to be sick when I'm not. If I'm exhausted and need to take a day off, I say so.

I think employers usually understand. So, what's a dedicated girl to do when she has the sniffles?

I've had a cold for most of the week and there was one day mid-week that I got caught in a rainstorm. I arrived at work soaking wet. Even my shoes were leaking. Obviously, it made my cold worse.

When I got up on Friday, I didn't feel like I was dying and I figured that I could "suck it up" and take one for the team and make it through the day. I'd have the weekend to recuperate, right? Wrong.

Boy - talk about "dirty looks." Everywhere I walked and everyone I ran into said, "Are you sick? Oh, My God, don't get me sick." After a couple of hours, it was obvious that I was not a welcome member of the team. Or at least my sneezes weren't.

So, I packed up my bags and went home for the day. I'm still torn as to whether or not I did the right thing.

Do you stay home when you're sick, or do you, like many others, take a deep breath and keep moving?

The economy is bad. Jobs are scarce. Employers demand more. We do the best we can.

Cold and flu season is just beginning. I'd love to hear - what would you do?

Here's to a healthy week - and remember, drink plenty of fluids, watch out for puddles and keep your hand sanitizer handy.

Thank You, Steve Jobs

By now, you've heard the sad news about the passing of Apple's co-founder, Steve Jobs.

I think we all knew he was very sick and there was a chance he might not beat the cancer. But, there was a part of me who felt that a man with so much creative genius would be here a lot longer. But it's not how long you live, but what you do while you're here. Steve Jobs did a lot.

Now, you might wonder what this has to do with the legal profession or legal secretaries. Well everything and nothing.

Nothing if you've managed to live your entire adult life without ever having purchased or been given an Apple (TM) product. And everything if you are like the millions of working Americans who couldn't make it through the daily grind without plugging into that little ipod and tuning out the noise that gets in the way of doing real work. You know the noise I mean - the gossip, the yelling, the constant interruptions.

I was first introduced to Apple products in 1988 while working for Kodak. And later in around 1990 when I went to work for a software company where we all had Apple computers because - because they're hip.

Thank you, Mr. Jobs for making the world a different place. You changed the way we think, work and play. And we will never forget.

Rest In Peace, Steve Jobs. and congratulations on a life well-lived.

Be good to one another.

Dottie

In This Business You Can Never Know Too Much! Davidson Legal Webinar Training - Thursday, 9/29/11

Best of Automation & Timesavers in MS Word 2007 & 2010

$49.00

Thursday

September 29, 2011 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Increase your efficiency in MS Word 2007 and 2010 and save valuable time creating documents! This class will show you how to use Automation tools, including, AutoCorrect, AutoText, QuickParts, Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar, Creating PDFs, etc. Plus, how to Create Forms with Text Fields, Drop Down Lists, or Check Boxes.

To register:
www.davidsonstaffing.com

If You Were An Attorney, Would You Join The Bar Association?

I keep flirting with the idea of actively becoming a member of and being involved consistently with the local chapter of the Legal Secretaries Association (LSI). I know. It's not called that now. It's "Legal Professionals." However, you slice it, it's a great group of women and men, who get together to network and share news and information, tips and useful items about our jobs.

Since fall is around the corner, why not turn over a new leaf (get it - fall leaves?) and join today. We'll, at least attend a meeting. There's a conference coming up in Sacramento in November. So, you can't say you didn't know about it. You heard about it here.

November 11-13, 2011
November Conference
Sacramento, CA

For more details on this great organization, visit their website at:

www.lsi.org

Corporate Office:
P.O. Box 660
Fortuna, CA 95540-0660
Toll Free: (800) 281-2188
Local: (707) 682-6888
Fax: (707) 682-6888


This post is really for me - not you. Because remember when you point a finger, three more are pointing back at you.

Have a great work-week! We've already made it through Monday!

Peace

"Feast of Fools" The Newest Novel from James Lee Burke

From Amazon:

Sheriff Hackberry Holland patrols a small Southwest Texas border town with a deep and abiding respect for the citizens in his care. Still mourning the loss of his cherished wife and locked in a perilous almost-romance with his deputy, Pam Tibbs, a woman many decades his junior, Hackberry feeds off the deeds of evil men to keep his own demons at bay.
When alcoholic ex-boxer Danny Boy Lorca witnesses a man tortured to death in the desert and reports it, Hack’s investigation leads to the home of Anton Ling, a regal, mysterious Chinese woman whom the locals refer to as La Magdalena and who is known for sheltering illegals. Ling denies having seen the victim or the perpetrators, but there is something in her steely demeanor and aristocratic beauty that compels Hackberry to return to her home again and again as the investigation unfolds. Could it be that the sheriff is so taken in by this creature who reminds him of his deceased wife that he would ignore the possibility that she is just as dangerous as the men she harbors?

The danger in the desert increases tenfold with the return of serial murderer Preacher Jack Collins, whom The New York Times called “one of Burke’s most inspired villains.” Presumed dead at the close of Rain Gods, Preacher Jack has reemerged with a calm, single-minded zeal for killing that is more terrifying than the muzzle flash of his signature machine gun.
Praised by Joyce Carol Oates for “the luminosity of his writerly voice,” James Lee Burke returns with his most allegorical novel to date, illuminating vital issues of our time—immigration, energy, religious freedom—with the rich atmosphere and devastatingly flawed, authentic characters that readers have come to celebrate during the five decades of his brilliant career.


(For those times when work doesn't provide all the mystery and excitement you desire)

www.jamesleeburke.com

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