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As promised, here are the last 6 tips from from Forbes Traveler on 12 Ways To Avoid Airport Delays… have a great long weekend!
7. Book the first flight of the day
Since early-morning departures usually mean that the aircraft was there overnight, both aircraft and crew are likely to be there, ready to take off. Delays [...]

With the long weekend coming, I thought I would share a good article from Forbes Traveler on 12 Ways To Avoid Airport Delays… I will share the first 6 today and the last 6 tomorrow…
1. NEVER check your bags
There are only two kinds of airline baggage: carry-on and lost. Courier your bags by using Fedex, [...]

If you frequently use multiple signatures and common phrases in your emails and documents, check out Phrase Exress’s free software application.
According to Laptop Magazine, “Phrase Express (www.PhraseExpress.com) is an indispensable macro program that instantly turns often used phrases, be they a couple of words to entire paragraphs, into keyboard shortcuts. The program sits in your [...]

Here is a great article from Real Simple Magazine on how to organize all those computer wires around your desk…
“The promise of the paperless office may have given way to the promise of a wireless one, but chances are cables are still twining around your office like ivy. Thankfully, there are ways to untangle the [...]

If you are looking for a quick and easy way to scan your business cards and receipts, check out Neat Receipts 3.0.
According to Laptop Magazine, “Pare down your paper piles with the latest edition of the Neat Receipts Scanalizer. Quickly digitize expense reports, receipts, business cards, and more. The Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software will [...]

Considering the recent hike in airline fares, here is a website that will help you to find the lowest fares to the cities of your choice.
www.AirfareWatchdog.com
According to Laptop Magazine, “Plenty of travel sites out there use Web crawlers to search for low fares and will alert you when a price drops. But at www.AirfareWatchdog.com, real [...]

If you and your co-workers have a lot of good business and self help books, then here is a good tip from Real Simple Magazine on starting an office lending library…
“Don’t let used books gather dust. Set up a shelf at the office where colleagues can swap their favorite reads. Keep a sign-out sheet next [...]

If you are like me and frequently use Google for your online searches, then you will like these tips from Laptop Magazine on how to expedite your Google searches…
“You can make your searches exponentially faster if you know the right search terms. Google prods you along with its Cheat Sheet of Advanced operators and search [...]

Here is a good article from Real Simple Magazine by Laura Wallis providing Helpful tips for sending packages via the United States Postal Service, UPS, FedEx, and DHL.
United States Postal Service
Where to Go: Drop packages lighter than one pound into one of those ubiquitous blue mailboxes, or leave them in your mailbox for your [...]

Here is a good tip from Laptop Magazine on how to quickly find your spot in Microsoft Word.
“Want to to find exactly where you left a document the last time you saved it? Press Shift+F5 and you will. You can toggle this up to three times to see the last three places you made changes [...]

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