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##  [Tip of the Week](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/categories/tip-of-the-week)

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##  [Tip of the Week: Ergonomics Tips For the At-Home Worker](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-ergonomics-tips-for-the-at-home-worker)

  Wednesday, 28 April 2021

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Not everyone has a living situation that is conducive to working from home. That’s why many people have some problems as they are forced to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the problems with not having a dedicated space or the right type of situation to get work done from home is that your physical health starts to suffer. Today, we thought we would go through a couple of ergonomic suggestions that can help any remote worker feel better when working long hours from home.

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##  [Tip of the Week: How to Take a Screenshot in Windows 10](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-how-to-take-a-screenshot-in-windows-10)

  Wednesday, 14 April 2021

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Okay, so first off: when it comes to taking a screenshot, today’s user has a lot of options baked into Windows. Of course, there’s the Print Screen key on most keyboards—but that only allows the user to literally take a screenshot of their entire display and edit it down in some other program.

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##  [Tip of the Week: How to Keep Your Team from Burning Out](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-how-to-keep-your-team-from-burning-out)

  Wednesday, 07 April 2021

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Considering what the past year has been like, the idea that workplace burnout has been a hot topic isn’t all that surprising—even though less time has been spent in many offices than almost any other time to date. Regardless, burnout simply isn’t an office issue, meaning that remote workers are still susceptible to its ill effects.

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##  [Tip of the Week: Make Your Laptop Trackpad Less Annoying with ClickLock](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-make-your-laptop-trackpad-less-annoying-with-clicklock)

  Wednesday, 17 March 2021

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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The laptop is one of the great productivity tools in modern business. Their portability gives them immense value. There are some cons to using a laptop, however. One is the trackpad. While they have improved over the years, they are still not ideal, which is why you see many people who use a laptop for productivity bring along a wireless mouse. One of the biggest problems people run into is that they have a hard time with the click-and-drag feature on the trackpad and this makes working in certain programs maddening. Today, we have a tip to make this process much simpler.

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##  [Tip of the Week: Highlighting Messages in Outlook](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-highlighting-messages-in-outlook)

  Wednesday, 03 March 2021

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Like any email platform, Microsoft Outlook can easily become overwhelmed with messages and conversations—effectively making it counterproductive rather than an asset to you and your team. Let’s take a few moments to go over a simple way that you can use Outlook’s internal tools to make your messages easier to deal with.

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##  [Tip of the Week: How to Prepare a Data Breach Response](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-how-to-prepare-a-data-breach-response)

  Wednesday, 24 February 2021

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Unfortunately, the more people lean on technology, the more data breaches there are. The correlation makes sense, but with so much innovation in data security and data systems, it’s a shame more can’t be done to keep businesses and individuals from losing data to opportunists and scammers. That’s why knowing how to circumvent these forces is essential to keep your data safe. Let’s take a look at how the people that are best at it keep their data secure.

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  [Data](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/data)   [Backup](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/backup)   [Best Practices](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/best-practices)   [Tip of the Week](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/tip-of-the-week)

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##  [Tip of the Week: The Guide to Optimal Password Efficacy](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-the-guide-to-optimal-password-efficacy)

  Wednesday, 17 February 2021

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Your business’ security largely depends on how secure the passwords are that keep your resources from being accessed without authorization. Despite this, many users—perhaps even you—frequently sacrifice sufficient security measures in favor of the simple and convenient route, cutting corners when coming up with their passwords. Let’s try and remedy this by reviewing a few practices that can help make a password more effective.

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  [Security](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/security)   [Passwords](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/passwords)   [User Tips](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/user-tips)   [Tip of the Week](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/tip-of-the-week)

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##  [Tip of the Week: Browser Best Practices for Boosted Security](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-browser-best-practices-for-boosted-security)

  Wednesday, 10 February 2021

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Privacy is a sensitive subject nowadays, especially online. Regardless of the browser you have elected to use, properly using it will have a large impact. Let’s review a few ways that you and your team can help secure your business and its resources and go over these settings.

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##  [Tip of the Week: Taking You Through Embedding a Video with PowerPoint](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-taking-you-through-embedding-a-video-with-powerpoint)

  Wednesday, 27 January 2021

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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When looking to present an idea, the first two options people think of are often to use a video, or to use a slideshow (typically, citing Microsoft PowerPoint). Our question is, why pick? Let’s go over how simple it is to embed a YouTube video right into your next PowerPoint presentation whether you’re using PowerPoint 365 or PowerPoint 2016.

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##  [How to Determine Which Productivity Suite Is Right for Your Business](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/how-to-determine-which-productivity-suite-is-right-for-your-business)

  Wednesday, 20 January 2021

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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The productivity suite is one of the most utilized software combos going. Usually it comes with a word processor, a spreadsheet program, a note taking program, and a presentation creator. There are other pieces of software included in some of today’s most dynamic options, but for our purposes we are going to limit it to these.

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  [Software](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/software)   [Productivity](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/productivity-1)   [Business Computing](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/business-computing)   [Tip of the Week](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/tip-of-the-week)

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##  [Steps to Take Before You Accidentally Lose Your Phone](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/steps-to-take-before-you-accidentally-lose-your-phone)

  Monday, 04 January 2021

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Nobody intends to lose their smartphone. For some of us, our mobile device is glued to our hands for a good portion of the day—it’s hard to imagine simply leaving it somewhere, right?

Mistakes happen. It doesn’t take more than a few minutes to set your smartphone up so you can track it down easily if you lose it.

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##  [Tip of the Week: Being Courteous and Professional with a Mobile Device](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-being-courteous-and-professional-with-a-mobile-device)

  Wednesday, 16 December 2020

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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With how business is conducted today, the capability of your workforce to stay connected while mobile is important. However, it can be equally important that this connectivity doesn’t come at the cost of their manners. Let’s go over a few ways to be more polite as you work remotely using a mobile device.

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  [Communication](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/communication)   [Tip of the Week](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/tip-of-the-week)   [Mobile Device](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tags/mobile-device)

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##  [Tip of the Week: Sign a PDF in Windows](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-sign-a-pdf-in-windows)

  Wednesday, 09 December 2020

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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PDFs have been around for a while and they have become an extremely useful file format for business. One of the best features of the PDF is that it is useful for securing signatures so that contracts can be handled over the Internet. Today, we’ll go over how you go about signing a PDF in Windows.

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##  [Tip of the Week: How to Alter the Android 11 Power Menu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-how-to-alter-the-android-11-power-menu)

  Wednesday, 18 November 2020

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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If you need a reason to upgrade to Android 11, it comes with a highly useful selection of options when you access the menu that appears when you hold down the power button on your device. However, you have the option to add much more value to this menu. To do this, you’ll need to make a small investment in an automation-driven third-party application known as Tasker.

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##  [Tip of the Week: Make Your PC Faster](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-make-your-pc-faster)

  Tuesday, 17 November 2020

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Does your PC feel sluggish these days? If you are working remotely, and your computer is slow, it can be really frustrating and make it harder to do your job. Before you buy a new computer, here are some tips to squeeze a little more life out of what you already have.

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##  [Tip of the Week: Making the Most of Google Keep](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-making-the-most-of-google-keep)

  Wednesday, 11 November 2020

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The Android platform has various tools and applications available to assist users in keeping themselves organized and productive. One of these applications, Google Keep, offers particularly significant benefits. For this week’s tip, we’ll be going over some ways that you can use Google Keep to help “keep” track of the cornucopia of important information you need to process and retain.

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##  [Tip of the Week: Activating Android Guest Mode](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-activating-android-guest-mode)

  Wednesday, 04 November 2020

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While you probably aren’t super enthusiastic about loaning out your mobile device right now, you may not have ever been. After all, you’re effectively handing over a bunch of personal data bundled into a convenient package. However, Android has had a feature that makes it substantially more secure to share your device for some time now.

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##  [Tip of the Week: Five Ways to Manage Your Email Effectively](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-five-ways-to-manage-your-email-effectively)

  Wednesday, 28 October 2020

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Email—it’s a business tool that we all use and rely on, but (if we’re being honest) it can be a pain to manage properly. Unfortunately, this can also depreciate the value of the solution to its users. To help prevent these problems, we wanted to share a few tips to assist you with your email management.

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##  [Tip of the Week: Improving Your Google Searches](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-improving-your-google-searches)

  Friday, 23 October 2020

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Google is *the* standard for online searches. It seems to be as simple as can be. Think of a question, type it in, get an answer. However, not many people likely know just how specific you can make these Google searches with just a few details. Let’s go over how to use Google most effectively as you search the Internet.

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##  [Tip of the Week: Taking a Screenshot](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-taking-a-screenshot)

  Wednesday, 14 October 2020

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Screenshots can be one of the most effective ways to share information, as it gives the people you are communicating to first-hand knowledge of what you’re seeing. Of course, different platforms have different means of capturing a screenshot. Let’s go over these methods to ensure that you can do so efficiently and easily.

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