Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 7: Using Building Blocks
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | December 4, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 12 min
Welcome to Part 7 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. The series has covered a lot of ground, from editing and navigation features, to creating templates and styles, and enhancing your styles with numbering schemes, as well as using custom properties to support content reuse…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 6: Inserting Dynamic Cross-References
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | November 27, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 12 min
Welcome to Part 6 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. In case you missed it, my last post covered custom properties which support content reuse and are a wonderful accoutrement to templates…
Continuous Improvement: The Real Reward for Being a Top Workplace
Blog Barista: Kim Spagnuolo | November 21, 2019 | Workplace | Brew time: 4 min
When prepping for last week’s press release, I spoke with some of the leadership team to discuss KL&A making the Top Workplace list for the second year in a row. With last year’s recognition being a monumental moment for KL&A…
The Detroit Free Press Declares Kunz, Leigh & Associates a 2019 Top Workplace
Maintaining a Happy, Healthy Culture is the Key to KL&A’s Success
OKEMOS, MI, Nov. 13, 2019 — Kunz, Leigh & Associates (KL&A) has been named a Top Workplace by the Detroit Free Press for the second year in a row.
Awardees are selected based solely on employee feedback gathered through a survey administered by a reputable, third-party research firm. The anonymous survey measures 15 cultural drivers to determine if employees feel aligned, connected, supported and heard…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 5: Creating & Managing Custom Properties
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | November 6, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 8 min
Welcome to Part 5 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. In case you missed it, the last post explained how to add multilevel numbering schemes to your paragraph styles to create styles for writing instructions…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 4: Building Numbered Styles
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | October 30, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 11 min
Welcome to Part 4 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. So far, I’ve covered some often unknown but immensely helpful editing and navigation features and explained how to create and access templates and how to create and apply paragraph and character styles. Today’s post will take your…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 3: Creating Paragraph & Character Styles
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | October 24, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 15 min
Welcome to Part 3 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. In the last post, I covered how to create and access templates. Today’s post will walk you through paragraph and character styles. Although you can use these concepts at the document level, defining styles in your templates will make them…
Recognizing & Embracing Team Differences
Factors You Should Be Aware of to Ensure Project Success
Blog Barista: Bob Marquis, CPA, PMP | Oct 16, 2019 | Project Management | Brew time: 5 min
Project managers tend to be structured, organized, and process oriented. This is a good thing. Unfortunately for project managers, not everyone on a project is this way. Usually, people aren’t as manageable as a well-documented project plan…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 2: Creating & Accessing Templates
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | October 9, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 6 min
Welcome to Part 2 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. In case you missed it, I covered Microsoft Word’s editing symbols, ruler, and navigation pane features in Part 1. Today, I’m going to talk about templates…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 1: Getting Started
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | October 2, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 9 min
My job as a proposal manager requires me to use Microsoft Word every day, so perhaps that’s why it’s not surprising that I’ve become very familiar with all of Word’s functionality. What is surprising, however, is the number of people…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 7: Using Building Blocks
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | December 4, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 12 min
Welcome to Part 7 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. The series has covered a lot of ground, from editing and navigation features, to creating templates and styles, and enhancing your styles with numbering schemes, as well as using custom properties to support content reuse…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 6: Inserting Dynamic Cross-References
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | November 27, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 12 min
Welcome to Part 6 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. In case you missed it, my last post covered custom properties which support content reuse and are a wonderful accoutrement to templates…
Continuous Improvement: The Real Reward for Being a Top Workplace
Blog Barista: Kim Spagnuolo | November 21, 2019 | Workplace | Brew time: 4 min
When prepping for last week’s press release, I spoke with some of the leadership team to discuss KL&A making the Top Workplace list for the second year in a row. With last year’s recognition being a monumental moment for KL&A…
The Detroit Free Press Declares Kunz, Leigh & Associates a 2019 Top Workplace
Maintaining a Happy, Healthy Culture is the Key to KL&A’s Success
OKEMOS, MI, Nov. 13, 2019 — Kunz, Leigh & Associates (KL&A) has been named a Top Workplace by the Detroit Free Press for the second year in a row.
Awardees are selected based solely on employee feedback gathered through a survey administered by a reputable, third-party research firm. The anonymous survey measures 15 cultural drivers to determine if employees feel aligned, connected, supported and heard…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 5: Creating & Managing Custom Properties
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | November 6, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 8 min
Welcome to Part 5 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. In case you missed it, the last post explained how to add multilevel numbering schemes to your paragraph styles to create styles for writing instructions…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 4: Building Numbered Styles
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | October 30, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 11 min
Welcome to Part 4 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. So far, I’ve covered some often unknown but immensely helpful editing and navigation features and explained how to create and access templates and how to create and apply paragraph and character styles. Today’s post will take your…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 3: Creating Paragraph & Character Styles
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | October 24, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 15 min
Welcome to Part 3 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. In the last post, I covered how to create and access templates. Today’s post will walk you through paragraph and character styles. Although you can use these concepts at the document level, defining styles in your templates will make them…
Recognizing & Embracing Team Differences
Factors You Should Be Aware of to Ensure Project Success
Blog Barista: Bob Marquis, CPA, PMP | Oct 16, 2019 | Project Management | Brew time: 5 min
Project managers tend to be structured, organized, and process oriented. This is a good thing. Unfortunately for project managers, not everyone on a project is this way. Usually, people aren’t as manageable as a well-documented project plan…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 2: Creating & Accessing Templates
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | October 9, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 6 min
Welcome to Part 2 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. In case you missed it, I covered Microsoft Word’s editing symbols, ruler, and navigation pane features in Part 1. Today, I’m going to talk about templates…
Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word, Part 1: Getting Started
Blog Barista: Jessica Davis | October 2, 2019 | Productivity | Brew time: 9 min
My job as a proposal manager requires me to use Microsoft Word every day, so perhaps that’s why it’s not surprising that I’ve become very familiar with all of Word’s functionality. What is surprising, however, is the number of people…
