04.28.08
Posted in Virtual Ass't Info at 6:17 pm by CMJ Office
I’ve been typing since the ninth grade. I’ve always been good at it. I’m not sure if it helped to have a nun standing over me. I received my fair share of hits on top of the head with my heavy history book when I looked down at the keys to see where the numbers were. My purpose here is to share a fun website. Check out this link http://play.typeracer.com/.
You can actually race others using your typing skills. I love it! I also love that the race cars are VW Bug cars. They are so cute. You can also practice your typing skills while at this site.
Colleen M. Johnson, CMJ Office
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04.27.08
Posted in Genealogy at 12:48 am by CMJ Office
I am passing on a great story by Ellen Goodman, a Boston Globe Columnist. It’s a great genealogy read regarding what you don’t know until you research your family tree.
Enjoy reading “The Secrets Buried Under A Family Tree” by following the link http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/04/18/the_secrets_buried_under_a_family_tree/.
Colleen M. Johnson, CMJ Office
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04.21.08
Posted in Business at 11:29 pm by CMJ Office
Here are some useful Excel code functions that involve dates and times for your spreadsheets. These codes can be found at the following link http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HP052042111033.aspx.
Hope they come in handy for you.
Date and Time Functions
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Function
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Description
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DATE
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Returns the serial number of a particular date
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DATEVALUE
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Converts a date in the form of text to a serial number
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DAY
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Converts a serial number to a day of the month
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DAYS360
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Calculates the number of days between two dates based on a 360-day year
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EDATE
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Returns the serial number of the date that is the indicated number of months before or after the start date
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EOMONTH
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Returns the serial number of the last day of the month before or after a specified number of months
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HOUR
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Converts a serial number to an hour
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MINUTE
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Converts a serial number to a minute
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MONTH
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Converts a serial number to a month
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NETWORKDAYS
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Returns the number of whole workdays between two dates
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NOW
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Returns the serial number of the current date and time
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SECOND
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Converts a serial number to a second
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TIME
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Returns the serial number of a particular time
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TIMEVALUE
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Converts a time in the form of text to a serial number
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TODAY
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Returns the serial number of today’s date
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WEEKDAY
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Converts a serial number to a day of the week
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 WEEKNUM
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Converts a serial number to a number representing where the week falls numerically with a year
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WORKDAY
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Returns the serial number of the date before or after a specified number of workdays
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YEAR
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Converts a serial number to a year
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YEARFRAC
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Returns the year fraction representing the number of whole days between start_date and end_date
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Colleen M. Johnson, CMJ Office
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04.15.08
Posted in Genealogy at 5:38 pm by CMJ Office
It was a lovely August day in Tierlaheen, Co. Clare, Ireland. I was out roaming the farm. I liked to stand on the gate and gaze over at the calves in the field. My grandmother and an older crowd were gathered inside reminiscing. I could hear the laughter. It was kind of funny to this 13 year old “Yank”.
I had grown up hearing Gaelic phrases spoken but I had never learned the language myself. I would ask my grandparents for a few words every so often. It never took. I have always loved my name. No one could ever say that I wasn’t Irish for my name is Gaelic. Although, I never did like that it only meant “girl”. For heaven’s sake, I am a girl. Why would my mother just name me “girl”? Still, I love the name that represents my family’s heritage. With marriage, I’ve come to appreciate it all the more. Good Lord, my husband did his best to wipe my Irishness away with the generic last name of Johnson! I hold onto Colleen dearly now and forever more.
Still, on this August day long since passed, I didn’t know any Gaelic. Again, I had heard phrases, prayers, songs and even read the signs in Gaelic but never knew it myself. I could hear them all clattering away inside as I started to walk back towards the house. I ventured in and took a seat. Now, phrases were flying fast. I almost lost interest in it all.
That is, until, they spotted one of their friends approaching. It wasn’t hard to miss. He was coming up the road driving his noisy donkey cart. They all looked at me and started chuckling. I should have known better than to trust this group of chuckling elderly Irishmen and women! My grandmother told me that when he came through the door that I should greet him with a Gaelic welcome. I fell for it hook line and sinker!
Wow! They were going to teach me a welcome in Gaelic. I was up for the challenge. What would it be? They all laughed and then taught me the phrase. It was pretty easy.
As he opened the door, he spoke the traditional, “God bless all in this house”. I then responded with my Gaelic welcome phrase, “Póg mo thóin“. His face grew red and everyone started roaring with laughter. I sat completely puzzled.
Well, the joke was on me. These old birds, my grandmother included, had just taught me how to tell someone to “kiss my arse”. Isn’t that lovely? So, this is the Gaelic phrase that has stuck with me. Just about the only phrase that sticks with me except for the overly familiar ones such as Sláinte! It’s a funny memory to have and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
If you’d like to learn more Gaelic, you can check out these two great websites http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com/ and http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/gaelic.html.
Colleen M. Johnson, CMJ Office
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04.13.08
Posted in Business at 9:54 pm by CMJ Office
It’s always fun to design a label template. For those that just want to access these templates without designing, check these sources out. Of course, if you want someone to design a label template for a mail merge, you can contact me anytime at mailto:Colleen@cmjoffice.com.
http://office.microsoft.com
http://www.onlinelabels.com
http://www.avery.com
http://www.worldlabel.com
http://www.openoffice.org
Enjoy searching the label templates. Remember to format your mail merge using the label number you have on hand. If you don’t, you will be running to the store for the appropriate labels or merging your document over again. This is a quick hint to save you some wasted time.
Colleen M. Johnson, CMJ Office
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