Macgyver IT: I want my team to use something like del.icio.us to share links. But since this is ask.metafilter, I can't use the obvious right answer. I need to make something like it myself, using bubblegum and string the MS Office 2000 suite and my knowledge of VB. What would be my best approach? [more inside]
posted by Monday, stony Monday on Nov 19, 2009 - 7 answers

How consistent is MS Office between Windows and OSX? Will using MS Office on my Mac solve this formatting problem I'm having? [more inside]
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints on Nov 19, 2009 - 13 answers

I am looking for something I saw on the web about people's behaviour during meetings. It was funny and lighthearted, might have been a comic strip or maybe even a video? [more inside]
posted by maggiemae on Nov 19, 2009 - 4 answers

I need some fundraising ideas to help feed DC's homeless. [more inside]
posted by DrDreidel on Nov 17, 2009 - 4 answers

I'm getting a 27" iMac soon. I have a corner hutch/desk and it is full of much necessary equipment (2 printers, fax). Help me unclutter and redesign my working space for the new computer. I don't want to block the light coming in the window.
posted by Xurando on Nov 12, 2009 - 7 answers

For Christmas Card art--what are some inappropriate workplace party behaviors that can be portrayed in a single drawing? [more inside]
posted by arniec on Nov 9, 2009 - 25 answers

We're a Mac office, and we rotate the computers around when we get new ones. So imagine my delight when I got my weird 15" G4 monitor magically replaced with my boss' 24" iMac! w00t!... except that the giant size really spaces me out. Help! [more inside]
posted by Madamina on Nov 4, 2009 - 13 answers

How do you carry out, and encourage, instructions that you really, really disagree with? [more inside]
posted by Melismata on Nov 3, 2009 - 15 answers

Our office is losing hours of productivity a week due to networking decisions from head office. We'd like to price out a server to replace the dodgy technology that's been foisted on us. Not surprisingly, HQ gets kind of defensive if we use that language. Please help me cost out a server, and make it seem like it was their idea all along. [more inside]
posted by scruss on Oct 22, 2009 - 8 answers

Help me get my AutoArchived e-mail out of MS Outlook and the info from off Exchange server before work shuts it down tonight, please. I'm dumbfounded. [more inside]
posted by willie11 on Oct 19, 2009 - 8 answers

How do I start marketing a dentist? [more inside]
posted by beingresourceful on Oct 13, 2009 - 14 answers

I am a team leader in an IT company. One of the guys in my team is giving me a headache because he turned lazy all of a sudden. [more inside]
posted by cronholio on Oct 13, 2009 - 40 answers

How likely is it that a white American woman in NYC wearing this shirt in public and in the workplace will be deemed offensive?
posted by Eater on Oct 12, 2009 - 43 answers

Anger management for beginners? Help me deal with pregnancy/hormone related rage at work! [more inside]
posted by heytch on Oct 12, 2009 - 13 answers

Is co-working best for us? [more inside]
posted by christopherbdnk on Oct 5, 2009 - 2 answers

I'm looking for a job doing presentation graphics (in law firms, possibly financial firms); this is about 30% of my current job at a law firm. I'm one of very few "experts" at my firm which isn't very technologically advanced in this area, so I'm afraid that my skills won't cut it in the outside world. I need advice on how to upgrade my skills. [more inside]
posted by kenzi23 on Sep 30, 2009 - 2 answers

My animation company is moving into our first real office and we want to make a very large "brainstorming wall" with a dry erase surface so that we can collaborate and share ideas more intuitively. [more inside]
posted by alexherder on Sep 25, 2009 - 13 answers

For those of you who are managers or administrators: what are your pro tips on office organization? [more inside]
posted by Miko on Sep 24, 2009 - 9 answers

I now have blank wallspace and shelfspace in my office -- help me fill 'em with some scientific eye candy! [more inside]
posted by not_on_display on Sep 24, 2009 - 15 answers

I need recommendations for a desk and chair for my home please. Requirements inside. [more inside]
posted by shivohum on Sep 22, 2009 - 4 answers

Any examples of annual retreat exercises that didn't suck? [more inside]
posted by rev- on Sep 17, 2009 - 12 answers

How do I make the most of a work situation with a co-worker whose behavior is just annoying enough to disrupt work regularly, but not annoying enough to cause him to be fired? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 7, 2009 - 13 answers

Please suggest a comfy and supportive office chair for my home office that doesn't look too office-like. I would like something more style-ish and homey looking than the standard workplace office chair.
posted by sandra194 on Sep 1, 2009 - 2 answers

I'm a tall, skinny software developer, (6'5"/196cm) who cannot find a desk even remotely what I need/want in terms of style, quality, and size. I am going to have a carpenter build me a desk. Google has found me nothing. Do you have a desk you love? What makes you love it? Are you a tall person who finds they need keyboard/mouse at exactly the right height? How did you solve this? Do you have plans you love or a desk design you can recommend? [more inside]
posted by carlodio on Aug 31, 2009 - 11 answers

I'm writing in Word for Mac and all of my footnotes have suddenly turned into little boxes. What's going on?
posted by anonymous78 on Aug 13, 2009 - 4 answers

I work in a small office with a small budget where the only full-time employees are my assistant and I, and we have separate offices. Our office has two phone lines. When one is busy, the other rings. Line one is our published office number. We each have our own voice mailbox. The problem is that you only get the "Press 1 to speak to [her], press 2 to speak to [me]" when both lines are busy or no one answers. I want to set up things so that people can select who they would like to speak to before the phone rings on our end. [more inside]
posted by 4ster on Aug 4, 2009 - 4 answers

Office 2007. PC reformat. I have a valid product key. I don't have the original packaged software. I download the trial version, but it won't accept my old product key. What now? [more inside]
posted by Cool Papa Bell on Aug 4, 2009 - 11 answers

new full length mirror has revealed that I'm showing a bit more of myself than intended in my dress clothes (with a recent switch to boxer shorts)--advice?? [more inside]
posted by midwestguy on Jul 30, 2009 - 29 answers

How to stay cool with a fellow coworker and encourage them to do a god job at same time? [more inside]
posted by furtive on Jul 24, 2009 - 12 answers

There's a monthly raffle at work for 5 parking spaces out back. There are about 30 people in my office. There's no limit to the amount of tickets you can buy. You can only win once. Otherwise, parking costs about $4 a day, or about $80 a month. Raffle proceeds go to charity. What's the optimal amount to spend on this? [more inside]
posted by boghead on Jul 24, 2009 - 19 answers

Help us get things electronic. My Dad has lot of forms (an example of one here) to fill out for his little electrician business. Lots of forms for each job. How can he fill them out on the computer, save it to a database and be able to print them out? [more inside]
posted by mooreeasyvibe on Jul 22, 2009 - 10 answers

Small Office/Outlook Filter: I'm part of a small, family-run non-profit organization and we're attempting to drag ourselves, screaming, into the 21st century. Right now the main email is AOL and has been for years. (I know, I know.) We want to transition to a setup that allows us to have our own emails, yet share calendars and tasks. With our setup, what advice can you give on our setup? (more inside) [more inside]
posted by damiano99 on Jul 21, 2009 - 9 answers

How can I make my office more comfortable so that I can take naps over lunch? [more inside]
posted by reenum on Jul 21, 2009 - 29 answers

Excel 2007 - How do I stop the scrolling function from jumping to the top/bottom of a cell? This happens using the mouse scroll wheel, when clicking the scroll wheel and moving the mouse (free scroll type of thing), and when using the scroll bars onscreen. [more inside]
posted by Merlin144 on Jul 18, 2009 - 3 answers

I have been watching the AMC series Mad Men (set in NYC office setting around 1960) and it made me wonder. Just how accurately does it portray the professional workplace of the period? (Ubiquitous smoking, drinking, degrading comments to women and overt flirting, etc.). In particular, was it ever considered normal to keep a stocked bar in every office/conference room? I realize things are exaggerated for TV and to contrast with today’s norms... but generally speaking was it really this bad back then? I guess I am looking for responses from those who are familiar with the TV show and worked in an office in this timeframe.
posted by punkfloyd on Jul 16, 2009 - 37 answers

Where can I buy one expensive office chair in Toronto? [more inside]
posted by jacquilynne on Jul 10, 2009 - 9 answers

What office accessories can you not live without? [more inside]
posted by 1f2frfbf on Jul 9, 2009 - 39 answers

Asking_for_friendFilter/ExcelFilter: I’ve built a pretty basic calculator in Excel to help people figure out how much to bill for partial months vs. full months. As you can guess, there's... [more inside]
posted by littlerobothead on Jul 8, 2009 - 2 answers

Where can I find good mulitplayer games to play in the office against co-workers? [more inside]
posted by jwfree on Jul 2, 2009 - 15 answers

A co-worker rants and raves constantly and I'm getting sick of it. What to do? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 30, 2009 - 22 answers

A coworker is testing for her black belt in taekwondo this weekend, and I'm looking for ideas of how we can celebrate her achievement at the office. [more inside]
posted by Balonious Assault on Jun 26, 2009 - 9 answers

An intern at work is dressing very inappropriately. Is there any way I can tell her nicely to tone it down? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 21, 2009 - 45 answers

Please help me remember these office humor videos where God was the boss who carried a staff and ducked responsibility.. [more inside]
posted by hypersloth on Jun 19, 2009 - 13 answers

How can I politely decline to buy stuff from a coworker who is constantly selling candles, Tupperware, etc? [more inside]
posted by ShadePlant on Jun 19, 2009 - 30 answers

Can I download only OpenOffice Writer? [more inside]
posted by ptsampras14 on Jun 18, 2009 - 4 answers

FaxFilter: Our fax line won't receive all the faxes all the time, only some of the faxes some of the time - and even then not with any consistency. Google-fu (and even bing-fu) are failing me. Of course, there's [more inside]
posted by sio42 on Jun 17, 2009 - 8 answers

Help me light my office better! (constraints inside) [more inside]
posted by altolinguistic on Jun 17, 2009 - 5 answers

Innovative Workspaces: What works and what doesn't? [more inside]
posted by degrees_of_freedom on Jun 16, 2009 - 20 answers

How do I keep coworker friends from taking breaks by chatting with me in my office? [more inside]
posted by pizzazz on Jun 12, 2009 - 30 answers

I'm working part time at two jobs right now - they worked together to hire me so that I could have enough income until Company A can hire my full time. Too bad I want to stay with Company B. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 9, 2009 - 5 answers