For the sake of upcoming Virtual Assistants I have compiled the list of must have software. Please note that you can obtain a lot of them at no cost.  So here goes:

• Microsoft Office (Including Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• Microsoft Outlook (Task management, email, calendar, contact management)
• Antivirus (Avast, Norton etc)
• Time Tracking Software (Timestamp)
• PDF Creator (Cutepdf)
• Web Design/ Publisher (Microsoft Frontpage)
• FTP Software (Smartftp)
• Instant Messenger (Skype)
• Adobe Reader
• LogMeIn (Remote Access)
• Gimp (Desktop Publishing)
• Evernote (Get organized)
• Express Scribe (Transcription)

There is a short list of the software that I use almost daily.

There is another point that I want to emphasize and that is the use of free email clients (gmail, hotmail, yahoo). Until you obtain your own domain name try using you the name given by your Internet Service Provider, for eg, tstt, cwjamaica, etc.

Thats it for now, comments and additions to the list are always welcome.

CRG

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