Still, after she noticed one home-based employee's output lagging for several months, the program enabled her to see that the employee was spending a lot of time writing Word documents, something not required for her job.

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It helped to protect original documents from corruption, providing a more solid foundation for the writing of history.

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Be sure to put everything in writing and save a copy of all letters and supporting documents for your records.

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