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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Where Microsoft stands to loose the most ground is not with the consumers of today but with younger generations using iPads instead of laptops and writing notes via social networking sites instead of Word documents.

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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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Instead, the FTC recommends writing a letter and sending it and copies of supporting documents via certified mail to the credit bureau.

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The writing is crisp and the research meticulous, drawing on reams of documents made publicly available by congressional committees and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.

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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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They require the banks to acknowledge in writing a refinancing application within three business days, notify the borrower of any missing documents within five days and make a decision on a complete application within 30 days.

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The same, to a lesser degree, is true of documents that have more than one author, and therefore more than one writing style.

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