Whether you're new to Microsoft Office or a seasoned pro who wants to brush up on some knowledge, these 20-30 minute online Microsoft courses are perfect. Discover the basics of Microsoft Word 2007, get up to speed with the 2007 Office system, or learn useful Office 2007 keyboard shortcuts or how to create a chart in Excel 2007. All essential knowledge for PAs and secretaries! Take a look too at our Microsoft Demos page, where a number of short animated demos take you through the latest innovations of Office 2007.

DeskDemon has teamed up with Travelodge to offer one lucky person the prize of a two-night stay in a Travelodge hotel of their choice. Simply answer this short survey on travelling for work for your chance to win a fantastic weekend break. Travelodge have 318 hotels to choose from in cities and towns around the UK, so just take a moment to fill in this survey to be in with a shot of winning this memorable experience.

Our Microsoft Office 2007 competition continues. Even if you've entered previously, there's no reason not to enter again - this could be your lucky month! All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning a laptop and two copies of Microsoft Office 2007 is watch this informative animated demo about the innovative features of Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 (turning up the sound on your computer), choose your answer to a simple question about what you see, and complete your details and hit submit. It's that easy!

We have just introduced a new feature on DeskDemon, our own resident Agony Uncle! Paul Pennant is a former PA who set up his own training company, Today's PA, in 2005. Since then he has developed an impressive client list that includes many top global companies. He is here to help you with your work-related problems and offer advice on any areas of your work in which you're having trouble. To ask Paul a question, simply complete the form then check back later to read Paul's response.

We are always looking for ways to improve what we do, and who better to ask for advice than you, our users. Let us know in this quick survey how well you think we are catering to your needs - what you love about the site and community and what we could be doing better - and two lucky winners will each receive a 1GB MP3 player. Simply fill in the survey to be entered in the draw. Your help will aid us in improving our service for you and ensure that we focus on those areas you most want us to.

It's not long now until the final of the Management Support Fellowship Award 2007. The glittering awards ceremony in which we announce the overall annual winner is to be held in June. The winner will become an overnight celebrity and take home a staggering £10,000 in cash and receive six months of executive PA performance coaching as well as a host of other prizes. The nominator, too, will be presented with £2,500. If you know of someone who you think is outstanding in their job then get involved and nominate them. Plus, take a look at the current contenders - including February's winner Lynne Hawkins, a PA at Wessex Water, who was nominated by Victoria Budds of Somervale School - and start voting!

Microsoft Office How Tos give you an in-depth look at a variety of areas in Microsoft Office 2007. With step-by-step advice on such areas as creating formulas in Microsoft Office Excel 2007, creating and including a signature in outgoing messages in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and adding a movie in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, these How Tos are a perfect way of quickly and efficiently brushing up on your knowledge.

This article by top trainer and new DeskDemon Agony Uncle Paul Pennant explains why the minute taker is one of the most important people in any meeting. Without them, however good a meeting was, all the actionable points would be lost into the ether. Paul outlines the key areas, including preparation and research, to develop if you're to be a top minute taker.

DeskDemon continues to collect and collate the smiles of office professionals around the land. Please help us add to our happy galleries of smiling faces that's brightening up people's day. Capture your smile or the smile of a colleague and simply upload it on the Put on a Happy Face page or send it to us via e-mail atsmilesuk@deskdemon.com. Let your smile work its magic across the DeskDemon community!

Meetings are notorious for bringing out the worst behaviour in some people. Mobile phones ringing, being late, acting aggressively: all serve to limit the value of meetings. Could you be, albeit unintentionally, disrupting a meeting? Discover the key points of meeting etiquette and how you can ensure that everyone is working together to get the most out of the meeting - that is, sharing information and making good decisions.