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September 7, 2001

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Taming the Wild File Folder

The main problem with file folders is that they don't want to stand up if they have more than a few pieces of paper in them. It would be bad enough if the folders merely wanted to lean neatly against their fellow folders. But they don't.

They want to curl, along with their contents. And that doesn't work well if you are trying to pull out folders to put new things into them. It works even less well if you're trying to put a filled folder back into its place, between other curled folders. This problem has been the bane of many an office since the earliest days of keeping similar information on pieces of paper collected as files.

So some true genius of office supplies invented pockets. They have saved more than one set of files from certain spillage onto the nearest floor. And I'm very fond of using them. Pockets, for the uninitiated, are basically two pieces of extremely heavy paper that are attached to each other with pleated gussets on their sides and bottom. The top is left open. Multiple file folders will fit into each pocket. They come in different sizes, and if the content starts to outgrow the pocket, it's really easy to move up to the next size.

Pockets are good at standing upright on a shelf, or in a file drawer. Pockets convince their content to stay upright. That makes the individual folders inside the pockets much easier to locate and to work with. Which makes the person working with them have an easier time of it.

Tamed file folders are a wonderful thing.

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