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For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: Dennis S
Date: July 21, 2014 03:24PM
I need to pick one and stick with it. I can make a case for either way, but if there's a consensus and some good reasons for one or the other, I'll go that way.

Also, do you keep your tabs in a line or space them out?
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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: Speedy
Date: July 21, 2014 03:25PM
Back. Staggered.


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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: riley5108
Date: July 21, 2014 03:32PM
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Back. Staggered
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That's just the way I've always filed things.
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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: July 21, 2014 03:45PM
Staggered and on the back. The same way I am when drunk. smileys with beer
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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: DeusxMac
Date: July 21, 2014 03:50PM
Of course you can do it either way, but label on the back is the industry standard.

Notice how folders are shown on any folder manufactures' or sellers' web site; tabs alway in the rear.
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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: GuyGene
Date: July 21, 2014 04:05PM
smiley-score010agree smiley


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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: Dennis S
Date: July 21, 2014 04:11PM
Back it is, then. That's how I started, but somewhere along the line, I started using them in the front. I was clearing out some files last night and noticed I had them both ways.
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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: space-time
Date: July 21, 2014 04:26PM
it's all relative. reminds me of this

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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: mrlynn
Date: July 21, 2014 04:35PM
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Speedy
Back. Staggered.

Me too. But I use the 'staggering' for sub-topics. Primary topic on left, first sub-topic to the right, and others right of that.

S-T, against the wall is aesthetically pleasing. Over the top is not. old fogey smiley

(I actually remember that Ann Landers discussion, which went on for some time, from back in the '70s, I think, when we subscribed to The Providence Journal, which carried her column. Odd what we remember. . . )

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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: Dennis S
Date: July 21, 2014 05:05PM
"Me too. But I use the 'staggering' for sub-topics. Primary topic on left, first sub-topic to the right, and others right of that." - mrlynn

Good idea. I never thought of that.
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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: Chakravartin
Date: July 21, 2014 05:12PM
Back, because it's easier to drop stuff into the folder with one hand by pressing the pages against the tab and sliding down into the gap that creates.
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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: space-time
Date: July 21, 2014 05:26PM
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Back, because it's easier to drop stuff into the folder with one hand by pressing the pages against the tab and sliding down into the gap that creates.

Good explanation why you prefer that method, but I guess you can also do the opposite, if you put the tab in the font, slide the pages behind the tab and pull gentl to make a gap and slide the pages in.
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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: Chakravartin
Date: July 21, 2014 05:32PM
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Back, because it's easier to drop stuff into the folder with one hand by pressing the pages against the tab and sliding down into the gap that creates.

Good explanation why you prefer that method, but I guess you can also do the opposite, if you put the tab in the font, slide the pages behind the tab and pull gentl to make a gap and slide the pages in.

It's a more difficult angle to hit properly when you do it that way.

From the front, it's just a matter of dropping your wrist at a natural angle. It barely requires any force (unless your file-box is overstuffed).

From the rear, you have to first over-reach, then flex your wrist down and push. It's an odd enough angle that it can easily get painful after the first few repetitions.
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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: space-time
Date: July 21, 2014 05:41PM
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Back, because it's easier to drop stuff into the folder with one hand by pressing the pages against the tab and sliding down into the gap that creates.

Good explanation why you prefer that method, but I guess you can also do the opposite, if you put the tab in the font, slide the pages behind the tab and pull gentl to make a gap and slide the pages in.

It's a more difficult angle to hit properly when you do it that way.

From the front, it's just a matter of dropping your wrist at a natural angle. It barely requires any force (unless your file-box is overstuffed).

From the rear, you have to first over-reach, then flex your wrist down and push. It's an odd enough angle that it can easily get painful after the first few repetitions.

OK, you really know your stuff! LOL.

I also used tabs in the back, to me they just look better. I never thought about putting tabs on the front. I have never seen anyone put tabs in the front.
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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: mrlynn
Date: July 21, 2014 07:09PM
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I also used tabs in the back, to me they just look better. I never thought about putting tabs on the front. I have never seen anyone put tabs in the front.

I had a secretary once who started putting the tabs on the front. Fortunately, she didn't last long, as I had to go through and put them where they belonged.

I always file most recent first, in front. That's a whole 'nother discussion, of course.

/Mr Lynn
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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: CJsNvrUrly
Date: July 21, 2014 07:15PM
Front. Then I can see it, grab it, pull it forward and up, and slide it in.



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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: BernDog
Date: July 21, 2014 08:01PM
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Front. Then I can see it, grab it, pull it forward and up, and slide it in.

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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: bazookaman
Date: July 22, 2014 06:55AM
I put my tabs on the front of the folders with the contents inside oldest (front) to newest (back). So I guess I'm wrong on both counts.


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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: mrlynn
Date: July 22, 2014 09:20AM
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I put my tabs on the front of the folders with the contents inside oldest (front) to newest (back). So I guess I'm wrong on both counts.

LOL! There isn't any right or wrong. It's entirely a matter of personal preference, or—if you're employed—your boss's personal preference.

/Mr Lynn
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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: RAMd®d
Date: July 22, 2014 10:14AM
Of course you can do it either way, but label on the back is the industry standard.

This is true.

But I've always found Front, Staggered to be more convenient for me. In cases where files where fairly big, tabs all lined up on the right worked well.


Front. Then I can see it, grab it, pull it forward and up, and slide it in.

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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: davester
Date: July 22, 2014 11:16AM
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Front. Then I can see it, grab it, pull it forward and up, and slide it in.

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Re: For those who still file paper: Do your tabs go in the front or back?
Posted by: Speedy
Date: July 23, 2014 06:39AM
Mods, could we make this a sticky?

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Front. Then I can see it, grab it, pull it forward and up, and slide it in.


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