Paper Nanny

03/05/2013

25/04/2013

Tips on Effective Filing

You can spend hours of precious time searching for documents that you've filed away somewhere, because it's easy to forget where you put it – or even to forget that you have the document in the first place. So how can you go about simplifying your work? Get better at managing files.

Effective filing boils down to this: store the information in folders – by category, and in a sequence that makes sense to you.

Here are some tips to help manage your files:

• Avoid saving unnecessary documents;
• Follow a consistent method for naming your files and folders
• Store related documents together, whatever their type
• Separate ongoing work from completed work
• Avoid overfilling folders
• Make digital copies
• Organise documents by dates

Tip:
For any system to be useful and effective, it must also be convenient for you. To some extent, this depends on the nature of your business or the work that you do. So, although there's no "one size fits all" solution to file management, you will likely profit by using some of these file management tips, and by customizing them in a way that best serves your own needs.

Source – www.mindtools.com

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