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Hanging Folders

Hello,

Hi everybody, I'm new to this forum.

According to GTD, Hanging folders are to be avoided, because they are much less efficient and hard to use than regular folders.

Can somebody please elaborate a little more on this? I can't really see why this would be the case.

-Sponge

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1) I can find things...

birwin;6860 wrote:
1) I can find things faster with hanging folders. With manila folders, I usually had to physically flip through the folders to find the one I was looking for. With hanging folders, I can just scan the tabs and pick out the folder I want.

Like you are already partially doing, The David suggests that if you really want to use hanging folders, that you can just put your manila folders in them.

But yeah, probably personal preference.

 
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