JC
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| posted on 29/6/21 at 07:39 AM |
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4 Prong binder
Hi all - I'm sure someone will know what I'm talking about - I just can't work out what to google!
I need a binder for an A4 document with 4 holes. The ones I want are hard card / board and have 4 straight prongs. 2 are attached to the binder and
2 come off attached a flat strip when you push a release on the end of the strip - leaving the loose sheets held in place by the 2 prongs attached to
the binder........
The result is a thick document that is held square in the binder.
HELP!!!
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sheepish0001
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| posted on 29/6/21 at 08:16 AM |
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Is this just a 4 ring binder?
https://www.consortiumeducation.com/a4-4-ring-65mm-presentation-ring-binder?gclid=CjwKCAjwieuGBhAsEiwA1Ly_nY4IjX1k6atN0j5IsZup_7VOMFq5rLv9gteqMic6u9v8
OCiF3AsgURoC9rEQAvD_BwE
Something like that?
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Toys2
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| posted on 29/6/21 at 08:19 AM |
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I think that they call them Lever Arch Files, but I can't find a 4 hole version, just the ring binder type as shown above
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JC
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| posted on 29/6/21 at 08:23 AM |
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What I'm looking for is like this.... but in a folder!
https://www.printfinishingsuperstore.co.uk/gbc-velobind-a4-binding-strip-spines-navy-blue-75mm--s1-12-prong---9741003tn-4682-p.asp
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nick205
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| posted on 29/6/21 at 08:38 AM |
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You may have specific reasons for wanting/needing to file paper documents. For me at home and at work I do my level best to avoid this and store/view
documents eletronically.
Wherever possible I save my own documents to my personal cloud (web viewable) and work documents to my work cloud (web viewable). I then use phone,
tablet or if necessary laptop to view the documents. I also have a Google Drive account which allows me to store a few documents to take with me and
view off line as and when I need to.
Work asked why I was chucking out x 4 drawer filing cabinets a while back. When I told them all the docs were stored on the servers/cloud and the
filing cabinets were empty I was given a hand to shift them.
In summary - get paperless!
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James
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| posted on 29/6/21 at 09:05 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
In summary - get paperless!
Haha! I wish it was that easy!
In my office they recently forced us to a cloud-based computer. This included taking away Outlook and forcing us to use a slow and under-developed web
tool on a Domino server. The new one can't view your old .pst. Also, unless you specifically archive e-mail it is deleted after 60 days. The
archiving process is so cumbersome it takes ages to save individual e-mail (each of which have to be assigned a retention period) so you just dump the
entire inbox into the archive- without deleting the spam. So many people print everything out!
As for normal files- these also get deleted unless individually assigned a retention period. For longer than 5 years you have to get managerial
approval to save it. As a result- people print everything!
My colleague in Facilities has just been told to produce 3 years of taxi expenses for the company. Fortunately he has a 5' tall stack of paper
he can go through and scan in! 
Sheers madness!!!
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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adampage
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| posted on 29/6/21 at 10:01 AM |
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Would this work?
Not quite the same but i used to use these at work for binding documents but within a cardboard file....
https://www.paperstone.co.uk/filing-archiving/manilla-folders-files/transfer-spring-files/q-connect-transfer-pocket-files-300gsm-foolscap-green-pack-o
f-25/p-75072?p1=CcSVYDqpBUY1&gclid=CjwKCAjwieuGBhAsEiwA1Ly_nW1de87oeUVlHLob1EmqcI2nnLEJ0QNX-icWMFyFzxEOTiHr5-sBYBoCb78QAvD_BwE
Good luck!
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JC
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| posted on 29/6/21 at 10:04 AM |
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@nick - its to store the pages for an aircraft technical log - for a lot of complex reasons we aren't approved paperless on it yet 
@Adam - the link is broken but thanks - I'll use that to look!
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nick205
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| posted on 29/6/21 at 10:49 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JC
@nick - its to store the pages for an aircraft technical log - for a lot of complex reasons we aren't approved paperless on it yet
Understood - every situation is different and has reasons behind it.
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nick205
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| posted on 29/6/21 at 10:54 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by James
quote:
Originally posted by nick205
In summary - get paperless!
Haha! I wish it was that easy!
In my office they recently forced us to a cloud-based computer. This included taking away Outlook and forcing us to use a slow and under-developed web
tool on a Domino server. The new one can't view your old .pst. Also, unless you specifically archive e-mail it is deleted after 60 days. The
archiving process is so cumbersome it takes ages to save individual e-mail (each of which have to be assigned a retention period) so you just dump the
entire inbox into the archive- without deleting the spam. So many people print everything out!
As for normal files- these also get deleted unless individually assigned a retention period. For longer than 5 years you have to get managerial
approval to save it. As a result- people print everything!
My colleague in Facilities has just been told to produce 3 years of taxi expenses for the company. Fortunately he has a 5' tall stack of paper
he can go through and scan in!
Sheers madness!!!
At work we moved a couple of years ago from in-house Microsoft Outlook on an in-house server to Outlook 365 (Microsoft cloud based) email. No issues
so far with email archiving etc. It may be that Microsoft have it sorted to work as people want/need it to work.
We did get bombarbed with Microsoft adverts trying to persuade us to switch to full Windows and Office 365, but they've given up with that now.
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SteveWalker
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| posted on 29/6/21 at 11:55 AM |
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Another option is to print to pdf and save the pdfs somewhere safe.
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adampage
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| posted on 30/6/21 at 01:23 PM |
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Sorry, my link broke...
Try this one:
https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/guildhall-transfer-spiral-pocket-file-315gsm-foolscap-mauve-25-pack-34/5016196253392.html
Or google for "foolscap transfer pocket file" or "spiral pocket file" seems to do the trick, hope it works!
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geoff shep
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| posted on 30/6/21 at 04:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JC
Hi all - I'm sure someone will know what I'm talking about - I just can't work out what to google!
I know what you mean - but I have no idea what they are called! Tried searching for everything but no joy - like this (ish):
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JC
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| posted on 1/7/21 at 10:44 AM |
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Thats exactly what I mean!
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geoff shep
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| posted on 1/7/21 at 01:17 PM |
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The hours I spent doing amendments to documents secured like that!
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