{"id":14783,"date":"2011-08-30T11:58:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T18:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/?p=14783"},"modified":"2013-06-18T01:35:25","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T08:35:25","slug":"to-file-or-not-to-file-is-it-even-a-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/to-file-or-not-to-file-is-it-even-a-question\/","title":{"rendered":"To File Or Not To File, Is It Even A Question?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When dealing with papers around the house do you ever feel like this? I sure do, almost always&#8230;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14980\" title=\"Office Worker with Mountain of Paperwork\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/paperdesk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Filing papers is like doing laundry &#8211; there&#8217;s no end and you are never &#8216;done&#8217;. Even with so much going digital, there is always a mound of papers in my house hiding in various nooks and crannies. One day my husband and I took some time to consolidate the papers and see what we needed, what should be recycled, and what should be shredded. The &#8216;to be filed&#8217; papers are still sitting in box in our garage but at least we made a bit of room on our tables.<\/p>\n<p>We were just talking about how much easier it would be to scan in everything instead of keeping paper copies. After all, <a title=\"document review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/acrobatpro\/streamline-online-document-reviews.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">online document review<\/a> is so much easier to sort through, reference, and access when away from home. Nothing replaces that handy-dandy search tool!<\/p>\n<p>Another format that we&#8217;ve been using a lot more are PDF (Portable Document Format) files. They are easy to manipulate, keep all necessary fonts and images, and you can even\u00a0<a title=\"merge pdf files\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/acrobatpro\/combine-files-multiple-applications.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">merge PDF files<\/a>\u00a0for better organization. A few companies are starting to utilize this format more. For a couple of contracts that I recently signed, I was given a digital pdf copy. Now that&#8217;s a good idea! That way I have proof of the deal and can get to it any time I need it. If, for any reason, changes need to be made it only takes a click or two to\u00a0<a title=\"convert pdf to word\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/acrobatpro\/export-edit-pdf-files.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">convert PDF to word<\/a>, edit, then save it as a PDF again.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if all that is more work or less. 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