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The Concept of a Digital Toolbox – Part 8<\/span><\/h2>\n

How does your family deal with storing all its paperwork?<\/span><\/p>\n

Tell me you\u2019re not filing it all away in file cabinets or drawers or trashing it. Not being able to put your hands on these items is a scary thought. If you have a broken system for storing your documents and paperwork, it\u2019s almost as bad as not having a system at all.  What\u2019s even worse is knowing that you have it and can\u2019t put your hands on it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"The end to filing cabinets, file folders, and binders<\/b>
\n<\/span>I say it\u2019s the end, but not really.  It\u2019s the end to physical ones: filing cabinets, file folders, and binders.  Filing cabinets were a big thing just prior to Y2K (2000). Physical filing that is.  Now we have the ability to digitally file the items we once physically filed away. This is very important to me (us).  As I\u2019ve said before, I don\u2019t like to discard anything. If I have it then I could possibly need it again one day. I\u2019m that person who will throw nothing away.  Not a single piece of paper that might be important or remotely needed at some time past, present or future. The challenge we faced was I used to keep these items in filing cabinets.  As the years passed, year 1, year 2, year 3, and so forth, the filing folders get filled and there\u2019s no more room. Then there are the files that don\u2019t have a folder designated and there are no extra folders at your disposal.  Paper begins to pile and stack again.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Well digital filing has resolved the majority of this.  In fact, I can\u2019t imagine how we managed without the digital storage tool we use today.  Our solution is a product by Microsoft that\u2019s a hidden gem. It should be the number one tool in their productivity software package.  I rank it above MS Word and even my beloved Excel. MS OneNote is my most used tool in the MS Office Suite. Now I\u2019d like a share a little bit with you on how we use it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The uses of a digital filing cabinet<\/strong>
\nLet\u2019s take a quick peek inside the world we\u2019ve created using MS OneNote.<\/span><\/p>\n