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Thursday, 1 December 2011

A5 business setup and tabs

I'm working in Bermuda this week and next, providing consultancy for an organisation here. That means my  A5 Kensington was dusted off last week and filled with my consulting tools and papers relevant to this client.


I'm particularly happy with the new tabs I made. These are plain 160 gsm card, cut down from A4 to 2 A5 pieces, punched with a tab added at the side. Each of those tabs starts off looking like this in MS PowerPoint:
Then I cut them out, apply glue, fold them over so the tab part sticks to itself and the large rectangles attach to the front and back of the cut card. When the glue is dry, I wrap a piece of adhesive plastic film around the whole thing and trim with a craft knife. Here's a closeup of the finished tab:


I like the way these tabs look. They make a great impression on the client too.
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33 comments:

  1. LJ2 December 2011 at 19:28

    Loving those tabs - really well done!!! May have to steak that method when I finally get round to doing mine. :o)

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  2. Ray Blake2 December 2011 at 21:41

    Thanks. Let me know if you want me to email you the PPT template.

    Ray

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  3. LJ3 December 2011 at 06:30

    That would be great, my email address is lalexander@dek.com Thanks :-)

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  4. Lynne Dove3 December 2011 at 08:10

    Hi Ray,

    I also love these tabs - please could you email the template to lynnedove@aol.com

    Many thanks and kind regards,

    Lynne

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  5. Ray Blake3 December 2011 at 09:37

    Templates are on their way by email.

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  6. LJ3 December 2011 at 10:15

    Thanks Ray :o)

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  7. Anonymous3 December 2011 at 12:26

    They are nice.
    Could you send them to "nico . turner - 9o4i3fbb AT yopmail . com" (just remove the spaces between the quotes and replace AT by @).

    Thanks

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  8. Ray Blake3 December 2011 at 12:36

    On the way now.

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  9. Anonymous4 December 2011 at 09:24

    Ray, those tabs are *awesome* - some of the best, most professional I have ever seen. Great job! I'm rarely an A5 user (although constantly caught in the space-versus-bulk dilemma of A5 versus Personal size), but when in A5 mode (which is rarely) I use the 'professional' divider set-up from Filofax, as I find the plastic to be more hard-wearing than card. However, these are absolutely superb.....would it possible for you to email me the PowerPoint template please? davidpopely@googlemail.com. Many thanks!

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  10. Ray Blake4 December 2011 at 09:35

    On the way, David.

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  11. Alison Reeves4 December 2011 at 23:43

    Hi Ray - I love your tabs as well - any chance I could have the template as well please to alison@writetowin.co.uk Many thanks!

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  12. WellPlannedLife5 December 2011 at 00:12

    These are great tabs! Very professional looking.

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  13. Ray Blake5 December 2011 at 10:26

    You should have it now, Alison.

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  14. Derek Lennon6 December 2011 at 00:27

    Hi Ray
    Would you please email me the tabs. They are terrific. The best I have seen, even commerically.

    Derek.Lennon@churchie.com.au

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  15. Ray Blake6 December 2011 at 01:06

    Thanks, Derek. The template's on its way to you.

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  16. Mz. Inquisitive9 December 2011 at 13:22

    Hi Ray
    Please email me the tabs. They look very nice.

    tjordon3@gmail.com

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  17. Ray Blake9 December 2011 at 13:41

    On their way.

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  18. Graham18 December 2011 at 15:41

    And me too please Ray - graham@grcdi.nl

    Much obliged! And thanks for all the good ideas.

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  19. Ray Blake18 December 2011 at 22:48

    No prob. On the way now.

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  20. Anita21 June 2012 at 16:33

    Hi Ray, just catching up on some of your older posts & these are brilliant. Please could I have the template?
    info@anitalim.co.uk
    Thanks :)

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  21. Ray Blake21 June 2012 at 17:07

    Of course. On its way.

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  22. Anonymous13 July 2012 at 06:26

    Hi, would you mind sending me the PPT template for these tabs? My email is carroussella@gmail.com

    I just discovered your blog through Philofaxy and boy am I amazed at the online Filofax community (never knew it existed!). Thanks for all the templates and the helpful posts.. I'm having so much fun discovering it all!

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  23. Ray Blake13 July 2012 at 17:13

    Thanks for your comment. the template is on its way.

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  24. Unknown28 April 2013 at 06:43

    Wow Ray! If you still have the template, I would love a copy too! I will be getting my first filofax this week and would love to make some nice dividers like yours. Thanks. Email is bovers7@yahoo.com. Thanks again!

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  25. Ray Blake28 April 2013 at 08:53

    On its way.

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  26. milkachick7 May 2013 at 22:23

    Can I please have the template; imyourfirecracker@gmail.com

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  27. Ray Blake8 May 2013 at 18:04

    Sent

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  28. JasJan15 May 2013 at 14:17

    Just what I was looking for!! Please could you email to me
    Jenparker@hotmail.co.uk

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  29. Ray Blake15 May 2013 at 20:56

    On its way.

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  30. Arnstein31 July 2013 at 10:45

    I would also love to have a copy of the template. I use the Getting Things Done system by David Allen, and I have been on the lookout for something like this for some time. Great job!

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  31. Arnstein31 July 2013 at 10:47

    Forgot my email: arnie@arniebirk.com

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  32. Ray Blake31 July 2013 at 18:52

    On its way.

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  33. Unknown17 August 2021 at 10:08

    Hi Ray - any chance of emailing me the template for your awesome tabs? I am at jaypat512@gmail.com

    Thankyou
    Jay

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