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ORGANIZING PRODUCT MANUALS {PAPER DECLUTTER CHALLENGE WEEK 7}

ORGANIZING PRODUCT MANUALS {PAPER DECLUTTER CHALLENGE WEEK 7}

Welcome to Week 7 of the Summer Shred Challenge! This week, we’re organizing product manuals.  If you are just discovering the challenge, feel free to begin with this week’s paper declutter assignment and complete new challenge assignments through week 13. You can then go back and tackle the assignments that you’ve missed.

This week, it’s all about product manuals and warranty paperwork.

Organizing product Manuals with the Summer Shred Paper Declutter Challenge @ RefinedRoomsLLC.com

Although product manuals are a type reference paper, I do not recommend storing them with your other long-term reference papers, since they generally create a lot of bulk within your filing system. Instead, I recommend one of two storage methods.

Method 1: Create a Manual/Warranty Binder

If you prefer to keep your manuals in paper format, I recommend creating one or more binders to store your manuals. Here’s a tutorial that walks you through the process of creating your binders.

Organizing product manuals and warranties @ refinedroomsllc.com

You can choose to group manuals into general categories to facilitate retrieval, or you can simply fill a binder pocket with as many manuals that will fit, then begin filling the next binder pocket. Depending on how often you find yourself having to access a manual/warranty, you may determine that categorizing your manuals constitutes over-organizing.

My philosophy regarding organizing is that we should always be striving for “organized enough”. So if you rarely if ever go hunting for product manuals/warranties in your home, then having them all centralized in one storage container is likely organized enough!

Method 2: Store Manuals Digitally

If you’re open to paperless solutions, then product manuals are a great place to start! Most companies offer PDF versions of their product manuals online. In addition, there are several online “libraries” where you can search for PDF versions of product manuals. Two of the most popular ones include Manualslib.com:

 

Organizing product Manuals by utilizing ManualsLib to find digital versions

 

Also, check out ManualsOnline.com:

Organizing Product Manuals by using Manuals Online to locate digital versions

You can easily locate manuals for just about any product category, including: large appliances, electronics, power tools, lawn & garden equipment, sports, equipment, etc.

If you choose this method, create a folder on your computer to store digital product manuals (or create a notebook for them in Evernote, if you’re an Evernote user). Scan your warranty information (if it’s contained on a separate piece of paper), and keep the digital versions in the same location as the manuals. Be sure to use a consistent naming convention so that you can easily pair the warranty and the manual for any given item.

Regardless of the method you use to store your manuals, you will need to schedule a yearly maintenance appointment to weed out manuals/warranties for products that you no longer own.

If you have not yet read the overview of the challenge, do that first before proceeding to this week’s assignment.

Your Assignment for Week 7: Organizing Product Manuals

1. Gather all product manuals/warranties into a central location

2. Purge manuals/warranties for products you no longer own

3. Determine whether you will store your manuals in paper or digital format

4. If storing in paper format, create one or more binders (refer to this tutorial for instructions)

5. If storing in digital format, locate each manual online (searching product manufacturer’s website, and various online manual libraries), download & store in a designated folder on your computer

6. Create a recurring annual appointment on your calendar to declutter your manual /warranty binder or digital folder.

 

Share your challenges and successes with this assignment by returning to this post and leaving a comment below.

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This post is part of the 13-Week Summer Shred Paper Declutter Challenge

Summer Shred Paper Declutter Challange

Just discovered the Challenge? I invite you to read the Challenge Overview post first. You can then begin to work your way through the weekly Challenge assignments below:

Week 1:  Mail
Week 2:  Handy Reference
Week 3:  Long-Term Reference
Week 4:  School Papers
Week 5:  Kids’ Art
Week 6:  Memorabilia
Week 7:  Product Manuals & Warranties
Week 8: Catalogs & Magazines
Week 9: Receipts
Week 10: Business Cards
Week 11: Lists & Notes
Week 12: Recipes
Week 13: Coupons

~ Happy paper decluttering!

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