Filing

It involves alphabetizing the files from A to Z

• Numerical filing

• Color coding

• Numerical filing

• Alphabetical filing

Arranging records alphabetically by names of topics or departments

• Chronological filing

• Numerical filing

• Subject filing

• Sorting

A filing system based on colors

• Alphabetic color-coding

• Subject filing

• Conditioning

• Color-coding

This system may use different colors of folders for each of the alphabet.

• Alphabetic color-coding

• Tickler file

• Subject filing

• Releasing

The filing of records, correspondence, or cards by number.

• Numerical filing

• Subject filing

• Numeric color coding

• Indexing

A filing system based on colors

• Alphabetic color coding

• Closed files

• Numeric color coding

• Color coding

A chronological file used as a reminder that something needs to be done on a certain date.

• Active file

• Closed file

• Inactive file

• Tickler file

Files that you use infrequently

• Active files

• Inactive files

• Closed files

• Open files

Arranging items to be filed in a sequence before going to the file cabinet or shelf.

• coding

• sorting

• indexing

• Releasing

Assigning essential pieces of information to numbered units.

• releasing

• sorting

• coding

• conditioning