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September 5, 2017
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Has anyone ever had a paper free office?

  • September 5, 2017
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Since the late 60's, people have been talking about how computers will enable us to have a paper free office.

Am I in a minority in never being able to realise this utopian dream?

No matter how i try i always find myself, making notes, (in notebooks) drawing sketches of layouts, (in sketch books) and prefering printed reference books to their e-reader versions, (when i can find one with large enough text).

Does anyone else still prefer the old methods for ease of use, or have you found that dream of being paper free, (if so please tell me how it works!!!).

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    Pariah Burke
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    Pariah BurkeCommunity Expert
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    September 5, 2017

    I think paper-free is a naive hope. Individuals and even some small business in certain industries might be able to go paper-free internally, but clients, vendors, governments, and the rest of the world simply aren't going to be paper-free any time in the foreseeable future. I am happy that we have to deal with far less paper as time goes on, with most of the superfluous hardcopy content being moved toward digital delivery and storage, but paper is still far too common and important for many things.

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      SJRiegel
      Legend
      September 6, 2017

      We have a growing bank of more than a dozen file cabinets to hold printed backup and physical sign-offs for every piece of packaging, labeling and instructions for the several thousand products that the company I work for produces and packages. I can't see any of that going away.

        Nancy OShea
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        Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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        September 5, 2017

        Paper free doesn't exist in my world.

        If you've ever dealt with real property transactions or legal matters, the mountain of paper is endless.   Everything I'm doing right now with my mother's estate has to be executed with tangible documents, original signatures, snail mail and/or private messenger service.   I honestly don't see RE or Courts in my State changing over to pure digital anytime soon.

        Nancy

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