Filing during isolation
Isolation time is a wonderful opportunity to catch up on business filing. However I soon discovered that the neat labelling I had added to the tops of the suspension files caught on the inside of the filing cabinet making it very difficult to close, and then re-open the filing drawer.
I checked Google to find any tips on how to get around this problem but found nothing.
This morning I looked carefully at the drawers and I’m embarrassed to say that the solution was so obvious a child could have fixed it. However, if, like me, you have this problem here is how you adjust your filing cabinet so that the files fit without catching on the cabinet surround. The solution is to adjust the height of the two suspender rails in each filing cabinet drawer.
These are the Rexel suspended files I use. As you can see in the picture, the file labels project above the top of the files
The vertical rear post for the suspender rail can now be pulled upwards and clear of the slots it fits behind
First open the drawer fully by gently pulling open the drawer stop tabs - one on each side of the drawer. MIND FINGERS
With the rear post out, you can move the front rail support to the lower position and also change the rear rail support to the lower hole.
When both are in the lower position, replace the rear post in its slot and slide the drawer back over the stop tabs.
Now your drawers will slide in and out without the file labels catching on the inside of the cabinet. Isn’t life wonderful.