Filofax

Filofax ™ is a registered trademark of schedule - Ring Binders ( Organiser ) from Filofax, Ltd.. In English-speaking countries Filofax is also used as a generic term for any schedule - ring binders.

History

Since 1921 have been by the British firm Norman & Hill, Ltd.. distributed scheduler in London - initially under the product name File of Facts, from which later the catchy acronym Filofax developed, which was registered as a trademark in 1930. The Filofax organizer based on the American system from the First World War and was first used in the British army, then in churches and universities and soon enjoyed even among journalists, doctors, lawyers and businessmen extremely popular. In 1976, the company was renamed Norman & Hill Filofax, Ltd..

Today, classic organizer and scheduling systems such as Filofax mostly by personal information manager (PIM ) replaced that enable electronic administration of address, contact and appointment data and usually are an integral part of Personal Digital Assistants ( PDA).

Formats

As is usual with other scheduling systems, Filofax widely used non-standard paper sizes ( both of the dimensions of the paper as well as the hole) with your own name. In addition, there are products for the standard paper sizes A4 and A5, the A5 format is supported with a standard and a separate hole.

Other schedule systems and manufacturers use the same or similar paper sizes with partly different names.

Deposits

The Filofax organizer system is characterized by a variety of sometimes highly specialized nature of deposits, which are also available in several paper versions. In addition to the different calendar variants by different division (one day on one side, a week on one side, one week on two pages) and paper blank ( fold- year view ) distinguished, there are also a large number of simple types of paper (not printed, plaid, lined, etc. ), address management, speaker notes, to- do lists, meeting notes, plastic sleeves for business cards, debit cards, maps, maps of public transport, pay envelopes, mirror, calculator, etc. for some time, it is also little information brochures Books and acquire An insert. In order to produce deposits itself, Filofax offers a suitable punch and a now outdated computer program for managing and printing of addresses.