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If you are to remain consistent with the standards of your company in
Germany, wouldn't the size of the tabs and your docs also be an issue
since Europeans use A4 rather than 8.5" x 11"?
Leonard
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Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 9:57 AM
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Subject: special tabbed section dividers
Group,
A large portion of the tech dcs I produce are based on what is produiced
by my company's home office in Cologne, Germany.
Those 3-ring binders include 8-section tabbed dividers which run from
"0" thru "7". And there are miscellaneous references throughout the
binder to Section 0.
In the limited time I've been here -- as the company's first and only
tech writer in the U.S. as a contractor -- I've been asked to remain
consistent with the home office format for our books even in the U.S.
In looking for these European-style tabs, I found that they are
special-order merchandise; one vendor quoted me a price of $3.49 per set
(which includes a plate charge) and a job setup fee of $50, with a
minimum quantity of 500 sets.
I somehow don't think my supervisor will go for this, considering that
we're paying $2.33 per set for off-the-shelf 8-section tabbed dividers
in the standard 1-thru-7 format in boxes of 24 sets per box.
Is anybody on this list aware of off-the-shelf 8-section tabbed dividers
which run from "0" thru "7" at a more competitive price?
-- Kenpo in Atlanta
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