Tip 9 Indexing A Notebook

When you get a new notebook put the date on the front and an indication of the contents such as 'Summer Holiday in Italy August 2000' or 'Marketing Conference in Shanghai 2005' or 'Homework for GCSE English' or 'My poems'. Write your name address and phone number on the inside cover. Write the numbers 1 3 5 and so on on the top right hand corner of the pages throughout the book.

Save the front two pages for contents writing the heading CONTENTS. Write down page numbers in a column.

Save the back two pages for an index. Mark a column to add page numbers later.

Rule margins if you don't already have margins. When possible buy a notebook which already has printed margins.

Store notebooks in a shoebox labelled with the year and the contents of the notebooks. Number the shoeboxes so you can keep them in order.