Training Material

Managing Your Database in The Paper Tiger Document Management and Filing System Software

This section describes the options on the File menu and how you use them to maintain your filing system database. To access a menu option, select File from the main toolbar. Then select the menu option.
Creating a New Database
You may wish to create a new database to keep files separate. For example, [...]

Selecting Action Dates in The Paper Tiger Document Management and Filing System Software

(Professional & Network Edition Only)
When you are entering new items into your Paper Tiger document management and filing system, you can select an action date for the item from the pop-up calendar. The Paper Tiger will then remind you of upcoming action dates by listing them in the Reminders List in the Browser window [...]

The Paper Tiger 4.1.24 has been released!

Here at The Paper Tiger HQ we have been hard at work making your experience with The Paper Tiger a more pleasurable one. We have a lot of great ideas coming! After much work, we are ready to release The Paper Tiger 4.1.24, which has many improvements, bug fixes, and compatibility with the new Windows [...]

Identify locations for your document management and filing system

Before you begin using The Paper Tiger document management software and filing system, you need to identify the locations of your physical files. Follow these three simple steps:

Establish an accessible location for your Action Files.
Establish a location for your Reference Files.
Place your In Box, Out Box, and To File Box close by.

Place your In [...]

Printing Report in The Paper Tiger

Setting Up Your Printer
You must set up your printer to work with The Paper Tiger document management software and filing system before you can print labels and reports.  Select Printer Setup from the File menu, then select the printer you wish to use.
Printing Reports
When you run a report, you have the option of previewing the [...]

To Toss or Not To Toss? … that is the question!

Are you trying to go paperless? How is your document management system working?
To help you determine which papers to toss, consider the following questions, then use The Paper Tiger to keep your filing organized so you can find it later:

Does this piece of paper require any action?
Is it recent enough to be useful?
Would it be [...]

The Paper Tiger – What Tools Are Needed to Get Started?

What Tools Are Needed to Get Started with your Document Management System?
• An “In Box” to place the paper you have not yet reviewed
• A place to put frequently used files – a desk drawer, a desktop file folder or nearby file drawer
• A place to put reference files – additional desk drawers or file [...]

Alphabetic Method

If You Prefer the Alphabet…
If you like the idea of using The Paper Tiger document management software, but find the concept of indexing or numbering your paper files impractical — or even frightening — fear not! You can use the filing system software and stay with the age-old alphabetic method of filing. You [...]

Location capacity

Make sure you always keep your physical files in sync with The Paper Tiger. When you increase the Capacity of a Location, print the corresponding number of new tabs or labels to match. Then go ahead and insert the tabs or labels into hanging folders and put in your filing cabinet so they will be [...]

Getting Started with The Paper Tiger

Welcome to The Paper Tiger document management system and filing software, the software designed to help you organize the paper in your life. You will find our approach to dealing with paper not only easier than anything you’ve done before, but also, we predict, life-changing! For a glimpse of what is in store [...]