chattycat89 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Hi everyone! I've spent the last few days further sorting the larger folders in my pretty large supply stash & am down to my last category...Word Art. So far, I've sorted it into pretty generic individual holidays, birthdays, etc. (as in 'if-Hallmark-makes-a-card-for-it-I've-made-a-folder-for-it') but my stash of words & quotes is still ginormous & takes forever to scroll through so I'm looking for some suggestions or ideas on how to further sort all those individual words & inspirational quotes & such. Other than maybe separating them into "single word" and "multiple words" folders, I'm at a loss how to break these up so if anyone has a system they find helpful, I'd LOVE to hear it. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AggieB Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 I don't know what you can do. One thing I have found helpful is to do a search on a word, like valentine. But sounds like you are taking care of that with your folders. Hmm, I'll keep an eye on this spot. Maybe someone has a wonderful system they will share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenrou Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I would also do a word search, but I don't know what program you are using to organize. I still use Picasso, although it isn't supported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Showers Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I used to try to organize my word art. I still have folders with those attempts in them, but I just use a big word art folder and search in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishrose Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I sorted mine alphabetically with a folder for each letter and additional folders for "love" related words or "time" related words. I use Picassa now and those folders are largely redundant as I can search for any word I want and if I have it, Picassa will find it in my stash. HTH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chattycat89 Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 I sorted mine alphabetically with a folder for each letter and additional folders for "love" related words or "time" related words. I use Picassa now and those folders are largely redundant as I can search for any word I want and if I have it, Picassa will find it in my stash. HTH. So does Picassa search the actual text or just the file name? While sorting, I've found so many things I forgot I had & because it takes so long to scroll & preview the entire folder (I just search in the Windows file explorer when I'm looking for something) I never get to the bottom and I know I've searched a word (again, in file explorer) and had nothing come up because it only searches file names. Making more subfolders for each holiday & common themes (camping, school, etc.) definitely helped reduce the size already but I'm an organizing freak & actually enjoy sorting so it's hard for me to stop. Haha! In any case, refining my sorting of supplies has shown me 1) I need to randomly go through my files more often to remember all the cool stuff I've already got and 2) *gasp!* It may even be beneficial to maybe lay off the purchasing for a bit since I've got so much I've never even used! LOL! Thanks, everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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