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Open up your binder or turn it all the way inside out when you want to pull out an existing spine label. Turn the binder inside out and upside down.Once you have both about halfway into the plastic, gently pull the cardstock out while you hold the label in place and then guide it the rest of the way down. Just insert it behind your label at the same time. You can also guide your label in with a piece of cardstock of the same size.The eraser may help “grab” your label to better push it in.
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Use something hard and sturdy to help hold open the spine plastic and help ease your label inside. Guide the label with a pencil or ruler.Take care not to over-stretch or tear the plastic on the spine by inserting a ruler that is too big or has very sharp corners.Note that this may not work for smaller binders that are only 1 inch wide or less, as a common ruler is typically wider than this.Move the ruler gently from side to side in the plastic if your binder is wider, making sure the whole pocket is open and unstuck.This will open up the pocket and unstick it from the binder, which may happen after some disuse. Take a thin ruler and slide it inside the plastic on the spine where your label will go. Use a ruler to lightly open the plastic.If you have an older binder and you are concerned about it cracking or breaking by turning it inside out, you can just open up the binder until it is flat, which will still create more room in the plastic than when it is closed.Standing it upright makes it so that gravity can assist in getting the label inside. Opening up your binder like this creates more space in the plastic covering for you to insert your label.Then stand the binder up so that the spine is vertical. Open up your binder and bend back the front and back covers until they are completely in the other direction. Turn the binder inside out and upright.Customize these however you wish for an easy way to create a typed label of exactly the right size. If you search for “binder” in the top right search bar of this window you will find several templates for binder inserts, which include spine labels for a variety of different sized binders. In Microsoft Word, select File > New From Template….Just note that any material that is still wet or is prone to smudging will get ruined when inserted into a binder. Use pens, pencils, markers, crayons, etc.Make sure you've already cut out or know the size of your label so you don’t create a design that is too large. Type up or write out any text and decoration you want on your binder spine label. Design a label by hand or on the computer.When printed, you can then cut it out exactly along the lines of the box.
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Check the manual or do a test run with thicker paper first. If you design your label on the computer, make sure the printer you use can print on heavier paper.This will make it much easier to insert into your binder than a thin piece of paper. Print or write your spine label on paper or cardstock that is sturdy.