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Highlighting to Organize How You Use Your Useful Books

October 4, 2012 by Laura Blodgett 2 Comments

a few running and triathlon references
a few running and triathlon references

Some things I just don’t do often enough to have the pages memorized.  Like things I do once a year for putting up the harvest, or workout insights or sewing that I only need to refer to occasionally.  But it bugs me to have to scour the index again.  Or sometimes look through a list of possible pages to find the one I already KNOW I’m looking for.  Some of my reference books have so many pages dog-earred that they open like an accordion when I touch them.  So, I have tried to streamline my “re-research” time by highlighting pages in the index.

To make this most useful:

  • highlight the name or category of the item in the index
  • highlight the specific page or pages that you have found most useful
  • add pages to the index list that the editor didn’t anticipate should go under that item
  • make notes in the index next to pages
  • highlight the information on the page you will be turning to
  • use different colors for emphasis within a block of information

It’s the simple, easy to carry out, organizational steps that really help in life.  It’s not that I want to go around in a rush, but why waste time when you don’t have to. [hr]

make the index yours
make the index yours
make your information books more useful
make your information books more useful

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