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4.5
As usual, an excellent Avery product. As a professional as well as a student I am constantly in the process of organizing various items. I have never been disappointed with Avery products, and this is no exception. I have been purchasing these in various tab numbers for several years now and printing custom tabs on my laser printer. The templates available at the website make it exceptionally easy to produce professional -looking tabs. I guarantee you you won't be disappointed.I was putting together a new finder with very specific titles. This worked perfectly.I wanted to write my own section titles one at a time as needed without losing the inserted tabs. This type of indexing works perfect. They are already hole-punched too (bonus).I have purchased these prior at Office Depot. The quality is the same at a much lower price. They are worth purchasing.This is a really nice concept for a more "professional" presentation, but I agree with other reviewers who said that the dividers themselves are flimsy and cheap feeling. I would rather see this product cost a little more and have thicker paper dividers.The Avery online print system is relatively easy to use, though for some of us used to other software (Photoshop, Word, etc.) it takes a little bit more effort and thought to use. Still it worked well enough and the tabs were easy to apply.Inside the package are the dividers, one page of labels in rows, and one page of single sticker tabs. I found it a little odd that they didn't include another sheet of rows, but I think it might be so you can change just one tab at a time. It's nice that they make the product reusable, but the tabs aren't sturdy and black ink will show through the sticker placed on top. In other words, you could use them for a presentation once, and then reuse them for internal or personal use after that.Other than being flimsy, the only real problem I have is that it's a lot of steps. You'll have to really, really want typed dividers to use this system. For personal use, you'll just want to use a pen.The dividers themselves feel durable and sturdy. The tabs are reinforced. The only real downside I have seen is that the labels must all be printed at the same time (they don't recommend sticking the label sheet through the printer a second time. The package comes with 8 dividers, but 80 easy apply tabs and an additional sheet of vertical tabs that can be applied on their own.The templates are easy to use. I generally just use the online program. I really liked that this package also included a test/practice sheet on the back of the instructions that allow you to make sure you have everything aligned properly before you actually stick the sheet of labels through the printer.This would be ideal for people who already have several divider tabs that need to be labeled. We use these to keep our files organized in our binders at home. I like that the clear label blends in really well with the white tabs. It makes it easy to stay organized and have easy access to what we need!This is the best index maker if you just need a simple no frills index. I was given a set for free to test and review, but I have also purchased these in the past locally. My review reflects the current set and others I have used personally.Avery makes quality products and this is no exception. They provide online tools to help you print custom labels with your laser jet or ink jet printers. Some people do no like the online tools and prefer the old method of downloading templates into MS Word. I have had no trouble with the online tools. I just make sure to print a test page on regular paper before using the supplied labels.With this set, the labels are clear so that is give your index a professional look.The construction isn't the most sturdy (hence the 4 stars instead of 5) because it is just paper. The edge with the 3 hole punch is coated for reinforcement, but it will not hold up to rough use. For a business person this will be sufficient. For my son, and my students, the plastic would be recommended over the paper construction for longevity.In this set are 8 dividers, and 2 sheets of labels. One sheet is designed so that you can type in all your labels online, then lay the dividers flat, and peel the tabs off so they go on and align all at once. The other sheet is so you can print up individual labels. Avery provides a template, 11417, which is part of their website. You need an account to use it, but one thing I like is that it always allows me to save my projects and work, so if I need it, I can come back to it.The dividers themselves in this group are a bit thin. They are made of recycled paper and I managed to bend one taking it out of the pack getting help from a cat. That messed up my nice set a bit, but I was still able to get the labels on, it's just I had a gaping hole in the middle of my otherwise very professional looking notebook.I was really quite happy with the tabs, the template and printing of the tabs, but I felt like these dividers were lacking a bit. To me they are a bit thin, and the rings are only reinforced on one side. I don't see these lasting with a lot of very heavy use or page turning, but they do look professional and make a great presentation with the printed labels..
