Creative Changes Blog

The website changethemargins.com is calling for printer owners everywhere to take the simple step of, well, changing their margins from the current luxurious standard 1.25 inches to a the more modest .75 inches. It may sound like a small change, but if everyone in the nation did it, we’d save a little less than a Rhode Island’s worth of trees every year. Does tinkering with Word’s cumbersome preferences scare the fonts right out of you? Another goal of the site is to petition Microsoft to change the default margins on all its Office products.

Changing your margins in Microsoft Word:

Go to “File,” then “Page Setup.”

Once on “Page Setup,” click the “Default” key, and you’ll be offered “Do you want to change the default settings for the page set up? This change will affect all new documents based on the normal template.”

Set each margin to .75 and save an immense amount of paper.

While we are on the saving paper topic, let me just add my tip of the day:

Don't print your e-mails!

There may be the occasional need to print a receipt, or boarding pass, but most of the stuff people are printing out is just a big waste of paper, that does not get read.

OK, I am climbing down off my soap box now.

Until next time,

Sandra

I am talking about the Sarah Pinto 2009 Weekly Planners. The tagline alone is enough to make me want them since I am all about simple, stylish, (hmm, well sometimes) functional and green. My personal favorite is the zebra print.

For those of us who still like our pen and paper planners, this is a beautiful little option. Sarah has put a great deal of thought into every element of this planner.

• The size, 5" x 7" is not so small that you can't read it, but small enough to fit into most business sized purses.
  

• The cover designs are fun and colorful.

• They are made in San Francisco with soy-based inks and recycled paper.

• The layout of a week at a glance, with room to write in each day's square is my personal favorite.

• There is also a section with each month at a glance, which I think is perfect.

Sarah Pinto is a busy mom of two young boys with lots going on in her life to keep track of. She says of her organizational style "I am a non-Blackberry, visually-minded girl on the go!" Sarah is also a believer in supporting good causes because a portion of the proceeds from the sale of these lovely little planners goes to California Pacific Medical Center Pediatric Cardiology.

Visit Sarah's website for her full story and to order your Simple, Stylish, Functional and Green 2009 planner.



Until next time,

Sandra

Labels: 2009 calendars, 2009 planners, calendars, organizing tools, weekly planners