Hanging file folders offer a simple and efficient solution to store and organize letter-sized documents, projects and papers in a file cabinet, desk drawer, or rolling file cart.

Vivid colored hanging folders offer complete ease in organizing files in a smarter and much easier fashion, while at the same time eliminating a lot of misfiles. A file with a noticeable color difference makes it stick-out, and as a result - much easier to locate in a packed filing cabinet.

Letter-sized hanging folders offer exceptional tear and fold strength, with critical wear points often reinforced for that extra protection, and designed to hold up to 100 sheets of paper with ease – while a more sizable capacity is achievable in those file pockets with a 2 – 3.5-inch expansion area – ideal for restricting multiple folders to single space. Folders designed to manage a big load often come with a reinforced flat bottom.

Some of the popular manufactures of hanging file folders include –

• The series of Smead® hanging file folders offers multiple choices, with such choices as the Hanging Folder w/Dividers to offer a sub-division for documents to improve on accessibility and efficiency in tracing records, the 100% Recycled Hanging Folders to offer a eco-friendly option. The Colored Hanging Box Bottom Folders offer a 2-inch extension to assist in holding larger-sized manuals, catalogs, leaflets, etc, and the Hanging Folders with Pocket offer a safe place to secure items, which need to remain with its file.

• The series of Pendaflex® Hanging File Folders includes the SureHook™ Reinforced Hanging Folders for one of the strongest file folders in the market, the EarthWise® 100% Recycled Fiber Hanging Folders for an environmentally friendly option. The EasyView™ Hanging Folders with a translucent design to locate a document with ease, as well as accessories, such as tab inserts, file flags, insertable tabs, and folder frames and kits.

A 25/box of single colored (black, green or natural) or assorted colored (violet, pink, black, aqua, yellow, etc.) hanging file folders, with 1/5 cut tab and standard letter sized, retails in the region of $7.75 - $16.75.

Common features to an indispensable filing system of this nature includes color-matching plastic tags or replaceable tab inserts (these can be written on for ease in naming contents), crimped steel hanging rod for that extra strength and durability, and interior pockets to store business cards, photos, CD, etc.

Accessories to complement the vertical file folders consist of a space-saving and adjustable hanging file holder in choice of styles, sizes, and configurations to assist in organizing paperwork in most office set-ups. A wire framed fire holder is available in such materials as heavy-gauge steel, with side rails lengthening from 23 – 27-inches for a dependable and resilient construction.

All in all, a consistent or assorted color pack of standard-sized hanging file folders offers a perfect solution to make certain files stored up-right in a drawer filing system are easier to organize, store, and locate.