The notebook

A useful place to look.

Browse by subject, or find a note about the task in front of you.

Choose a rug with an office chair in mind

Think about the chair's travel and the rug's edges before choosing color or pattern.

Build a consistent lighting arrangement around the work instead of trying to make one lamp imitate a window.

A small boundary can keep lunch and loose documents from competing for the same surface.

A narrow service gap and reachable connections make routine cleaning less disruptive.

A useful room survey records openings, obstructions and usable movement, as well as wall lengths.

The useful comparison begins with a week's documents and the gaps between print jobs, not a technology label.

An automatic feeder earns its space when it removes repeated handling of suitable loose pages.

Confirm whether both sides print automatically, which paper is supported and how the finished pages turn.

A compact case can need a generous patch of furniture once the trays, paper and cables are in use.