The notebook

A useful place to look.

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

Look beyond resolution when choosing a webcam

Framing, focus and the room's light often decide whether a call looks clear long before the maximum pixel count does.

Decide who needs to hear the call and what everyone else in the room will hear along with it.

Measure printing, scanning and routine access separately; the closed cabinet dimensions cover only one of them.

A thicker sheet can feel better in the hand and still be the wrong choice for the printer.

A document can look right on screen and lose its last line when it reaches a different sheet size.

The last sheets in a ream should feed as cleanly as the first.

Choose the envelope after assembling the pages, inserts and anything that must travel with them.

The sheet size and layout matter, but the printing technology comes first.

A label that stays on a cardboard box may peel from a curved plastic container.