You have no idea how hard it was to come up with title for this post! Anyway…
As a home schooling mom, I find myself making lots of copies. Nothing will throw my homeschool day off more than when we don’t have the copies we need for something or are spending time finding where a certain document is on the computer.
Recently I found a simple solution that has been working beautifully for keeping me aware of my last copy, and reminding me not to write on it before I realize it is my last copy!
Take a yellow highlighter and draw a big ‘x’ on your final copy. You can run this through any copier and it will not pick up the highlighter! Not only do I remind myself it is my last copy, I also have the master on hand to copy from without digging around trying to find it.
So simple, but it certainly works for me!
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Are you kidding me? I never knew this! Glad I happened upon you via Thirsty Thursdays.
I came to your site from Lizzie’s. Yes, I just learned this trick a few years ago when I went back to teaching. It’s great! Actually, I used the highlighter to make my copy the answer key. You can copy it, and the answers don’t show.
I did this same thing when I was teaching, it’s also a great way to make a note of how many copies you need.
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I do this, too. I’m a teacher and the original seems to get used before you know it. I write original on mine so even the students know what it is and not to use it.
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Yes, yes!!! I modeled mine after yours! I love it!!! Thank you soooooo much!!! Have a blessed day, Stephanie!
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Jennifer
Great tip! I will definitely have to remember that with all the school papers.
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