tickler file, file, data file

A tickler file is a file set up to remind the user of matters that must be attended to at appropriate times. There is no set number. The number depends on the number of files that office has in the category of time sensitive material.

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Tickler file?

A tickler file is a collection of data labeled file organised in a way that allows item sensitive documents to be filed according to the future data on which each document needs action.

Documents within a tickler file can be>to do lists, pending bills, unpaid invoices, travel tickets, hotel reservations, meeting information, call back notes and follow up reminders.

The tickler file is often used in newsrooms by editing, journalists, reporters, sales representatives and professional offices in medicine, law, government, and accounting.