Free For All Tuesday - No. 763

What questions or discussion points have you got for us today?

It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or a more experienced user of organisers, we want to hear your thoughts, questions, opinions etc.

We are here to answer your questions.

Make today the one day you post a comment or post a question. If you are commenting as 'Anonymous', please include your name in the text of your comment. 

It is Tuesday after all, so fire away with any questions and comments.

If you are commenting below, please include your first name at the end of the comment. Thank you. 

       

Dates for your diary - Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 September 2025

We are going to run some more 'Virtual Meet Ups'.

When? - Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September 2025 at the following time:

• Los Angeles 8:00 am, 
• Denver 9:00 am
• Dallas 10:00 am, 
• New York 11:00am, 
• London 4:00 pm 
• Paris 5:00 pm etc.  

Join in on both days if you wish. 

Do not worry if you aren't available at the start of the session each one lasts 1-2 hours, so pop up when you are available and say hello.

Where? - an on-line chat using Signal. with voice and video (if you wish). If you aren't already in our participants list you need to contact Philofaxy before you come on line on the day of the chat. You can do this at any time. Please try to ensure that your Signal user name is the same as your actual name this will greatly assist in us being able to add you to the group. 

 

Because of unwanted people we are no longer able to give out a join here link. 

What do I need? - just a micro-phone and some head phones(in ear phones work fine) and a free Signal account. Using headphones or earphone reduces 'echo' on the call. Video is optional, but a most of us will be on video as well.

Who - Serious organiser users only.  We are no longer able to allow just anyone to join these chats due to the disruption caused by fake profiles on previous chats. You also need to be known to us in some way or other before we will permit you to join the chat. 

If you need any assistance setting up Signal, please pop a comment in this post and I will try and help you get one line. Signal is free for computer to computer calls....

Hope to be chatting with you on Saturday 20 & Sunday 21September 2025.

 

Using the Philofaxy Diary Inserts with the current version of Office 365

In the time we have been producing the Diary Inserts, MS Office has gone through several versions. 

The videos we originally produced are largely out of date. It was therefore time for a big update especially with our reduced list of files. 

I've therefore done two videos, one using MacOS/Office 365 which is my system of choice and what I've been using for a number of years. The other using Windows 11/Office 365 which is one I'm not that familiar with and it did cause a few headaches to make the video!

Hopefully you will be able to understand better the various messages that pop up when opening newly downloaded files from Philofaxy. The messages are more prominent on Windows 11 compared to MacOS. 

Using our files with MacOS/Office 365:

 

Using our files with Windows11/Office 365:

If you still have any questions, please leave a comment below or email me. Details on our About page. 

Also if you want me to do any other similar videos just ask. 

Silent Sunday

 

Building a model and my personal Kensington

Web Finds - Saturday 13 September 2025

It is time to enjoy a few blog posts from around the internet, grab a drink and make yourself comfortable for our weekly round-up.

Here are some Philofaxy posts you might have missed this week:

1. Web Finds - Saturday 6 September 2025
2. Silent Sunday
3. Discovering Filofax - Szabolcs
4. Free For All Tuesday - No. 762
5. Video Web Finds - Wednesday 10 September 2025
6. Quiz - Identify The Filofax Model
7. Free for All Friday No. 879 by Nan

Here are the latest Filofax and other brand blog posts from around the Internet. Don't forget to leave a comment on the posts you enjoyed reading, all bloggers enjoy getting comments.

1. What sections are your Filofaxes split into? - Filofax
2. The Art of Planning: An Intro to the Franklin Planner System - FranklinPlanner Talk
3. Make Room for the Bold: New Finsbury Scarlet is Here - Filofax UK - BLOG
4. Resurrecting my old Filofax - Filofax
5. Anthracite bicolours - Blog | Gillio
6. PLOTTER TOKYO, Opens on September 23, 2025 - PLOTTER USA
7. Norfolk Patina - Filofax
8. Weekly spread using Martha Stewart Discbound Inserts and Zig Dot markers as highlighters - All About Planners
9. Vetiver … love it - Filofax
10. The Versatility of PLOTTER in Mini 5 Square Size  - PLOTTER USA
11. Holborn Personal Flipthrough - Filofax
12. The Mindset Shifts That Turn Overwhelm Into Alignment - Strange & Charmed
13. How Planning Your Goals Can Boost Your Mental Health & Motivation - The Fabulous Planner - News
14. Link Love: A Little Paper Love - The Well-Appointed Desk
15. Web Finds – 10 September 2025 - Travellers Notebook Times
16. Your blog post could appear here. Please let us know if you have a blog that features ring bound organisers.

• Please leave a comment on any of the blogs you enjoyed reading and mention that you saw their post mentioned on Philofaxy. Thank you
• We monitor over 400 blogs and sites, your Filofax/Organiser blog posts could appear in this list, just contact philofaxy at gmail dot com to be added to our monitoring list. 
• We can not guarantee people will read your posts, but we know there is a higher chance of people reading your posts and returning to read other posts if you make them interesting with pictures and good hints and tips. 
• Your Filofax/Organiser posts could appear in this list, just contact philofaxy at gmail dot com to be added to our monitoring list. 
• Consider joining our Facebook group - Filofax for Philofaxy fans
• Follow Philofaxy on Reddit
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Enjoy

       

Free for All Friday No. 879 by Nan

About a year and a half ago, Filofax introduced QR codes into some of its diary pages. Laurie wrote about it in Free for All Friday No. 803. 

I have yet to use a diary that has the QR codes printed on it. I'm not opposed to the use of QR codes in paper organizers: I use QR codes in my daily life and even create them for professional purposes. However, as Steve commented on Laurie's post, I think Filofax's QR codes work "in the wrong direction." I would rather use them to connect online information to my paper organizer than copy information from the paper to my phone. 

Have you used Filofax's QR codes? Do you love them or hate them? 

As always on Friday, feel free to discuss anything related to your ring-bound organizer!

Quiz - Identify The Filofax Model

 Can you identify the Filofax Models in the following photographs? 

Thank you to Dave Wright who is a regular participant in our monthly Signal Chats, for the photos and the idea for the post. 

There are no prizes for getting the right answer.... this time...

You can email me your answers (philofaxy at gmail dot com) or leave them in the comments below. 

We will publish the correct answers next week on Thursday. 

Thank you. 

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 10 September 2025

I hope you have had a good weekend.

Now it is time to enjoy a great collection of videos from around the internet.

Here are a selection of the latest Filofax videos for your enjoyment.

1. Episode 7: Mission Driven - Franklin Planner
2. Personal planner pages | Filofax Croc Chestnut - Mariane Cresp
3. Pocket plus rings .. take: 347… - Beverly Plan Life
4. Mail Time - more products from MeePlus - Flatability
5. Episode 7: Love for Others - Franklin Planner
6. New study planner unboxing | Academic Van Der Spek | Ariebea - Arie Bea
7. Van Der Spek Unboxing | How I Store My Inserts - Kathys Stationery Corner
8. September Setup in my VDS Janet Leather Brown Personal Wide Rings - Adi
9. Battle of the MeePlus SlimPad mini’s Introducing the New Mini reporter - Man v Stationery
10. MeePlus Slimpad Personal Rings Review - Earthy Sam
11. NEW Functional Planner Companion | 16mm SlimPad ft. MeePlus - Mariyea Monay
12. The Perfect Addition to My Planner System | MeePlus Narrow SlimPad & Some Cute Accessories - christa david
13. Monthly Reset | My August Recap & Strategy for September | A5 Filofax - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
14. I Asked AI What The Best Productivity Methods Are. The Results Were Surprising. - Carl Pullein
15. Filofax Personal Rings Refresh | Yumi Kitagishi x Filofax Ranger - christa david
16. 2026 Future Log A5 printable download for important dates and events - Mariane Cresp
17. You Look Happier - Franklin Planner
18. Unboxing my dream vintage filofax | Ariebea - Arie Bea
19. Plan With Me || Franklin Classic Beautiful Life Binder || Sep 8 - 14, 2025 - Sandra Dahl
20. Planner Chat: Hobonichi Haul, Personal Rings Flip Through, New Memory Keeper - Lisa
21. Back to Rings | Cozy Lifestyle Vlog (Coffee, Nails, Journaling) - Aligned Plans
22. Weekly Recap + Plan With Me | Sales, Goals & Planning for Success - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
23. 3 Productivity Systems You Need to take Massive Action! - Alexis aka MissTrenchcoat
24. Planner Flip /September 2025/Personal Gillio - Jennifer H
25. My personal Filofax Holborn setup - candicewrites
26. September Planners | Filofax Set-Up - Ashley Carlson
27. Fall Planner Refresh | Moving Into My Botanical Filofax  - Coffee & Stickers
28. one year in my pocket planner filofax thoughts & tips - Life with Hope
29. My Journal Ecosystem | Leuchtturm, VDS, Filofax, Moterm - Jada
30. New study planner unboxing | Academic Van Der Spek | Ariebea - Arie Bea
31. Filofax personal rings flip through - mrs Planahead
32. Filofax Personal life - planning & journaling in rings? current thoughts on Hobonichi 2026 - minimalish.journal
33. filofax personal setup ✿ starting a commonplace book ✿ decolonial fieldnotes ch. 1 - Tiny Tiger Co
34. Setting up Filofax pocket rings - Paper chasing pens & more
35. EDC Agenda Switch for September 2025 - Filofax Croc Personal Blue - GUY PLANS
36. Cutting My Hobonichi Weeks 2025 And Making It Into A Ring Planner - Kayastation
37. Your YouTube video could appear here. If you have a YT channel that features Filofax organisers or similar, please let us know. (steve at philofaxy dot com) Alternatively ensure your video contains 'Filofax' or 'Rings' in the title or description. 

• Please leave a comment on any of the videos you enjoyed and mention you saw a link on Philofaxy. 
• For tips on how to improve your videos, please see this post.  Also this video too Webfinds 
• Your Filofax/Organiser Videos could appear in this list, just contact philofaxy at gmail dot com to be added to our monitoring list. 
• Consider joining our Facebook group - Filofax for Philofaxy fans
• Follow Philofaxy on Reddit
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Enjoy

       

Free For All Tuesday - No. 762

What questions or discussion points have you got for us today?

It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or a more experienced user of organisers, we want to hear your thoughts, questions, opinions etc.

We are here to answer your questions.

Make today the one day you post a comment or post a question. If you are commenting as 'Anonymous', please include your name in the text of your comment. 

It is Tuesday after all, so fire away with any questions and comments.

If you are commenting below, please include your first name at the end of the comment. Thank you.