Yes John there are file cabinets for legal size. Just look online at office depot or staples or in any office furniture catalog and you will find filing cabinets for legal wich are a bit wider than the regular ones.
Bill Potts may be referring to the so called side loading file cabinets. In these cabinets the folders are hanging perpendicular to the front surface unlike the classic ones where the folders are paralel to the front surface (door). The side loading cabinets are indeed designed to handle a wide variety ending up with legal. I even believe some have a slot for A4 hanging folders. In this case the manufacturer usually makes them *deep* enough to handle more sizes. I always prefer side loaders specifically for that reason, and the fact that they are better looking since they don't stick out from the wall like the regular ones do. A. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of kilopascal Sent: Thursday, 25 April, 2002 13:00 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:19650] Re: Metric standards or not? 2002-04-25 The small one I have at home and all the ones we have in our office are designed for "letter" size. These tend to be the most common. I have never seen one designed for legal size. If they were common, then there would be no problem using them for A4. All I know is with the letter sized cabinets, if you don't fold the paper before you put it in the file, it becomes crunched. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-04-25 00:16 Subject: [USMA:19628] Re: Metric standards or not? > John Schweisthal wrote: > > > With A4 being the most common paper size world-wide, one wonders what the > > makers of filing cabinets don't make them a little wider to accommodate A4 > > paper. > > They do, John. Most file cabinets are designed to handle legal size, which > is longer than A4. Both of mine, which I bought at OfficeMax, are legal > size. I don't remember seeing any other kind there (which, I admit, could be > because I wasn't particularly looking for them). > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >
