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Pages of unbound weekly schedule distributed with newspaper are uneven and unruly, and a particular day's program grid can be hard to find. Improved ease of use and convenience make these fixes worth the effort to me.
I depend on the very localized weekly TV schedule distributed with my newspaper. TV Guide Magazine does not cover my local stations satisfactorily, and on-screen electronic program guide is not available on my off-antenna channels. Even after all stations go digital in the U.S., not all will provide electronic program guides. My newspaper guide arrives as loose pages 12 inches high by about 23 inches wide, folded unevenly. I straighten the pages and staple them along a new center crease, then add tabs to mark the program grids for each evening. My dimensions might need to be adjusted to fit folios having other page layouts.
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I depend on the very localized weekly TV schedule distributed with my newspaper. TV Guide Magazine does not cover my local stations satisfactorily, and on-screen electronic program guide is not available on my off-antenna channels. Even after all stations go digital in the U.S., not all will provide electronic program guides. My newspaper guide arrives as loose pages 12 inches high by about 23 inches wide, folded unevenly. I straighten the pages and staple them along a new center crease, then add tabs to mark the program grids for each evening. My dimensions might need to be adjusted to fit folios having other page layouts.
To see my related Instructables, click on "unclesam" just below the title above or in the INFO box to the right. On the new page that appears, repeatedly click "NEXT" to see all of them.
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Fine line Sharpie marker; 2 spring binder clips; straight edge; 7 strips, each about three-quarters of an inch wide by one-and-a-half inches long, cut from Post-It note pad;
long-reach stapler: handy for many household uses, not carried in retail office supply stores, but offered for $30 on their web sites. I bought mine by mail from buyonlinenow.com, for about half that, including shipping and handling, and it can place a staple 13 inches from the edge of a page. Mine's brand name is Sparko, but I believe the quality of all the brands are the same and they are probably all made in the same factory in China. I first tried folding one side of the TV schedule pages over a couple times so I could reach staples to the center fold using a conventional stapler, but the bunch of paper prevented the stapler from closing and clenching the staples.
long-reach stapler: handy for many household uses, not carried in retail office supply stores, but offered for $30 on their web sites. I bought mine by mail from buyonlinenow.com, for about half that, including shipping and handling, and it can place a staple 13 inches from the edge of a page. Mine's brand name is Sparko, but I believe the quality of all the brands are the same and they are probably all made in the same factory in China. I first tried folding one side of the TV schedule pages over a couple times so I could reach staples to the center fold using a conventional stapler, but the bunch of paper prevented the stapler from closing and clenching the staples.
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Nice job !