Manila folder

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A manila folder from Germany.
A manila folder from Germany.

The manila folder is a holder designed to contain documents. It is generally formed by folding a large sheet of stiff card in half. Though traditionally beige, sometimes other colors are used to differentiate categories of files.

The manila component of the name comes from manila hemp or abaca, from which manila folders were originally made. Manila hemp is native to the Philippines and the term manila folder is named after its capital city.[1]

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[edit] Public Relations

  • It became popular in an advertisement by Apple Inc., where the Macbook Air laptop was pulled out of a string bound manila folder, in a order to visually reinforce the thinness of the computer.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ask! Yahoo Q&A on the namesake of Manila folder
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