What are the Different Types of Filing Cabinets?
There are two main types of filing cabinets, vertical and lateral files. Vertical files are the more traditional filing cabinets, with a number of drawers ranging from two to ten, designed for a single file to fit vertically in the width. These filing cabinets can be quite deep, but take up very little width on a wall, as they are only the width of a single file. A vertical filing cabinet is usually just over a foot wide (30cm), and may be anywhere from twelve to thirty inches deep (30-76cm). Lateral filing cabinets, by contrast, are designed for use where wall space is less important, but depth is an issue. These filing cabinets are much wider than vertical files, allowing them to hold documents of much greater width as well as files ranging in width. Such cabinets are not very deep, often less than a foot (30cm), but may be up to forty-five inches wide (114cm). Within both types of filing cabinets there is a range of quality. One of the most important aspects of a filing system is it
