Family Files, a home for household documents.
A school letter, a membership document, the form you meant to keep. Give the household’s useful files a place to live beyond the kitchen counter or one person’s inbox.
Editorial artwork, not a picture of the Family Files interface.
The useful document should not be the hardest one to find.
Family paperwork has a habit of arriving in different ways. A photo of a letter. A document sent by school. A file somebody downloaded months ago. Family Files gives them a shared home.
Organise uploads in household folders and connect relevant files to a family member or school. The document is still the document; the difference is knowing where you put it.
Paperwork, without the paper chase.
For the moments when “I know we have it somewhere” is not quite enough.
Give it a folder
Keep household documents together in folders that make sense to your family.
Add what you have
Upload an existing file or scan a document you want to keep in the family space.
Keep its context
Link a file to a family member or school where that connection helps you find it later.
The right folder is only the beginning.
Family Files is most useful when a document can be found in the context where the family needs it.
Find it by context.
Illustrative filing example, not a view of Lerra.
From inbox or paper to a folder
Upload the file you already have, or bring in a document by scanning it. Household folders give the growing pile some structure without requiring every document to have the same purpose.
Give it another way back
Link a relevant file to a family member or school. Later, when you need the class trip letter, you can return to the folder or the school context rather than remembering who originally received it. Lerra Scan can suggest actions from a document, but simply saving a file does not put a date on the calendar.
Keep the letter. Choose what happens next.
Saving a letter in Family Files does not add its dates automatically. If it contains an appointment, add that date to the shared family calendar. For captured letters, Lerra Scan may suggest an event to review before you save it.
The letter comes home. The details stay together.
A school letter can be kept in Family Files and linked to the right school, rather than disappearing into a camera roll. Need to turn details in a document into a plan? Lerra Scan helps extract suggestions for you to review.
About Family Files.
How can I organise Family Files?
You can use household folders for uploads and connect relevant files to family members or schools.
Can I scan a document into Family Files?
Yes. Scanning is one way to bring a document into your family space. Lerra Scan can also offer reviewable suggestions from a document or photo and archive the original in Family Files.
Does saving a file add its dates to the calendar?
No. Keeping a file is separate from adding a calendar event. Lerra Scan can suggest an event from a document for you to review and confirm.
Make “we have it somewhere” a little less mysterious.
Bring your people and the everyday details into one shared place. Start with your family, then make it yours.