How to Store Important Documents Online

Terror can strike quickly when you can't find important documents. Hard drives can crash and computers can be stolen and along with them go your important documents. Come up with a game plan now to store your documents online in case you lose a key document or have an issue with your computer.

Instructions

1. Scan your important documents into an electronic file. Store a copy on a CD, your computer and online where you decide to keep your important documents. Save personal tax documents for seven years and other private papers forever.

2. Look to Google Docs for help. You can save scanned and text documents easily along with pictures on your own personal area of Google Docs. You can also access your documents online.

3. Open an online email account with Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail. Email your documents to this email address for easy access when you need it. All of these programs allow you to search for keywords and pre-set folders.

4. Create an eFax account so that you can fax important documents from any fax machine to store in your email inbox.

5. Choose a company like Maximizer 9 if you have many business documents that you want to store online.

Resources

• Google Docs gives you a great place to save important files.
• Efax is a software that accepts documents faxed to your inbox.
• Maximizer 9 is a program for businesses to store their documents.