Cartridges are easily stored and protect film from fingerprints, dust, and damage. Each fiche contains multiple microimages in a grid pattern. Documents may be exposed on microfiche in a variety of styles. Identification information placed at the top of the fiche in a title area can be easily read without magnification. Each fiche holds approximately 90 pages of information.
Microfiche are somewhat easier to handle and information can be found quickly.
They allow additions more easily than microfilm because extra fiche can be filed behind the first, keeping data intact. Pages or frames are arranged as on motion picture film, with writing perpendicular to the edges of the film. Pages and frames are arranged with writing parallel to the edges of the film. A sign with a large letter or number printed on it is photographed between separate file segments or sets of pages. A scale, which can be attached to an ordinary reader, is used to index the lines.