The pages were clear and although I haven't used them long enough to know if they are of "archivable" quality they suit my purpose just fine. We publish a program for our annual show (8.5" X 11" folded in half) . When inserted in the sheet protectors in a small binder we have a complete chronological history of our show in one place. Neat. The reason they didn't get 5 stars is because they are a little bit short of protecting the entire document.