richhart
Tue, 19 Sep 2000 18:14:50 -0700
Have been giving your idea some thought. Not merely for genealogical use but for other type listings -- surname, first name, e-mail addresses, etc. I have one index on word perfect (WP) quarto pro and one on wordperfect word processor which I can also sort. However, not all members (all users) have WP, some have MS office 97 (access or excel) which would incorporate into office 2000. I tried to save the WP file into another word processor or spreadsheet and in so doing lost all the formatting or columns, it no longer sorts properly, and as a with each data base or spread sheet --a line is considered a '''page'''. In FILE/save file as, brings up menu, scroll down to ''save as file type'' and select the file type (lists numerous ones). Opening that 'file' into the appropriate software per the 'file type' works. Again, I caution you, the original formatting of the document may be lost, particularily if a 'txt' file. A generic word processer/spreadsheet/data base would be best. Most computers have MS works which comes with MS windows 95 and 98. Lots of luck.. Place only one item per column--name, surname, dob, etc for easier sorting. Glory bee Christine Pettit wrote: > You may not need it for your index, but while you're doing it, you should > separate surnames from given names, so you can sort either way. It can be > revealing. > > This is interesting, because I have wondered how to do this myself. It > seems like an overwhelming task. > > At 03:15 PM 9/19/00 -0700, you wrote: > >I am thinking of indexing a book from a parish district in Wales. The names > >of people and places are very similar and LLs very popular. I am not a > >great typist and do not have a plan yet on how to do this task. Maybe a bit > >of input from listeners will help. > > > >I was thinking of using a Database or Spreadsheet by MS. Have not decided > >yet if I am going to do one or two indexes. I was thinking of making the > >first column for two indexes, second column for names and the third for page > >numbers. I would start on page one and it is a persons name give it a one > >in column one and if a location give it a two. I would just go page by page > >and not try to put all the page number at this time together. If I decided > >to make it into two indexes I could program it to pull out all ones or twos, > >them alphabetize the names and thirdly have the pages in numerical order by > >name. Then go back an edit duplications of names and add the page number to > >the remain name. Does this sound practical or am I trying to hard to make > >it a major problem???? > > > >Please be kind and civil. No four letter words. Thank you > > > >John in California > > > > > > > >==== LDS-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > > ==== LDS-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > LDS-GENEALOGY-L List Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/LDS-GENEALOGY-L/ > Also now at http://www.mail-archive.com/lds-genealogy-l%40rootsweb.com ==== LDS-GENEALOGY Mailing List ====