I agree that a spreadsheet program would be a good thing, I have a caveat, however. One of the hallmarks of Keysoft is its ease of use. I don't know how they're going to make spreadsheets easy to use for those who have never worked with them. Key base, for example, is an extremely simple flat file database program; but many people are finding it somewhat difficult to use. I have worked with Excel, and although I can use it, I must admit it takes some work to understand how to do such things as create formulas, and utilize functions. I firmly believe that it will frustrate a lot of Braillenote users.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of robert stigile Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 2:41 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: re: [Braillenote] Re: database help Hello, You know, if there was a pocket excel program in the braillenote you wouldn't have to go through all of this to get a file from excel imported into the braillenote. To get all of the fields corectly, it takes some work, and this shouldn't be. Just my two cents. Robert > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Richard Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 12:30:23 -0700 >Subject: [Braillenote] Re: database help >Hi Malaina, >I tried to write you off list, but my message was bounced. Your >e-mail service is using qmail to filter their e-mails, which makes >lots of mistakes according to spamcop.net. >I'll put the bounced message below my answer to your question. >Hi, >First, figure out the column headings from your excel spreadsheet. >Second, create a database with fields with the same names as your >column headings. >Now, at the database menu for that database, hit import file. >Point it to your CSV file. >If you've done any thing like this in Excel, the steps are pretty similar. >It should ask you if the first row contains field names, hit y. >Then, if they all match, you should be able to basically take the >defaults from there. >If they don't all match, then say yes to review the field mapping, or >whatever it says. >Then, you can assign the fields of your CSV files to the ones in your >database that you may have mis-typed, etc. >It may take some trial and error. It did for me. >I hope this is enough to get you going. >It is a nice feature, but I wish they could make KeyBase just create >the database with the same field names as what are in the CSV file. >Let me know if it works or if I can make anything more clear. >Richard >Hi. This is the qmail-send program at mail32.opentransfer.com. >I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. >This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >Connected to 69.87.129.140 but sender was rejected. >Remote host said: 553 5.3.0 Spam blocked see: >http://spamcop.net/bl.shtml?72.41.223.214 >on Wednesday 8/9/2006 11:45 AM Malaina VanderWal said >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
