In message <[email protected]>, dated Mon, 12 May 2008, Grace Lin <[email protected]> writes:
>Is Excel is the easiest way to create data table (for six data points >required) and merge to the Word document for reports? Some people swear by it, others at it. I find it works for me. >I did Google search this morning. Once I have an Excel data table, I >am able to export it to a Word document by opening a Word document and >Insert-> object -> create from file. > >Is it necessary to list antenna factor and cable loss, etc. in the data >table? My receiver has a capability for transducer factors. The >screen can show corrected value. I would say, 'if in doubt, include'. It isn't often that a report is criticized for having too much data (although I have one colleague who does this regularly and it's very annoying to get around a thousand data items to prove a point; you can't see the wood for the trees). > >Does antenna height and turntable degree need to be recorded in the >data table? Years ago, an auditor asked me how I recorded antenna >height and turntable degree. I don't remember I had these data on the >final reports. Exactly; you won't ever be asked why you included something, but if you leave it out... > >I also look for instructions to write/import transducer factors >(antenna factors, cable loss, etc. in files) into Excel spreadsheet for >creating data tables. What instruments do you want to get the data from? Usually, the manual tells you how to do it. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Murphy's Law has now been officially re-named The Certainty Principle John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
