Jon, I would be interested in viewing this, unfortunately at the time I was on vacation.~Susan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Falk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:48 AM Subject: [folkschool-list] Organizer's Database questions > We had a good discussion at last night's gathering and preview of the > Organizer's Database program. For those of you who are interested in the > program but couldn't attend, I'd be happy to find another time to show it > to you -- just contact me and we'll find a date. > > There were several questions that I said I'd research -- here are some answers: > > (1) Salutations -- there is no built-in salutation field. As a workaround > for now, you can create a user defined-one in the program settings. Click > on the little wrench icon, then "Modify settings." Scroll down through the > items on the left until you find "userfieldname," select it, and type > "salutation" (without quotes) in the right-hand box, then click on the > "Back to ODB" button. (There is also a "userfieldproperties" setting -- I > will find out what this does.) > > When you restart ODB, there should be a salutation box on the record > editing screen. Salutations will not appear in the pre-defined ODB > reports, but you can se them by doing an extended export of the records you > want to use, then using the export file as the data source for a mail merge > (e.g. in Word). To do an extended export you need to enable code changes > -- click on the little wrench, then "Enable code changes," then click on > the Export button. > > (2) Contribution totals in reports -- to get a report with contribution > totals, click on Select Records, then choose "donations" as your search > type, define your search, and do it. The search results will display, with > a total. Clicking on the"Save Donation Report" button will save it as a > text file, which you can put into Word or Excel to make it pretty. > > (3) Importing donation records -- Again, you first need to Enable Code > Changes. Then when you click on the Import button the option to import > donations will appear. > > Jon > > Jonathan Falk > RR 2, Box 7162 > Carmel, ME 04419 > (207)848-2433 > > > **Folkschool-list archives are at: > <http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> > Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School > > > > **Folkschool-list archives are at: <http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84vzQ.bcFlty.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
