First, I would need to copy it into about 10 separate files to get OOo to work with the file. Secondly, I don't need any help with Families. That works great and I can enter all I want and sync back when I get back home. I just need something that will convert the excel file to a spreadsheet application on the iPad so that I can view the spreadsheet file.
On 8/16/2012 5:59 PM, Ron Ferguson wrote: > Laura, > > I am not an Excel user (being an OOo man!), however, is it not possible for > you to copy just a section of your Excel file into a new sheet, which you > can then transfer using Google? > > However, I would be tempted to get in touch with Malcolm Green at TelGen and > they do have a Forum: http://www.telgen.co.uk/families/forum/ which may be > able to help. I'm afraid that unlike for Legacy I do not know the > construction of Families :-) > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Laura Johnson > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 11:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy/Families/iPad/Spreadsheet Help > > This is slightly offlist. You can fee free to contact me offlist > regarding any solutions you can see. > > I have Legacy Deluxe and use Families to use the Legacy file on my iPad > and it works great. > > my problem is that I also use an Excel file as a companion to my Legacy > file. It contains a complete database of all of the records I have > transcribed for a place in Sicily (91 years of births, marriages and > deaths - over 155,000 records so far). I am in the process of entering > these records into Legacy (slowly). I would love to bring this > spreadsheet file over to the iPad as well but can't seem to find a > conversion program on the iPad that will work. I found one > (iSpreadsheet) that said it would work with Excel files but it uses > Google Docs/Google Drive and Google Drive can't handle the size of the > Excel file. Don't even suggest OpenOffice as OO cannot handle the Excel > file in a windows environment (it is too slow). > > So what I need is a way to Convert the Excel file into a spreadsheet on > the iPad so that I can work to enter the documents Families while I am > traveling > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
