I guess it is confusing. The Excel file contains over 20 sheets which contain over 155000 documents which have been transcribed and is fully searchable and sortable. I enter these records one line at a time into the Legacy file (or hopefully I will be able to do this with Families when I am traveling). My problem is getting an application for the iPad which will read the Excel file.
On 8/16/2012 6:24 PM, Ron Ferguson wrote: > I was not suggesting that you use OOo, you already made it clear that you > did not wish to, but that you break you Excel file into smaller sections > which Goggle etc. might be able to handle. > > I understood from your post that you wished to enter the Excel File(s?) into > Families using your iPad which you could subsequently sync with Legacy. > Apparently not. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Laura Johnson > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 12:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy/Families/iPad/Spreadsheet Help > > 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
