If you are going to "Organize" you might consider something like Devon Think. This takes all your pdfs, jpgs, does ocr on them, and files them. Then you can search for tags, keywords, etc. If I type in pump, it will bring up the 10 or 15 scans for toilette pumps, repair of engine water pumps, etc.
bill On Jul 21, 2011, at 4:10 AM, William Sellar wrote: > Excel does work well for this, but does require some set-up. We have a > couple of inventories (food, parts, equipment). We have standardized the > names of various storage areas and coded the types of items. So with Excel > one can sort by storage area or by type of item or by any field. You can > also search for an item. So if you are looking for #12 wire, you can type it > into the search field, rather than scanning a list of hundreds of items. Its > also easy to print a backup copy. Simple and Excel has lots of other uses. > > The real trick is to have the discipline to update the information as stuff > is moved or used. (This will be true with whatever program you are using.) > > Bill > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
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