> > 1. All my file extensions are .100, but I have files named names.100, > names_new recovered 2.100; two files identically named custom_.100, custom > recovered 3_.100, customR3_.100,custom recovered 3 recovered_.100 > . Backups > were sporadic, and my back-ups would contain all this hodgepodge of info. > Any cleanup ideas? When I tried to delete what I think are the obsolete > files, ebase tells me it needs them to open something. This is true with > almost all the files. How can ebase run so many different files? > How do I > instruct ebase to recognize only those files I identify, or do I somehow > merge these files into one????
Your system sounds sufficiently screwed up that I would recommend exporting the names, payments, contacts, and notes files and importing into a clean copy. > > 2. Thank you letter #2 will not print the last couple of rows of text. > This is extremely bizarre as I've tried to shorten text length, move the > text positioning up, nothing works to allow the end of the letter > to print. > Should be fixed by the reimport above, unless you have modified the letter in which case you will have to remodify it along with any other modification that have been made. > 3. Also, I know you can't change the letter name, but is there a way to > add descriptor text so each is readily identifiable, or is it > just easier to > use a word processor for all correspondence? > You could add additional information on the layouts. > 4. Tools Find doesn't always retrieve a complete list of > matching names. > I have to research by another name - first name or city to have > ebase locate > the donor. This happens about 40% of the time. > I presume you are doing the find on the top line. The contents of this line depend on the record type of the record. Record type IND will have peoples names in the top line but other record types typically have the organization name. > 5. Last, when I first open FileMaker, I have to search my ebase folder > for all file types, not filemaker files, to get into the names > function. At > the same time, it does flash a message about opening other files. Is this > S.O.P.? (Standard Operating Procedure?) > That is an unfortunate property of FileMaker and not really ebases fault. It is ebases fault in the sense that it uses a bound solution so people can run single user for free and bound solutions require the strange file extensions. ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
