I agree with Vivienne that it is much easier to export the data and use it in a product I already know (i.e. MS Word or Publisher) rather than spend time tinkering with the programming for e-base labels and letters.
Someday I would like to know e-base better, especially the e-mail functions, but at this point it's not cost/time-effective. Vicki Sola Development Coordinator Inland Northwest Land Trust -----Original Message----- From: TechRocks Support digest [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 10:00 PM To: support digest recipients Subject: support digest: February 16, 2002 TechRocks ebase Support list digest ----------------------------------- SUPPORT Digest for Saturday, February 16, 2002. 1. Re: How do I transfer ebase to a new conputer? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: How do I transfer ebase to a new conputer? From: "Vivienne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 15:09:10 -0500 X-Message-Number: 1 Subject: RE:How do I transfer ebase to a new conputer? From: Sally Zaino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 11:26:12 -0500 X-Message-Number: 21 Right, I think there are those of us who have no real use for Filemaker right now, and no serious computer expertise in our groups. There's a pretty long learning curve to being comfortable with many programs. I'd way rather spend my time learning to use our new GIS program than Filemaker. We use ebase to do the job it does so we can get on with our mission. I am the one who uses it for the group, and I am very happy with what it does for us. If it printed labels right, I'd be in heaven, generating the thank you letters outside ebase is no big deal. One more problem with the labels: Even when I cut off the top and sides of my label sheets (a royal pain), part of the address doesn't print if the address is more than three lines long. We have 150 members so we can deal with it for now, but I need to spend some time figuring a solution to that. I'm very grateful for the run-time version of ebase, and appreciate this tech support list, it is really great. I'm glad that there has been more discussion recently from people who only use the run-time. Sally When printing labels, I do a File Export for Mailing Labels, then print them out in Word. It works perfectly for me and saves much tearing out of hair. Let me know if you need details. Vivienne ------------------ 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
