My phone would have no trouble with the multiple files -- that solution will work. It just can't do databases.
On 5/13/12, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi :) > I was thinking of file-names such as "Clients-Ab-Am" ... "Clients-V-Z" or > perhaps by date although by date ends up being a nightmare. Alphabetical is > usually easier. > > I'm not sure how smart-phones work but i imagine they have folders and > sub-folders so a sub-folder called "Clients" containing all these files > would be easy to scroll through to find the relevant file quite quickly. > With some OSes If you type the first letter of the file you are looking for > then it automatically scrolls to roughly the right area. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > --- On Sun, 13/5/12, Kelly Holman <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Kelly Holman <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Opening all files in a folder > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, 13 May, 2012, 8:32 > > Thanks for the detailed instructions -- I wouldn't have thought of > some of those things until I was in the middle of it. > > I also thought of doing an archive file and a current file. However, > part of the problem is that when I'm entering data from the > smartphone, it doesn't show me the tab name. I'm quite absent-minded > enough to enter the data for the wrong client, because it opens into > whatever tab I used last, and I can't see the name at the top when I'm > down in the list. > > Another solution would be to put the client names = file names in > another file. It would mean an extra step when adding a new client, > but at least it would be a simple step, if I can't get the names of > all the files. > I'll have to ponder which of these ways will be the best. Yes, this > would work better in a database, but I need to be able to enter the > ledger data from my phone, and have it give me the current balance. > And I need to do calculations on the computer, but still have all the > data in the spreadsheet, available on the phone. > > Thanks! > > > On 5/13/12, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi :) >> There might be a more elegant way of doing this (such as using a database >> instead) but my way would be; >> 1. to plan to group them into groups of 2-5 tabs per file. > > ~~~~~ > Kelly C. Holman > Hidden Talents Tutoring > Menomonie, WI > 715-231-2191 > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- ~~~~~ Kelly C. Holman Hidden Talents Tutoring Menomonie, WI 715-231-2191 -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
