Re: Database for Tracking Irises

Hi,

You can also hide a column and it won't print. g>
Char Holte, New Berlin, WI (Near Milwaukee)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dana Brown" <DanaBrown@peoplepc.com>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 3:28 PM
Subject: RE: [iris] Database for Tracking Irises


> I use Excel.  I know it isn't a true database but it works for me.  I have
> columns for everything I am interested in.  Name, desc, year of intro,
> breeder/hybridizer, height, when it blooms, is it a space ager, does it
> rebloom, what type of iris is it, where I got it, when I got it, location,
> and so on and so forth.  I use mail merge to print labels.  I print right
> straight out of excel for everything else.  I can sort this by any of
those
> columns, add a column, delete a column or search by a word or phrase.
Works
> for me.
>
> Dana
>
> Dana Brown
> AIS Region 17 Judges Training Chairperson
> Director TBIS, ASI
> AIS, ASI, MIS, RIS, SPIS, TBIS
> Malevil Gardens
> www.malevil-iris.com
> Lubbock, TX
> Zone 7 USDA, Zone 10 Sunset
> danabrown@peoplepc.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On Behalf Of Neil A
> Mogensen
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 8:22 AM
> To: Iris-talk
> Subject: [iris] Database for Tracking Irises
>
> Jean, I use MS Access, and have set up an entry page so I can enter data
> from
> either catalogs or the AIS R&I's and Check Lists.  I don't know if the
file
> that creates the entry page and the file that creates the data page in the
> data base would be transferable.  I suspect it would.  You would have to
> have
> either MS Office or at least Access and Word to use this, however.
>
> I have to go to MS Word and use "Mail Merge" to print from the Access
file,
> which requires me to think harder than I want to on just what to do next
to
> get the results I want.  The end result looks great--and I can select
fields
> to print that would give a list of names, or a list with originator's name
> or
> whatever.  The process is very flexible, but requires enough attention and
> thought that would give most of us a headache.
>
> You might find something simpler to use, but I'd be happy to share what I
> have
> if you're interested.
>
> Neil Mogensen
>
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