[duxuser] Re: producing a calendar
- From: "Deborah Barnes" <dbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 07:50:17 -0500
Wow!! Just shows I got a lot more to learn. <g< Sounds like something
interesting to add to Swift or Duxbury later.
Deb B.
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[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Warren Figueiredo
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 4:49 PM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: producing a calendar
For years I have used Microsoft Word's calendar wizard because I'm too lazy
to type out the 365 days. I harvest the data by running the Word calendar
wizard. It produces twenty-four text boxes--one for each month's name and
another for each month's data. I copy the month's data into one long table
and type in the month's name at the appropriate spot. I then kill any fancy
formatting Word had applied and come out with a table that includes the data
I need. I then bring in that data into MegaDots and it handles it quite
well. The only tweaking I need to do is to make sure the formatting is OK. I
do have to run one find and replace that looks for a single digit surrounded
by white space and adds a space so that my numbers line up.
I suppose you could do a little more on the Word side that would allow DBT
to get similar results. With Word use of wildcards it is possible to get
similar results achieved by the MegaDots find/replace. I just tried it out
and it does work.
A calendar is a perfect example of a repetitive routine task that can be
automated so that one does not have to recreate the job every time. I wonder
if such a utility would be a good one to add to Swift or DBT itself. You
could tell Swift what your time span would be and SWIFT would use the Word
calendar wizard to extract the data, incorporate the necessary changes and
automatically send correctly formatted data to DBT. It's a thought.
Do you folks feel that a calendar making utility would be useful in either
Swift or DBT?
(Smile for me, George.)
Warren
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Brett Winchester
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:04 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] producing a calendar
I am attempting to produce a calendar with a simple 7 by 5 or whatever
grid format minus the grid lines or any other special items at this
time.
Any hints on how to prepare this in word 2003 for Duxbury, or how to
import and format a standard table from word to do this? yes grid lines
would be nice, but I will settle for just the numbers and day headings
at the top of each page for now.
Thank you!
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