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glorified address book
OK- I need to go right back to start. I'm volunteering for a charity that has
a yearly event and they need help!, --seriously they have 400 names on scraps of papers in manila folders--. I know the bare minimum about Access but know it's got to be a heck of a lot better to struggle through Access than allow them to handwrite 400 addresses for one more year. (seriously, like with a pen? yes.) I need a glorified address book. I need a table with name, address etc. But the key second part that stops this from just being a generic address book is that I need to sort them by a second set of features such as Author, speaker, Media, invitee, because some names will be just Author, or maybe be Author and Speaker and I need to be able to create labels based on one or more of these features. (guy works for the media and was a speaker so he has two features). My ***vision*** if you bear with me, is the "Address Book table" which allows for the form to type in the address "stuff" and then click down to a subform? to have a simple drop down box that I can then select one or several features. This seems blindingly simple, is this something a simple volunteer can do? |
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glorified address book
Yes, this can be put together rapidly, even by a novice. If you wish to do
it yourself, post your questions here (give as much detail as you can) and we will be glad to help out. I, like many developers here, also do not mind helping out charity groups. If you wish use the link below to access my business e-mail and contact me through my website and I would be more than willing to help you get up and running. -- Hope this helps, Daniel Pineault http://www.cardaconsultants.com/ For Access Tips and Examples: http://www.devhut.net Please rate this post using the vote buttons if it was helpful. "shumate62" wrote: OK- I need to go right back to start. I'm volunteering for a charity that has a yearly event and they need help!, --seriously they have 400 names on scraps of papers in manila folders--. I know the bare minimum about Access but know it's got to be a heck of a lot better to struggle through Access than allow them to handwrite 400 addresses for one more year. (seriously, like with a pen? yes.) I need a glorified address book. I need a table with name, address etc. But the key second part that stops this from just being a generic address book is that I need to sort them by a second set of features such as Author, speaker, Media, invitee, because some names will be just Author, or maybe be Author and Speaker and I need to be able to create labels based on one or more of these features. (guy works for the media and was a speaker so he has two features). My ***vision*** if you bear with me, is the "Address Book table" which allows for the form to type in the address "stuff" and then click down to a subform? to have a simple drop down box that I can then select one or several features. This seems blindingly simple, is this something a simple volunteer can do? |
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On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:32:01 -0700, shumate62
wrote: OK- I need to go right back to start. I'm volunteering for a charity that has a yearly event and they need help!, --seriously they have 400 names on scraps of papers in manila folders--. I know the bare minimum about Access but know it's got to be a heck of a lot better to struggle through Access than allow them to handwrite 400 addresses for one more year. (seriously, like with a pen? yes.) I need a glorified address book. I need a table with name, address etc. But the key second part that stops this from just being a generic address book is that I need to sort them by a second set of features such as Author, speaker, Media, invitee, because some names will be just Author, or maybe be Author and Speaker and I need to be able to create labels based on one or more of these features. (guy works for the media and was a speaker so he has two features). My ***vision*** if you bear with me, is the "Address Book table" which allows for the form to type in the address "stuff" and then click down to a subform? to have a simple drop down box that I can then select one or several features. This seems blindingly simple, is this something a simple volunteer can do? I believe that my Church Membership database would meet your needs (it actually does a bit more than that, but it will at least let you create a list of any number of people, any number of "lists" (each person can belong to any number of lists), generate mailing labels or emails, and other kinds of reports. There's nothing "churchy" about the database, and it's free. If you're interested in a copy, send me an email to jvinson at wysard of info dot com; edit out the blanks and make the obvious punctuation changes. -- John W. Vinson [MVP] |
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