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Help with tables and index needed
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I'm a bit of a bedroom DJ and I have my records listed in Word as 3 column tables in BPM (Beats Per Minute) order. Artist Title BPM. Then further on a more detailed table for each record, Artist-Title, BPM, Tracklist, date, genre etc I want to index as 49ers Title-1 page 12, 100 Title-2 page 14, 120 Artist - Title, page 14, 121 but had loads of trouble. Can this be done with Word or would I need another non MS package? I can post an example if needed. TIA Ian |
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Help with tables and index needed
I'm not exactly sure what you want to do, but for organizing lists of data
like that, you'll probably find that Excel has a few more features (like advanced sorting and filtering) that Word doesn't. If your tables are laid out fairly simply, a simple copy-and-paste into Excel usually works well. If that doesn't work for you, let me know and I can try to help you get your data into Excel. Once you are in Excel, make sure you have column descriptions, such as Title, Artist, etc. in the first row (row 1). To view and sort your data, you have several options. Try these few two to get you started and see what works best for you: 1. go to Data Sort and select the columns you want to sort by (ie BPM then artist, etc.) 2. go to Data Filter Autofilter. This will make your row headers into pull-down menus that will show you a selected set of data at a time Heidi "Ian Richardson ACITP" wrote: Hi I'm a bit of a bedroom DJ and I have my records listed in Word as 3 column tables in BPM (Beats Per Minute) order. Artist Title BPM. Then further on a more detailed table for each record, Artist-Title, BPM, Tracklist, date, genre etc I want to index as 49ers Title-1 page 12, 100 Title-2 page 14, 120 Artist - Title, page 14, 121 but had loads of trouble. Can this be done with Word or would I need another non MS package? I can post an example if needed. TIA Ian |
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Help with tables and index needed
Heidi, Thanks for the reply.
I started using Excel but changed to Word because it seemed easier for tables, I decided to scan the record label and add that and I will be printing it when it's completed. I hadn't thought about an index until last week. I was in the middle of a mix and I thought "that record will sound good in there, whats its BPM and what mix is it?" and I couldn't find it straight off in my existing book/manual so I thought of a database. They are all well and good but if I need to refer to it when I am mixing to my PC, I might get stutters, slow downs etc then thought of an index - its easier to flick through pages. Hope this is enough info. Ian "Heidi" wrote: I'm not exactly sure what you want to do, but for organizing lists of data like that, you'll probably find that Excel has a few more features (like advanced sorting and filtering) that Word doesn't. If your tables are laid out fairly simply, a simple copy-and-paste into Excel usually works well. If that doesn't work for you, let me know and I can try to help you get your data into Excel. Once you are in Excel, make sure you have column descriptions, such as Title, Artist, etc. in the first row (row 1). To view and sort your data, you have several options. Try these few two to get you started and see what works best for you: 1. go to Data Sort and select the columns you want to sort by (ie BPM then artist, etc.) 2. go to Data Filter Autofilter. This will make your row headers into pull-down menus that will show you a selected set of data at a time Heidi "Ian Richardson ACITP" wrote: Hi I'm a bit of a bedroom DJ and I have my records listed in Word as 3 column tables in BPM (Beats Per Minute) order. Artist Title BPM. Then further on a more detailed table for each record, Artist-Title, BPM, Tracklist, date, genre etc I want to index as 49ers Title-1 page 12, 100 Title-2 page 14, 120 Artist - Title, page 14, 121 but had loads of trouble. Can this be done with Word or would I need another non MS package? I can post an example if needed. TIA Ian |
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