[Boatanchors] on topic, looking for software

[kim.herron at sbcglobal.net]

Hey Gary, Send me that site will ya!!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary H. Harmon, Jr" <gharmon at idworld.net>
To: <kim.herron at sbcglobal.net>; "'J Forster'" <jfor at quik.com>; "'Ken'" 
<n5cm at rtconline.com>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; "'Dick KF4NS'" <kf4nsradio at verizon.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:55 PM
Subject: RE: [Boatanchors] on topic, looking for software


>
> Forget eBay.  You can download Open Office free from their site.  It's a
> good office suite.
>
> 73, gary
>
> Gary H. Harmon, Jr. / K5JWK
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> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] on topic, looking for software
>
> Hi Gang!!
>    I found that using Microsoft (I know) Access database works really 
> neat.
>
> They tell me that the Open Office program has a database that does the 
> same
> thing.  That whole program can be had for under $10.00 on E-Bay.  It makes
> keeping the tube inventory up and in order easy.  You can put it in, in 
> any
> order you want and when you save and reopen it, its all in order.  So when
> you add a bunch of stuff to the inventory all you have to do is to scan 
> down
> the list by tube number, i.e. 6SA7, and go to the column where the 
> quantity
> is and up date it.  If it;'s 7 and you have three, highlite and backspace
> the 7 and type in 10.  If you want to be able to do this automatically and
> sell and receive out of said inventory, then you want an old version of
> Quickbooks (I use that too).  You can create an inventory in that and 
> update
> the quantities and sell out of it as well and it will update when items 
> are
> used.  The Quickbooks is a little overblown to start with, but it will do
> what you want.  If you don't want to mess with that, The plain database 
> will
> do the same thing.  You just have to do the manual addition and 
> subtraction.
>
> They tell me  that you can build macros (Huh, what's that??) to do that 
> but
> I don't bother. You passed the Extra class exam, so I know that you can do
> math.  The database is probably the way to do it.
>
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