I am forwarding this letter requesting articles about CFT-Win. Are there any users out there that might be interested in writing an article as described below. Other than what is in this message I don't know any more about this. Any takers? If so e-mail Michael T. Ritchey at ritcheym@itsnet.com and cc me (ira.lund@cf-software.com). Thanks, Ira At 02:11 PM 9/18/98 -0600, you wrote: >Ira, > >Thanks for the reply. Sorry I'm late getting back to you; corresponding >with so many developers and columnists at one time, I always have a backlog. ><g> > >Hey, I have a couple columns in the Review that I think might get CFT some >good publicity, and I'm wondering if you could suggest any writers for them. > >First, the Review has a section called Practicum which contains several >short articles, each on a different program. Each article treats an >isolated feature or tool in a program, describing how to use it well and why >it is valuable to genealogy research. I'd like such articles to cover each >of the major programs in each issue, but the article on a given program >doesn't have to be written by the same person in each issue. Do you know >any advanced users who write well and might like to describe for the >genealogical community a valuable tool found in your program? > >I'll give you some examples of what I want for this article. TMG has a tool >that will attach a source to every event for every individual imported from >a GEDCOM file. PAF has some nice focus abilities, and good keyboard >navigation. FTM allows one to search a focus list of individuals against >its Family Finder index in order to point to CDs or to original records. >I've found that each program, no matter how obscure, has a valuable tool >which could benefit its users if they only understood its value or its >practical application a little better. > >Another section, titled Gleanings, contains articles each of which gleans >from a single program an innovative feature or tool that needs to be made an >industry standard. Many lesser-known programs can live and die without >their one great innovation ever being noticed, and this column is meant to >change that. Although this column is designed especially to notice gems >within lesser-known programs that don't normally get reviews, heavy-hitters >can appear here, too. Here are some examples of innovations that deserve >mention here: Family Origins has an outstanding, WYSIWYG Custom Reports >Writer. TMG has the deepest source citation on the Windows market. >Legacy's Merge tool is unmatched, a real blessing when one is merging two >individuals who each have valuable, if conflicting, data. > >These are the kinds of articles we'd like to include on your program, and >we're looking for advanced users who can address them and so describe the >program's particular strengths. > >-Michael ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com