I am wondering this based off the message traffic that I have been reading and seeing - would it be useful if we started a "This is how I use Clooz" on a weekly basis - thus it would be in a chat room type arrangmen and then all that are participating could see how others are using the prodcut, provide some tips & techniques that might be able to be used, and just some good ol Genealogy Knowledge exchange on a very sucessful product? - I know long sentence - a stream of thought. I know for one it would provide a benefit to me, and then we could see if we want to do this further, with mroe advanced topics as well - but I thin that being able to see how others use it, work with it and such - would definitely be benefical. My suggestion is about an hour no longer, on the internet in a common evironment - and being able to see others as they use the clooz program. This would be that we would have a host, one or more persenters based on how they use the program. Thougths? Ideas? suggestions? ----- Original Message ---- From: Bob <List@rheinlander.org> To: Clooz-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 1:01:26 PM Subject: Re: [Clooz] Using Clooz as a stand alone with FTM I also use Clooz as a stand alone document management companion to FTM for about the same time periods as Cheryl and basically in the same manner. I reference the Clooz Document ID in FTM and can easily find the document for reference in the file cabinet when necessary. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Castellan" <ce.castellan@worldnet.att.net> To: <Clooz-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 7:32 PM Subject: [Clooz] Using Clooz as a stand alone with FTM > In response to Kate's question - I use Clooz as a stand alone as a > companion to FTM. I have used FTM for about 15 yrs and have used Clooz > for about 5. I do not have any problems with this. I initially > transferred my people from FTM to Clooz several years ago and now add new > people as they come up. I add them in FTM then switch over to Clooz and > record the documents adding the new people. The initial transfer matched > the reference # in FTM to the people ID in Clooz - now I use the alternate > ID in Clooz for the ref # in FTM for new people. I also try to remember > to enter the Clooz document # in FTM as I'm doing it. > > Hope this helps > Cheryl