On the FreeBMD home page select 'Transcribers' Page' ( red box on extreme right) On Transcribers' Page ( http://www.freebmd.org.uk/vindex.shtml) look under Transcriber Support & Resources See the link for Transcription Software Including SpeedBMD and WinBMD. Click on that link. It takes you to http://www.freebmd.org.uk/addons/ See the Heading WinBMD and the link on 'available from here'. This takes you to http://www.freebmd.org.uk/addons/winbmd/ Now see where it says Install WinBMD Version 5 Make sure that your are the 'administrator' on your computer and 'User Account Control On', and click on the link to download and install WinBMD version 5. Close down your computer and restart before trying to use it. Transcribe a few lines. Save batch and Exit from the File menu as usual No go back to http://www.freebmd.org.uk/addons/winbmd/ and find Upgrade from Version 5 to Version 6.1 Do the upgrade. Close down your computer and restart before trying to use WinBMD. Reopen the file with the few lines you transcribed in it. Follow the instructions in Transcribers' Knowledge Base question 3(f) http://www.freebmd.org.uk/vol_faq.html#3f ( which can be accessed from the FreeBMD Transcribers' Page by finding Transcribers' Knowledge Base in the Transcriber Support & Resources section) to alter 'Define Save Path' to a new folder called WinBMD\Output in your 'Documents' folder. Save your work using the f3 key. Check that the file has now appeared in the appropriate folder. Now you should be ready to go. If you wish to transfer your district files and existing transcriptions you may now do so, as Ian suggested. This should only be done when WinBMD is not in use. Any puzzles or problems, do ask again Happy transcribing Best regards Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Hawkins" <dennis.hawkins138@btinternet.com> To: <freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 8:45 PM Subject: Re: WinBMD > Ian > I'm sorry to be thick, but where do I find the download? I can only see > Joining as a new transcriber. > Regards > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 8:51 PM > To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: WinBMD > > Dennis, > You cannot copy it across. You need to go to the FreeBMD website and > install it again. If you look in the Transcriber's Knowledge Base there > is > some guidance on installing under Win7. > > After you have installed it and confirmed it is running Ok you can copy > over > the "Files" folder to get your old Supplementary District File, and the > "Output" Folder to get your transcribed files should you wish. > > Regards > Ian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Hawkins > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 1:23 PM > To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com > Subject: WinBMD > > I have changed computers (Windows XP to Windows7). Can I just copy the > files > across or do I have to download it afresh? If so, how? > Dennis Hawkins > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you Allan and Geoff, seems to have downloaded OK, but haven't run it yet, still copying the input/output files. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Coleman Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 9:05 PM To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: WinBMD On the FreeBMD home page select 'Transcribers' Page' ( red box on extreme right) On Transcribers' Page ( http://www.freebmd.org.uk/vindex.shtml) look under Transcriber Support & Resources See the link for Transcription Software Including SpeedBMD and WinBMD. Click on that link. It takes you to http://www.freebmd.org.uk/addons/ See the Heading WinBMD and the link on 'available from here'. This takes you to http://www.freebmd.org.uk/addons/winbmd/ Now see where it says Install WinBMD Version 5 Make sure that your are the 'administrator' on your computer and 'User Account Control On', and click on the link to download and install WinBMD version 5. Close down your computer and restart before trying to use it. Transcribe a few lines. Save batch and Exit from the File menu as usual No go back to http://www.freebmd.org.uk/addons/winbmd/ and find Upgrade from Version 5 to Version 6.1 Do the upgrade. Close down your computer and restart before trying to use WinBMD. Reopen the file with the few lines you transcribed in it. Follow the instructions in Transcribers' Knowledge Base question 3(f) http://www.freebmd.org.uk/vol_faq.html#3f ( which can be accessed from the FreeBMD Transcribers' Page by finding Transcribers' Knowledge Base in the Transcriber Support & Resources section) to alter 'Define Save Path' to a new folder called WinBMD\Output in your 'Documents' folder. Save your work using the f3 key. Check that the file has now appeared in the appropriate folder. Now you should be ready to go. If you wish to transfer your district files and existing transcriptions you may now do so, as Ian suggested. This should only be done when WinBMD is not in use. Any puzzles or problems, do ask again Happy transcribing Best regards Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Hawkins" <dennis.hawkins138@btinternet.com> To: <freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 8:45 PM Subject: Re: WinBMD > Ian > I'm sorry to be thick, but where do I find the download? I can only see > Joining as a new transcriber. > Regards > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 8:51 PM > To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: WinBMD > > Dennis, > You cannot copy it across. You need to go to the FreeBMD website and > install it again. If you look in the Transcriber's Knowledge Base there > is > some guidance on installing under Win7. > > After you have installed it and confirmed it is running Ok you can copy > over > the "Files" folder to get your old Supplementary District File, and the > "Output" Folder to get your transcribed files should you wish. > > Regards > Ian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Hawkins > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 1:23 PM > To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com > Subject: WinBMD > > I have changed computers (Windows XP to Windows7). Can I just copy the > files > across or do I have to download it afresh? If so, how? > Dennis Hawkins > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message