Are we still talking at cross purposes or am I totally befuddled? On my version 3 the first +PAGE line in WinBMD is labelled Row 1 but on SpeedBMD it is shown as Row 5? Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Parker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 5:38 AM Subject: Re:SpeedBMD v WinBMD > Thanks Ian for the very full response. The entering of page numbers going > down the column as in a spread sheet is a perfectly good method and I will > be going back to using Win with that. I've used it in transcribing parish > registers for entering the date and it works well. Going from Speed to Win > the brain does not immediately take in that Win behaves like a spread sheet > with additional rules (well mine didn't). > > On number 2 we seem to be at cross purposes. My WinBMD v3 starts at line 0. > SpeedBMD starts at 1. > > Don't be too hard on us comparing Speed and Win. I think it is unavoidable > as the decision has to be made as to which one to use, or, more difficult, > whether to drop an old friend. > > Thanks again for your expertise and time. > > ------------------------------------------ > > Also to Lawrence, > > As I understand it, BMDVerify is for use with scan files. As I transcribe > from fiche there is no original file to compare with. If I am wrong I'll use > it with greatest of pleasure. > > Regards > > George > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > Need to get a fast answer to your transcribing problems? Go to the > Transcribers Knowledge Base at http://FreeBMD.RootsWeb.com/vol_faq.html > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > >