----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Davies" <pamdavies7@yahoo.co.uk> To: <FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 5:13 PM Subject: WinBMD speedups > I'm sorry that Ian doesn't think that an automatically advancing > "ruler" as in BMDVerify would be beneficial in WinBMD. I'd certainly > expect to find that it would reduce the number of cases where I skip > a line or two, usually from one occurrence of a forename or placename > to another occurrence. > > It's difficult to see how a non-automated ruler would be useful > without it taking a lot of extra effort to use, but I realise we all > work in different ways! > I do think a purely manual ruler would be of limited benefit, except for those with a leisurely approach to transcribing (nothing wrong with that). After all, we could just use the bottom of the scan window for that. I suppose blue-sky thinking would suggest an automated ruler which autonomously detects the next blank between lines, but nobody expects Ian or anyone else to produce such a thing by next Tuesday, after lunch. I do think data enry and verification should be different and distinct processes, and I certainly wasn't suggesting that WinBMD and BMDVerify should be merged in any way. I sympathise with Ian, because it must be galling for Johnny-come-lately transcribers who haven't finished their first scan yet (ie me) to butt in with "Hey, I've got a better idea!" I'm sorry, Ian, if that is how my earlier post came across, but it really wasn't where I was coming from. WinBMD is a well-presented, thought-through, feature rich tool which we are very lucky to have. I hadn't explored it's functions as much as I should have, and the earlier responses in this thread of discussion have been very helpful to me in learning how to use it more effectively. So has the help for WinBMD, which is more than just reference material to be used when stuck Regards, Barrie