Ian Without overcomplicating things I have assumed this to be the opening +PAGE. It's the first entry currently shown in "Messages in FreeBMD" at: http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/error-help.html Quote: Possible error: +PAGE expected before first entry. Allan Raymond -----Original Message----- From: Ian Brooke <[email protected]> To: Allan Raymond <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: 30 November 2004 22:40 Subject: Re: More Stringent Checking of Files - New Criteria to be Introduced Alan, I have no problem with the proposals although I don't fully understand No.4. Does it mean not containing *any* +PAGE line, or not containing an opening +PAGE, or not containing a closing +PAGE? Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: Allan Raymond To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 1:57 PM Subject: More Stringent Checking of Files - New Criteria to be Introduced To Syndicate Co-ordinator Colleagues. I have taken on board comments from Co-ordinators following the recent introduction of stringent checking for Age at Death files. As a consequence this is to give ADVANCE NOTICE to Co-ordinators of the intention to adopt more stringent checking of files containing the following four types of errors: 1. Year mismatch between the File name and header contents. 2. Quarter " " " " " " " " 3. Event " " " " " " " " These files currently show up in the Suspect Report and are allowed upload to FreeBMD. Once the new stringent checking is introduced, these files will NOT be allowed upload to FreeBMD until corrected by the volunteer. 4. Files transcribed from scans not containing +PAGE. Currently these are allowed to be uploaded to FreeBMD and are shown with a warning. Following the introduction of the new stringent checking these files will NOT be allowed upload to FreeBMD until corrected by the volunteer. All four types of error are down to volunteers making basis errors when transcribing or naming their files and such files will require correction by the volunteer before they can uploaded to FreeBMD. We welcome comments from Co-ordinators before we introduce the new checking criteria, and comments by 6 December 2004 would be appreciated. Regards Allan Raymond ==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== Want to help FreeBMD? Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.802 / Virus Database: 545 - Release Date: 26/11/2004

To Syndicate Co-ordinator Colleagues. I have taken on board comments from Co-ordinators following the recent introduction of stringent checking for Age at Death files. As a consequence this is to give ADVANCE NOTICE to Co-ordinators of the intention to adopt more stringent checking of files containing the following four types of errors: 1. Year mismatch between the File name and header contents. 2. Quarter " " " " " " " " 3. Event " " " " " " " " These files currently show up in the Suspect Report and are allowed upload to FreeBMD. Once the new stringent checking is introduced, these files will NOT be allowed upload to FreeBMD until corrected by the volunteer. 4. Files transcribed from scans not containing +PAGE. Currently these are allowed to be uploaded to FreeBMD and are shown with a warning. Following the introduction of the new stringent checking these files will NOT be allowed upload to FreeBMD until corrected by the volunteer. All four types of error are down to volunteers making basis errors when transcribing or naming their files and such files will require correction by the volunteer before they can uploaded to FreeBMD. We welcome comments from Co-ordinators before we introduce the new checking criteria, and comments by 6 December 2004 would be appreciated. Regards Allan Raymond

Hi Alllan et. al. I think there should be a 4th check that the first page number should match the number in the filename also (at least for the +S header type) This is a WinBMD standard anyway as are the others. I would also like to see the end page number be required to upload and contain a number not just +PAGE, At 03:57 PM 30/11/2004, Allan Raymond wrote: >To Syndicate Co-ordinator Colleagues. > >I have taken on board comments from Co-ordinators following the recent >introduction of stringent checking for Age at Death files. > >As a consequence this is to give ADVANCE NOTICE to Co-ordinators of the >intention to adopt more stringent checking of files containing the following >four types of errors: > >1. Year mismatch between the File name and header contents. >2. Quarter " " " " " " " >" >3. Event " " " " " " >" " > >These files currently show up in the Suspect Report and are allowed upload >to FreeBMD. Once the new stringent checking is introduced, these files will >NOT be allowed upload to FreeBMD until corrected by the volunteer. > >4. Files transcribed from scans not containing +PAGE. Currently these are >allowed to be uploaded to FreeBMD and are shown with a warning. Following >the introduction of the new stringent checking these files will NOT be >allowed upload to FreeBMD until corrected by the volunteer. > >All four types of error are down to volunteers making basis errors when >transcribing or naming their files and such files will require correction by >the volunteer before they can uploaded to FreeBMD. > >We welcome comments from Co-ordinators before we introduce the new checking >criteria, and comments by >6 December 2004 would be appreciated. > >Regards > >Allan Raymond > > > > >==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== >Want to help FreeBMD? >Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx Cheers Derek Derek C Hopkins, Phone +1(450)678-7768 6640, Biarritz, Fax +1(450)678-4252 Brossard, E-Mail [email protected] QC, Canada, J4Z-2A2. ==== FreeBMD - England and Wales - Birth - Marriage and Death Transcriptions <http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com> ==== Check out FreeBMD Scan2 Syndicate page (revised daily) Please bookmark our new home http://www.scan2.org/scan2.html ==== Check out QFHS Marriage Transcription Project page (revised daily) (Quebec Family History Society) Please bookmark our new home http://www.scan2.org/qfhs.html Check out my web page (22jan1997) Last Revised 28 May 1998 <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/index.html> Check out Abney Park Indexing Project (revised 14 MAR 2000, 195,000 names) <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/abney.html> Check out my web Ramsgate page <http://members.adept.co.uk/hopkde> Check out the Quebec Family History web page <http://www.cam.org/~qfhs/index.html>

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 05:30:17 -0700, you wrote: >Hi All, >If the file is an attachment it's easy - Just click on the download now >button at the bottom of the email. > >If it's a file on a list - Right click on it and select 'save picture as' - >then tell it the name to us e and where to put it! > >There may also be an option to 'save target as' > >An interested onlooker who uses (and recommens AOL V9.0 Why? AOL 9.0 is the source of untold trouble to this project, due to it's non-standard timeouts, causing endless hours to be wasted in providing support to those who use it. -- Dave Mayall

I think this is a great idea. Lisa Dominey ID4 Syndicate -----Original Message----- From: Ian Brooke [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 27 November 2004 21:50 To: [email protected] Subject: Downloading details Hi All, On the maintain syndicate page is a button used to download email addresses for syndicate members. Would anybody have an objection if I asked for this to be changed slightly so that it downloads a file consisting of Full Name, Submitterid, Email - as a comma separated list? Ian --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.801 / Virus Database: 544 - Release Date: 24/11/2004 ______________________________ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.3 - Release Date: 26/11/2004

Hello Ian, No problems for Brunette Syndicate, Melda Brunette

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:58:42 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Alan > > Scan2 keeps a parallel copy of all files of it's >transcribers. If you do correct any files belonging to Scan2 it is >important that you also send me a copy. If not and some other corrections >are made then your corrections may get undone !!!!! Under normal circumstances that might be a problem. In this case, however, unless the transcriber incorporates the changes Allan makes, the files will fail to upload. -- Dave Mayall

Hi All, If the file is an attachment it's easy - Just click on the download now button at the bottom of the email. If it's a file on a list - Right click on it and select 'save picture as' - then tell it the name to us e and where to put it! There may also be an option to 'save target as' An interested onlooker who uses (and recommens AOL V9.0 IJC

Hi You may wish to visit my updated page at: http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/FreeBMD_Errorfiles.htm At long last I've completed the exercise of looking at a sample of files from each volunteer showing in Red in the volunteers File Management. I've corrected some files along the way which now leaves 791 files uploaded by 24 volunteers showing in Red. Despite some adverse comments from a couple of Co-ordinators, quite a number of the files appeared in Red because of errors made by volunteers rather the more stringent error checking introduced earlier this month. Typical examples found during my trawl through some files, 1. All records in a file conformed to the requirement not to include anything in the age at death field and then for no apparent reason the volunteer decided to add *,? or _ for one solitary record. This caused the whole file to be rejected. 2. Some files were shown in red due to more stringent error checking introduced ages ago and are unrelated to the age at death problem and the volunteers simply hadn't bothered to correct the files. More information can be found at "Messages in FreeBMD" http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/error-help.html . 3. Quite a number of files were from one name volunteers who decided they "knew" the age at death of the individuals in the Index and added it to their records. I've built up a terrific methodology for correcting the age at death files and propose to let this loose on the outstanding 791 files as soon as possible, unless the volunteer and Co-ordinator feels disinclined to take up this offer. It's easier for me to change the files rather than explain my process. As a parting comment Pareto's rule Pareto's rule states that a small number of causes is responsible for a large percentage of the effect, in a ratio of about 20:80. Regards Allan Raymond -----Original Message----- From: Allan Raymond <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: 21 November 2004 20:52 Subject: Re: Error Files - Age at Death Files Prior to 1866 Hi A list of volunteers with Red warning files can be found on my Web Page at: http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/FreeBMD_Errorfiles.htm . I'm still working on some of the information. Could I please ask Co-ordinators to liase with their volunteers to correct the errant files? Regards Allan Raymond -----Original Message----- From: Allan Raymond <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: 20 November 2004 00:09 Subject: Error Files - Age at Death Files Prior to 1866 To Syndicate Co-ordinators To be forewarned. I've just put the following message on the File Management page at: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/bmd-files.pl Start > **** Age at Death Files Prior to 1866 **** Age at death was added to records contained in post 1865 deaths indexes. Stricter checking of files containing death records prior to 1866 has just been introduced and will cause files to be rejected if the age at death field is shown other than blank Such files will be shown in RED, don't panic if you don't know how to correct the files as help will be given by either your Co-ordinator or one of the Central Team. < End I've been supplied with a list of transcribers whose files fall into the above category and will try and get details out to Co-ordinators ASAP. Any files shown with the RED error will be visible via Show Files but will not be included in Upload Report. When in File Management the files with errors can be readily sorted by selecting Warnings and Descending options. Typically, invalid records will be of the format BEANS,David,*,Abergavenny,26,21 or Norris,Richard,_,W.Derby,8b,448 To eliminate the error warnings it will be necessary to deleted the extraneous age at death entries such * or _ . I'm not sure if there is a quick way of doing this but the test method I employed was to open an errant file up in WordPad and use the replace option. Any other suggestions most welcome. I do have another life, so please bear with me until I can get further information out to Co-ordinators Allan Raymond ==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== To find out about the FreeBMD project please start at http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx ==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== Want to help FreeBMD? Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Hello All That is a brilliant idea and a great improvement. Thanks Sue The Recordsmiths ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Brooke" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 7:49 AM Subject: Downloading details > Hi All, > On the maintain syndicate page is a button used to download email addresses for syndicate members. Would anybody have an objection if I asked for this to be changed slightly so that it downloads a file consisting of Full Name, Submitterid, Email - as a comma separated list? > > Ian > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.801 / Virus Database: 544 - Release Date: 24/11/2004 > > > ==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== > Thank you Rootsweb for hosting the FreeBMD project and its mailing lists. See http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

Hi Alan Scan2 keeps a parallel copy of all files of it's transcribers. If you do correct any files belonging to Scan2 it is important that you also send me a copy. If not and some other corrections are made then your corrections may get undone !!!!! As transcribers also have a copy they can also nullify some corrections made by you. (If you made any changes that were not stoped by the new rules when uploading, or the new fix may be different from your fix to get upload accepted.) At 07:09 PM 28/11/2004, Allan Raymond wrote: >Hi > >You may wish to visit my updated page at: >http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/FreeBMD_Errorfiles.htm > >At long last I've completed the exercise of looking at a sample of files >from each volunteer showing in Red in the volunteers File Management. I've >corrected some files along the way which now leaves 791 files uploaded by 24 >volunteers showing in Red. > >Despite some adverse comments from a couple of Co-ordinators, quite a number >of the files appeared in Red because of errors made by volunteers rather the >more stringent error checking introduced earlier this month. > >Typical examples found during my trawl through some files, > >1. All records in a file conformed to the requirement not to include >anything in the age at death field and then for no apparent reason the >volunteer decided to add *,? or _ for one solitary record. This caused the >whole file >to be rejected. > >2. Some files were shown in red due to more stringent error checking >introduced ages ago and are unrelated to the age at death problem and the >volunteers simply hadn't bothered to correct the files. More information >can be found at "Messages in FreeBMD" >http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/error-help.html . > >3. Quite a number of files were from one name volunteers who decided they >"knew" the age at death of the individuals in the Index and added it to >their records. > >I've built up a terrific methodology for correcting the age at death files >and propose to let this loose on the outstanding 791 files as soon as >possible, unless the volunteer and Co-ordinator feels disinclined to take up >this offer. It's easier for me to change the files rather than explain my >process. > >As a parting comment > >Pareto's rule > >Pareto's rule states that a small number of causes is responsible for a >large percentage of the effect, in a ratio of about 20:80. > >Regards > >Allan Raymond > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Allan Raymond <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: 21 November 2004 20:52 >Subject: Re: Error Files - Age at Death Files Prior to 1866 > > >Hi > >A list of volunteers with Red warning files can be found on my Web Page at: > >http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/FreeBMD_Errorfiles.htm . > >I'm still working on some of the information. > >Could I please ask Co-ordinators to liase with their volunteers to correct >the errant files? > > >Regards > >Allan Raymond > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Allan Raymond <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: 20 November 2004 00:09 >Subject: Error Files - Age at Death Files Prior to 1866 > > >To Syndicate Co-ordinators > >To be forewarned. > >I've just put the following message on the File Management page at: > >http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/bmd-files.pl > >Start > > >**** Age at Death Files Prior to 1866 **** > >Age at death was added to records contained in post 1865 deaths indexes. >Stricter checking of files containing death records prior to 1866 has just >been introduced and will cause files to be rejected if the age at death >field is shown other than blank > >Such files will be shown in RED, don't panic if you don't know how to >correct the files as help will be given by either your Co-ordinator or one >of the Central Team. > >< End > >I've been supplied with a list of transcribers whose files fall into the >above category and will try and get details out to Co-ordinators ASAP. > >Any files shown with the RED error will be visible via Show Files but will >not be included in Upload Report. > >When in File Management the files with errors can be readily sorted by >selecting Warnings and Descending options. > >Typically, invalid records will be of the format > >BEANS,David,*,Abergavenny,26,21 or > >Norris,Richard,_,W.Derby,8b,448 > >To eliminate the error warnings it will be necessary to deleted the >extraneous age at death entries such * or _ . > >I'm not sure if there is a quick way of doing this but the test method I >employed was to open an errant file up in WordPad and use the replace >option. Any other suggestions most welcome. > >I do have another life, so please bear with me until I can get further >information out to Co-ordinators > >Allan Raymond > > > > > >==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== >To find out about the FreeBMD project please start at >http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > >==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== >Want to help FreeBMD? >Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. > >============================== >Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > > > >==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== >Thank you Rootsweb for hosting the FreeBMD project and its mailing lists. >See http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx Cheers Derek Derek C Hopkins, Phone +1(450)678-7768 6640, Biarritz, Fax +1(450)678-4252 Brossard, E-Mail [email protected] QC, Canada, J4Z-2A2. ==== FreeBMD - England and Wales - Birth - Marriage and Death Transcriptions <http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com> ==== Check out FreeBMD Scan2 Syndicate page (revised daily) Please bookmark our new home http://www.scan2.org/scan2.html ==== Check out QFHS Marriage Transcription Project page (revised daily) (Quebec Family History Society) Please bookmark our new home http://www.scan2.org/qfhs.html Check out my web page (22jan1997) Last Revised 28 May 1998 <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/index.html> Check out Abney Park Indexing Project (revised 14 MAR 2000, 195,000 names) <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/abney.html> Check out my web Ramsgate page <http://members.adept.co.uk/hopkde> Check out the Quebec Family History web page <http://www.cam.org/~qfhs/index.html>

In message <[email protected]>, Ian Brooke <[email protected]> writes >Hi All, >On the maintain syndicate page is a button used to download email >addresses for syndicate members. Would anybody have an objection if I >asked for this to be changed slightly so that it downloads a file >consisting of Full Name, Submitterid, Email - as a comma separated list? No problem here. -- Philip Powell The Fellwanderers Syndicate

Hi Ian No problems for Yorkscan Syndicate. Frank

This seems very sensible. If submitters change their email address it should be easier to track.. Jeff --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.802 / Virus Database: 545 - Release Date: 26/11/2004

Hi Ian et al. No problem here either. Kevin. -----Original Message----- From: Derek C Hopkins [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 2004 November 28 02:09 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Downloading details Hi All Scan2 has no objection. At 04:49 PM 27/11/2004, Ian Brooke wrote: >Hi All, >On the maintain syndicate page is a button used to download email >addresses for syndicate members. Would anybody have an objection if I >asked for this to be changed slightly so that it downloads a file >consisting of Full Name, Submitterid, Email - as a comma separated list? > >Ian > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.801 / Virus Database: 544 - Release Date: 24/11/2004 > > >==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== >Thank you Rootsweb for hosting the FreeBMD project and its mailing lists. >See http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx Cheers Derek Derek C Hopkins, Phone +1(450)678-7768 6640, Biarritz, Fax +1(450)678-4252 Brossard, E-Mail [email protected] QC, Canada, J4Z-2A2. ==== FreeBMD - England and Wales - Birth - Marriage and Death Transcriptions <http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com> ==== Check out FreeBMD Scan2 Syndicate page (revised daily) Please bookmark our new home http://www.scan2.org/scan2.html ==== Check out QFHS Marriage Transcription Project page (revised daily) (Quebec Family History Society) Please bookmark our new home http://www.scan2.org/qfhs.html Check out my web page (22jan1997) Last Revised 28 May 1998 <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/index.html> Check out Abney Park Indexing Project (revised 14 MAR 2000, 195,000 names) <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/abney.html> Check out my web Ramsgate page <http://members.adept.co.uk/hopkde> Check out the Quebec Family History web page <http://www.cam.org/~qfhs/index.html> ==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES 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 ============================== OneWorldTree - The World's largest family tree. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13971/rd.ashx

Hi A new volunteer uses AOL and is having problems downloading the scans. In the archives I have found this being asked before but the answer does not seem to be there. Is it possible for anyone to download and save the files using AOL? If so could you tell me how please. Thank you. Lesley

Hi All Scan2 has no objection. At 04:49 PM 27/11/2004, Ian Brooke wrote: >Hi All, >On the maintain syndicate page is a button used to download email >addresses for syndicate members. Would anybody have an objection if I >asked for this to be changed slightly so that it downloads a file >consisting of Full Name, Submitterid, Email - as a comma separated list? > >Ian > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.801 / Virus Database: 544 - Release Date: 24/11/2004 > > >==== FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Mailing List ==== >Thank you Rootsweb for hosting the FreeBMD project and its mailing lists. >See http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx Cheers Derek Derek C Hopkins, Phone +1(450)678-7768 6640, Biarritz, Fax +1(450)678-4252 Brossard, E-Mail [email protected] QC, Canada, J4Z-2A2. ==== FreeBMD - England and Wales - Birth - Marriage and Death Transcriptions <http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com> ==== Check out FreeBMD Scan2 Syndicate page (revised daily) Please bookmark our new home http://www.scan2.org/scan2.html ==== Check out QFHS Marriage Transcription Project page (revised daily) (Quebec Family History Society) Please bookmark our new home http://www.scan2.org/qfhs.html Check out my web page (22jan1997) Last Revised 28 May 1998 <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/index.html> Check out Abney Park Indexing Project (revised 14 MAR 2000, 195,000 names) <http://www.cam.org/~hopkde/abney.html> Check out my web Ramsgate page <http://members.adept.co.uk/hopkde> Check out the Quebec Family History web page <http://www.cam.org/~qfhs/index.html>

Hi All, On the maintain syndicate page is a button used to download email addresses for syndicate members. Would anybody have an objection if I asked for this to be changed slightly so that it downloads a file consisting of Full Name, Submitterid, Email - as a comma separated list? Ian --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.801 / Virus Database: 544 - Release Date: 24/11/2004

Following on from a thread in FreeBMD-Discuss There are 2 excellent utilities available to enable Syndicate co-ordinators to build their own page ranges. Jeremy Hakes updated Susan Harker's page checking program and it now has the facility to check multiple files and produce a page number error report for pages out of range or districts unknown. The error report is only generated for multiple files but you can simply check one file with the multiple file facility! If using the multiple file facility, it will also update the page range on request. He also produced a page range generator [virtually overnight!] that takes a number of files for a quarter [ideally about 35000 records] and produces a draft page range. This can then be used in conjunction with the page checking program. As a test, I ran the page range builder with 34 files of 750 records and then ran them through the page checking program to produce the error report. 15 minutes to get the draft page range and 7 to get the error report. The only drawback is that it doesn't like +PAGE in the middle of a file so I take those out before processing. www.calverley.info/croscan/croscan2.htm -- Philip Powell The Fellwanderers

Recently we have run into an unexpected problem while trying to set up 'mutual verifying'. Two of my transcribers who have Yahoo as their email package have found that if they receive a .bmd transcription file as an attachment they cannot save it in such a way that it is recognised by WinBMD or BMDVerify. Is there anyone out there who can describe how to receive .bmd files with Yahoo and be able to process them? I can see that the file contents could be included in the email text, then copy/pasted into notepad or similar, and then saved in a format BMDVerify would accept - but is there a simpler way? Jeff --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.801 / Virus Database: 544 - Release Date: 24/11/2004