[mso] Re: Check for repeating combinations?
- From: "Kathy Jacobs" <jacobskl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 09:20:31 -0700
Robert:
A non-technical solution... I use colored dots to do a similar thing with my
Girl Scout files (First dot indicates the level, second dot indicates what
type of activity, third dot indicates whether I can just pick it up and go
or if I need to buy supplies, etc.) One of the advantages of the colored
dots is I can add more if things change (Like if I have extra supplies for
the activity from last class.) Works like a charm.
Now for a technical solution, have you looked at Excel's grouping and
outline features? It might make tracking easier to do AFTER you get the
labels made.
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint
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-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Robert Carneal
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 8:57 AM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: Check for repeating combinations?
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Green Green Green for example means the file folder has everything in it I
want it to.
Green Lavender Red means I know this person has a brother, but no
information on the brother.
Blue Pink Red means I know this person has another spouse, but I have not
found the name of that spouse yet.
Green Blue Red means that person has a new child, but I don't have the
child's name yet.
Lt. Blue, Green Green means cemetery correspondence, and it is complete.
See the pattern? Whenever the label ends in Red, I know at a glance I do
want to work on it. Then, I can grab a bunch of them without caring which
ones I grab, and go to the research center and just work through them. I
assigned the colors in such a way it tells me at a glance what is missing,
or what it is that I want to do for that folder.
I thought about just buying the colored tabs, but the ones sold here are
huge, about an inch in width, and using three colors would be three inches
wide! I bought some blank address labels 5/8s of an inch and my color
printer will print three colors on that.
If I have done my permutation calculation correctly, having ten colors and
using two colors to classify a folder, plus Green or Red to indicate if the
folder needs working on, gives me 360 combinations. That is way more than I
will need or use. So, yes, I would appreciate a chance at fixing this so
the formula will grow as the table grows. What do I need to do?
Thank you.
Robert
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