Last weekend i was press ganged, at the last minute, to do the results for one of my clubs annual (PY) trophy events. This required the keying in of about 60 competitors. Now i am not a data entry clerk and my typing skills are probably no more or no less proficient than the overwhelming majority here, but 60 competitors in a short space of time was going to be a daunting task to say the least (there was no data available to import). In the end i thought stuff it i’ll just key in ‘class’ and ‘sail number’. This worked perfectly, was completed in a 10th of the usual time and even the competitors could identify themselves from just their class and sail number on the provisional results sheets
When keying in the results using the sail num wizard it occured to me that an express entry wizard would come in very useful for those occassions when you needed to work fast. ie type “La” and up pops “Laser” then tab over to ‘sail number’ and key in sail number. Thats it, basic info entered. If you wanted to put in details later edit in the usual way. Frankly in a one design openmeeting click off the class field and just key in the sail numbers… just think 40 entries keyed in in 3 minutes!!
just a thought.
simon
http://uk.geocities.com/bscraceresults/
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I've only got my laptop handy at the moment which has only got version 1.43 installed, but that version certainly has very nearly the functionality you're after.
If type the first few characters of the class name into the box (eg "las" for Laser, or "way" for Wayfarer) and then click the drop-down arrow to the right, it scrolls the list straight to that point in the list. After a couple of attempts you'll learn just how few characters you can type for each class to get straight to it.
James
simon smith sprayed this onto the 'net at 17/04/2003 11:46:
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Last weekend i was press ganged, at the last minute, to do the results for one of my clubs annual (PY) trophy events. This required the keying in of about 60 competitors. Now i am not a data entry clerk and my typing skills are probably no more or no less proficient than the overwhelming majority here, but 60 competitors in a short space of time was going to be a daunting task to say the least (there was no data available to import). In the end i thought stuff it i'll just key in 'class' and 'sail number'. This worked perfectly, was completed in a 10th of the usual time and even the competitors could identify themselves from just their class and sail number on the provisional results sheets
When keying in the results using the sail num wizard it occured to me that an express entry wizard would come in very useful for those occassions when you needed to work fast. ie type "La" and up pops "Laser" then tab over to 'sail number' and key in sail number. Thats it, basic info entered. If you wanted to put in details later edit in the usual way. Frankly in a one design openmeeting click off the class field and just key in the sail numbers.. just think 40 entries keyed in in 3 minutes!!
just a thought.
simon
http://uk.geocities.com/bscraceresults/
Hi,
Thanks for your email.
I have added your suggestions to the Sailwave development list. Please keep
an eye on the Sailwave User Group or the Sailwave web site for announcements
of new versions. You will not be notified personally when your suggestion
has been implemented but you will be able to check the 'changes' web page to
see if has been done. Please do not hesitate to nag me about your ideas if
they seem to be taking a long time to filter through to the product.
Regards,
Colin,
www.sailwave.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: simon smith [mailto:simon@smith.net]
Sent: 17 April 2003 11:47
To: sailwave@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [sailwave] Competitor entry wizard
Last weekend i was press ganged, at the last minute, to do the results for
one of my clubs annual (PY) trophy events. This required the keying in of
about 60 competitors. Now i am not a data entry clerk and my typing skills
are probably no more or no less proficient than the overwhelming majority
here, but 60 competitors in a short space of time was going to be a daunting
task to say the least (there was no data available to import). In the end i
thought stuff it i'll just key in 'class' and 'sail number'. This worked
perfectly, was completed in a 10th of the usual time and even the
competitors could identify themselves from just their class and sail number
on the provisional results sheets
When keying in the results using the sail num wizard it occured to me that
an express entry wizard would come in very useful for those occassions when
you needed to work fast. ie type "La" and up pops "Laser" then tab over to
'sail number' and key in sail number. Thats it, basic info entered. If you
wanted to put in details later edit in the usual way. Frankly in a one
design openmeeting click off the class field and just key in the sail
numbers.. just think 40 entries keyed in in 3 minutes!!
just a thought.
simon
http://uk.geocities.com/bscraceresults/
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