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I was recently called to be Assistant Ward Clerk here at the Y in my first semester. I'm in charge of the ward directory. I want to make it as fluid as possible ( ie make changes when necessary that won't ruin the format.)
What would be the best software on the Mac side of things to do this with?
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Even if your not LDS you can still help me here, i have about 200 names and addresses. pictures and other bits of information that i need to get 15-20 names/info/pictures per printed page.
Its basically so everyone in the ward knows everyone else.
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If this is for print, enter the information in an Excel spreadsheet and use Mail Merge in Word.
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What about just using Google Spreadsheet? It's a pretty simple piece of software, but it looks like you don't require much. Also members could then update their own information themselves (if you give them access to the document).
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Well you could always use the address book application to put all the information in, that would keep things pretty organized and allow you to export to anyone with a mac or an iPod/iPhone. Then if you wanted a list you could select them all and hit print, which would allow you to mess around with the formats and the information for each before allowing you to either print or save it as a pdf. Let me know if you have anymore questions on how to do this.
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While I like Pages and Numbers (well, I haven't had a chance to use Numbers, but I know I'll like it), they are not the Mac equivalents of Office. The mac equivalents of Office are the Office applications on the Mac. Pages, Keynote, and Numbers fill different gaps. Keynote is very nearly a replacement for Powerpoint (and superior for most uses, IMO), but Pages is not a replacement for Word in many situations, and Numbers is not a replacement for Excel.
In this case, Mail Merge is possible in Pages, though I haven't tried it yet.
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What format is the document currently in? Does the church information program output a CSV or comma delimited format? I've gone through a print to file process thinking I was getting that before but when I got home it didn't come out right.
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Right now i have an excel spreadsheet (that isn't exactly formatted real nice)
so im starting over. I just want to make sure its flexible when its done(ie i dont just want to make a word doc, i'd much rather have it in a spreadsheet of some kind.. and then have it generate the directory from a template i make)
I know this kind of thing is possible. Im just trying to figure out how to accomplish it.
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Okay, well it sounds like you are past the level where I can be much help. But I'd like to know if anyone has gotten a CSV file out of the church MIS.
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I'd like to know if anyone has gotten one piece of usable info out of the new MIS. That is one crappy program.
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