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Posted by Susan Bugher on 07/30/06 20:05
Michael Laplante wrote:
> "Susan Bugher" <sebugher@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:4j2iddF5lt8vU1@individual.net...
>>I have ALL the info about my family photos in a spreadsheet - including
>>the order of the photos - and generate all new HTML pages when needed
>>(about 10 photos and descriptions per page rather than just one). The
>>process is spreadsheet data to .csv file, import the .csv file to Treepad
>>and save, import the Treepad file to Keynote, export from Keynote to
>>individual text files, rename the file extensions from .txt to .htm.
>>Despite the number of steps its a fast process. FWIW - I create dated
>>ordered sets of all the photos AND date ordered sets for individual family
>>members.
> Whew! That's quite a process. I had experimented with a similar technique
> using MS Excel combined with Word's mail merge to separate document process,
> but I ran into problems with that.
The method I use to create the HTML files sounds more complicated than
it is - several programs are used but only a few steps are required in
each - probably 10-20 steps total (copy, open, paste, save etc.).
> I've just discovered a program call TextWedge which will split up a text
> file into smaller text files. Haven't tried it yet, but that may be the
> ticket for me. Will let you know. . .
Thanks Michael. If you find a good solution I'm all ears. :)
Susan
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