[HP4GU-FAQ] Re: Catching up & cataloguing

[dicentra at xmission.com]

Quoting eloiseherisson at aol.com:

> 2) How do I download/create a document in which to work? (I don't do  
> spreadsheets - yet!)

I have a very old copy of MS Works (from Windows 3.11), and IIRC, when you
open it up it asks you what kind of document you want to use.  "Spreadsheet"
is one of the options, so you click that.  Up comes a blank spreadsheet. 
(Don't be intimidated by it, it's just rows and columns, that's all. :D)  In
the first row, put the column names. (Number, Topic, Topic, Topic, Comment
is what I have.) You can get from one cell (square) to another by hitting
Tab (that moves you left to right.)  You can also use the arrow keys to go
up or down, or you can use the mouse to get around.

After you have put your column names into the first row, click on the very
first cell of row 2.  Then select Window => Freeze Panes.  A black line
should show up under the column names.  See a previous post (today) that
tells how to get the post numbers filled in automatically.
> 
> 3) How do I upload what I've done?

In Webview, click Files on the left-hand menu.  Then click the folder in
which you want to put your work. ("InProgress" is the name.)  Click "Add
File."  You should get two fields and a button called "Browse."  Click
Browse and look for where you've put your file. (I recommend saving it on
your desktop or in My Documents or whatever they're calling it these days to
make it easy to find.)  Select your document and click the Open button. Your
filename should appear in the top window.  In the bottom window, type "XXX's
cataloging to date" or some such thing.  Then click "Upload File."  Ta Da!

When it's time to upload an updated copy of the file, you'll have to delete
the previous copy.  Yahoo won't overwrite files.  Use the delete button next
to your file (on the far right) to delete your file.  Then upload the
updated copy the same as with the original.
 
Eloise: 
Regarding keywords...

I've been thinking of topics that I might have difficulty classifying, or
which seem to tie into a larger theme. Do you think we should have a keyword
for posts which deal with Wizarding culture and attitudes? For instance,
'Toughness', 'Real Wizards Don't  Apologise' or the current 'Shades of
Godric's Hollow thread'? These could then have a second descriptive key such
as Housism, classism or attitudes to Muggles, etc., if appropriate.
(Presumably topics that relate to the 'Social Issues' FAQ).

Dicey:
If you look at my catalog, you'll see that I get fairly granular with regard
to the topics.  I have things like Life Debt and Mercy and QWC and Acronym
(for the post where it's first coined).  I think that if you come across a
topic that isn't limited to that post or that thread, you should use a
keyword for it.  Look first in the table for topic names, though, in case
someone has come up with something you need already (don't want too many
synonyms floating around, right?).

--Dicey, hoping that helped