Here are some more of my "tricks" for optimum use of GeoFile that might
interest those of you who do database work with your Ensemble.  Keep
in mind that I am using the 2.0 version and that I don't know if the
"bugs" I am describing here occur for those who have applied the 2.01
patch.
To speed up the "find" process when the word or phrase you are searching
for is in the database more than once, get off the record you are on
before asking GEOS to find the next occurrence of the text string.  If
you don't leave, GEOS will "do its thing" and then land on the same
record a second time.  When you again tell it to "find next" a light
will flash in its brain saying "No you dummy, she means a different
record" and it will go look for the next one.   To avoid this
happening, when the cursor lands on the record and it's not the one
you want, move the cursor forward to the next record with the mouse
or the CTRL-N keyboard command and then tell GEOS to find the next
occurrence of the string.  It will go straight to it.
Similarly, if you want to avoid as much as possible GEOS rewriting
the screen as you are queuing up pages of multi-column labels to
print, do a save after each queue has been sent to the printer.
Likewise, if you need to sort the database before assembling your
mailing labels, do the sort in single record regular data entry mode
and layout rather than your multi-record label layout.  When I do that
and then switch to multi-record label layout, GEOS drops all my names
and addresses into it immediately and usually does not rewrite the
screen after it finishes displaying the layout with the cursor on page 1
of my 25+ pages ready for printing.  I ask for the first 3 pages to go
to the printer and wait while that is done.  As soon as the pages have
printed, I do a save, wait while GEOS rewrites the screen to the 4th
page, and then ask for pages 4, 5 and 6.  I print my labels in text only
fastest mode and I can usually print my entire mailing list for that
month in a little over an hour even though I am taking the extra time to
do the intermittant saves and small size print requests.
(Yes, Pensey, you may take the other messages and this one and use
them in GeigaCountR if you wish.  I'm sorry I've never gotten
around to describing my desktop for DTP'ing in an article as I promised
long ago to do for you.)
                                                Anne Page
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