Easy. Abandon your dependence on Word. Do the job properly. Use an XML editor, and an XML database.
Lou (well he would say that wouldnt he) Burnard
Daniel O'Donnell wrote:
Digital Medievalist Journal (Inaugural Issue Fall 2004). Call for papers: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/cfp.htm
Something for us? Not really a standards-based question, but I'm sure a fairly common problem.
-dan
Subject: Need a Word-files search utility From: Al Magary al@MAGARY.COM Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 14:51:34 -0700 To: MEDTEXTL@listserv.uiuc.edu
My Hall's Chronicle project has grown into a Word monster, consuming 26 files totaling 70MB, due to my reliance on three-column tables for transcription and notes. As my Windows XP machine can only keep two or three of these open at a time, I have difficulty tracking things down: something faintly remembered might be in file 12--or was it 25? or 7?--or maybe none of those. So I need a good fast search utility that can tackle a set of Word files and even keep its internal index uptodate as I proofread and revise..
I'm trying out Files Search Assistant (description at http://www.aks-labs.com/products/files_search_assistant.htm ) FSA seems flexible and fast. It builds a keyword index (no fewer than 173,509 different keywords in Hall, thanks to the variable 16C spelling) in less than five minutes. Subsequent word searches are quick, but FSA doesn't seem to allow browsing of that word index, which for me is a requirement. As well, I can't seem to save the index, so it must be rebuilt each time I need to use it.
Any recommendations from the list?
Thanks, Al Magary
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