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How To Output Transcription)


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CART and CenTrans: How To
Output Your Transcription

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CenTrans is made from two separate databases. When you get the .USR endings you have only exported half of the data and therefore it's unreadable by me when you submit it. To generate a database file to submit you need to do the following:

To Create a DBF for submission:

  1. Open CenTrans and your data.
  2. Go to the "Pages Index" in CenTrans
  3. Go to the "CenTrans" tab on the top near the middle.
  4. Choose the option "Create Database" and save the file (ending in .dbf) to a floppy disk or a hard drive following the instructions.
  5. Send this file to Janyce King at janyce@maggie-sz.org or upload to the uploader at http://www.usgwcensus.org/info/comp.htm


CART

To Create a DBF/TDF for submission:

  1. Close your transcription. (Go to the "Census Abstract" menu and choose "Close".)
  2. Go to the "Export" Menu and choose "DBF" and at next screen your file name should show under "Choose Census" and the radio button under "Format" should be DBF. Then Click on the "Export" button. On next screen under "File Name" should be your file name and you pick a spot to save the file. Make sure that the "Save file as type" is Database III (*.dbf) and click on the "OK" button.
  3. For really large files you need to export them in Tab Delimited Format. To do this go to the "Export" Menu and choose "TDF" and at next screen your file name should show under "Choose Census" and the radio button under "Format" should be TDF. Then Click on the "Export" button. On next screen under "File Name" should be your file name and you pick a spot to save the file. Make sure that the "Save file as type" is Database III (*.tbf) and click on the "OK" button.
  4. Send this file to Janyce King at janyce@maggie-sz.org or upload to the uploader at http://www.usgwcensus.org/info/comp.htm

When transcribing the census
MAKE A BACKUP COPY!


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