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The Nixon Fair DB has several features and parts that have helped dozens of people, just like you, to learn how to use it properly and effectively. So, relax - you can do it!
Thanks for reading thru all of the pages on this Web Site that describe what the Nixon Fair DB is, and the work that it can do.
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Do I have the time to learn to use all this database stuff?
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This seems really technical. I'm not a computer geek. Can I learn to use it?
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How do the current users remember how to use the Fair DB, if they use it only once a year?
Are you thinking, right now,
Over 30 Videos, each about 5 minutes long, showing and telling you about:
These videos help you see how to do something for the first time, or help remind you how to do something that you last did one year ago.
Step by Step Descriptions on Doing Key Activities
Checklists are great tools for making sure that you complete a complicated task, and not miss anything. Several step-by-step descriptions are included, and more are being added as needed.
Training / Practice / Testing Data Files
The Fair DB keeps all the data (names, entry forms, results, etc. ) in a MDB (MicroSoft DataBase) file, and all the menus, forms and reports in other files. The Data MDB can be duplicated to make a Test MDB, and then key data (ie Judging Results, or Entry Forms) is deleted. Using the Test MDB, and related paperwork from the last fair, users can re-do Entry Forms, or Judging Results, or other work.
Some fairs hold refresher sessions a few weeks before their fair, to test their computers, prepare new users, and be ready for the real thing.
The 3 Key Activities, often done by recruited volunteers,
- verifying Names' Data - entering Entry Forms - posting Judging Results
can be learned by less than 15 minutes of observing someone else do the work.
Many persons have offered to help, and have become productive on the Fair DB with 15 minutes. Often, one computer is used to verify names, and another is used for entry forms. Having two people at each computer - one who is comfortable with typing and computers, and another who knows the fair well, but has no computer skills - is also a great way to get started.
Many people are comfortable using Spreadsheets, but scared of Databases. The Fair DB was designed to look and work like a bunch of related, connected spreadsheets. So, copy, paste, moving around, printing are all familiar.
