There are Word forms and Word forms. Strictly speaking, a Word form can be just a simple table that the user types into. This is often the case with something like an invoice or order form, but Word also offers the ability to lock down a document, so the user […]
Let’s look at the basic reasons for having a database in the first place. Some years ago, we had a call from a small company in London who needed a fairly simple database to store nothing more than contacts and companies. We went along and asked what they currently did […]
FileMaker Pro, the number one database software for Mac or Windows, is widely regarded as the most versatile development software on the market. Some of us have been developing databases longer than Operandi have been around, and it is rare that you have to tell a client that something they […]
Newsletters tend to lean towards the more complex design requirements than your usual letterhead. We often recommend that Microsoft Publisher is used in these circumstances, as it is designed for this type of layout and document. We develop templates for this too. We often get called upon to develop new features […]
Not all of our projects end up as stationery templates. In a recent project, we created a fully formatted version of an annual report, including the financial section as a Word document. The idea was to have the report as a master document that could be edited for the following year, or […]