Good questions Ted. Grounding in FM helped me considerably. I've only been using FM for the last year and inherited a good system for the size of operation we had but we've experienced a hugh growth and needed a lot more--which ebase provided. I've taken a class in FM and one for ebase. I've felt quite comfortable with ebase and making changes to it--and even helped my husband set up ebase for his employer! My husband has not had any FM training, but his work used ClarisWorks (which apparently is similar). Some parts like the various Modes he got right away. On the other hand, I've become his ebase consultant! He's had a variety of questions, some of which were FM specific. Beth At 3:22 PM 10/27/00, Ted Fickes wrote: >Jackie's question about the FileMaker user manual and/or which 3rd party >book would be helpful raises a question I've had for a while. > >While not absolutely necessary, I think that folks 'getting under the hood' >with ebase would have generally more pleasant and more productive >experiences if they had a better grounding in how to use FileMaker. You >don't need to be a certified FileMaker administrator (if any such thing >exists) to add fields but there are a lot of ebase functions really force >you to work with FileMaker terminology and interfaces. > >Does anybody have any experiences or thoughts about this...including >disagreeing? Any sense for how much FileMaker training is sufficient for >various levels of work with ebase? Where/how folks can get more experience >with FileMaker in a more productive way than stumbling through edits to >ebase? Any place online with a good FileMaker tutorial or free/cheap >training module? > >Ted > > >Ted Fickes >Environmental Law & Policy Center >35 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 1300 >Chicago, IL 60601 >312-795-3724 >312-795-3730 (fax) >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >The Midwest Environment Online at http://www.elpc.org Beth Hynes, Membership Services Parks & Trails Council of Mn 651-281-0508 26 E Exchange St #100 St Paul, MN 55101 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
