Is there a simple program available?

[oldog]

I currently have a very dog eared notebook, containing a list of a large number of books borrowed from the library. With authors listed in alphabetical order,book titles and comments on the book.

 

I would like to transfer this data to a small netbook or one of the new range of small hand held devices coming on the market.

 

how can I have the following

 

>alphabetical list>scroll down to a letter (say G)> bring up all authors under G>scroll down to required name> open list of his books>scroll down to required title > view comments.

 

Have tried to use address book,the spread sheet approach is too slow. Have downloaded "book library' but is an overkill and complex.

 

Is there a simple program available that will achieve this or is it already lurking somewhere in Win xp

[DSTM]

Hi oldog. There are a number of ways to to do this in XP, without the use of a Third Party Program.

Why dont you have one folder in Documents, with all your Sub-Folders in Alpabetical order?

Name each Sub-Folder like so.

00A_whatever

00B_whatever

00C_whatever

00D_whatever

Use this prefix and don't forget the underscore,then Windows wont mix them all up.

This would keep all the Alphabetical Folders contained.

If this doesn't suit you then there are other methods.:)

[oldog]

Thanks sounds good, will go and have a play.

[DSTM]

You can do this to your Photo Files as well,so when you are watching a slide show,for example, they stay in the order you wish.:)

Have Fun.

[oldog]

Thanks for starting me on the quest. The answer was in fact very simple using "documents"

 

>open a document "Books and Authers" and type in a list of the alphabet from a-Z

>under each letter open a sub folder titled "Authers Name"

>right click on a blank area of screen and select sort by name,if sorted Z-A click a second time and it will go to A-B. names are automaticaly sorted on entry.

>under each 'Auther' open a sub folder titled books 'written"

>right click to sort alpabetically.

 

Works really well and is simple to set up and edit..