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[Randi]

Bearings are observed.

[Michael]

Observations. Good question, though.

[Hanibal94]

But on the page I posted, they have recorded a different value for Latitude under "Observed"!
And on this page, they have different values for both!
https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 6_0135.JPG

[Michael]

Oops. The page was so magnified, I didn't see or bother to scroll left to see the titles. For now, enter the Observed value, but you can record the ones marked as bearing as either Observed or Not Specified. ONe of these days, I'll put a Bearing choice in the LatLong Wizard.

[pommystuart]

Correct me if I am wrong.
Observed = sextant and time.
DR = time on course plotted on a map.
Brgs = looking at various points and plotting on a map.

[Michael]

Yup!

[Hanibal94]

OK, thanks. In Kearsage, May 1875 (which I just uploaded), I used "Not Specified" because I thought that would be less likely to have bad side effects than having two "Observed" values for one day.

[Michael]

[Randi]

Sleepyowl found a creative log keeper who is entering Proportion of clear sky in tenths in a way I had never seen before.

Instead of 0, 1, 2, ..., 10 he uses 0, .1, .2 ..., 1

I.e., 1 (¹⁰/₁₀) indicates 10 tenths, .9 (⁹/₁₀) indicates 9 tenths, ...

https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 6_0050.JPG
https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 6_0054.JPG

Michael says to convert them to standard notation — drop the decimals (.1 becomes 1) and change the 1 to a 10.


As usual, don't hesitate to ask if you are confused.

[Randi]

We have a new transcriber trying to get LibreOffice to work under Windows 8.1.
Had anyone had any experience with that?

https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/sy ... s/#windows seems to imply that it should work...

[Michael]

No, sorry. Do you maybe need the 32 bit version of LibreCalc?

[Randi]

Question from a new user: "I’m stuck on how to get the Event and Location Wizard on a Mac. Is there someone who you know uses a Mac?"

[Michael]

The key combinations on a Mac are slightly different than in Windows. I think this is how you do it:
Use the Command Key for the Alt Key commands: i.e. Alt-E becomes CommandOption-E.
To get a context menu, Right-Click with Windows is Control-Click on a Mac.

You can get the Event Wizard with CommandOption-E and the Location Wizard with CommandOption-L. Or, do Control-Click and a menu will pop up and you can select the wizard from it. The Help sheet has a list of the Windows shortcut keys. Just use Command instead of Alt, and I hope all will be well.

Note: the first website I found said to use the Command key on a Mac to get the equivalent of an Alt key with Windows. However, Another website said to use the Option key as the substitute. I'm sorry for the confusion, but I don't have a Mac to test these things.

[Randi]

Update: They do not have a mouse.

I found the site: https://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-Keyboard- ... of-a-Mouse
It seems rather confusing, but it says: " To right click on Mac without a mouse, enable Mouse Keys, then press Ctrl + M (or Ctrl + 0 if you have a numeric keypad)."

Can anyone confirm this?

[Michael]

I found another website that said to use the Option key on a Mac where the Alt key is used with Windows. Sorry, but I don't have a Mac so I can test these things.

[Randi]

Any Mac users around?

A new transcriber is having problems.

[Randi]

A potential new transcriber is trying to get started on a Mac.
However, I don't know how to enable macros on her system.
The Tools drop-down menu ends with Customize instead of Options.
?

[ggordon]

My menu says that Alt+F12 is an alternative to get to options. Michael's messages above say that on a Mac the Option key or the Command key might work like the Alt key on Windows. So maybe one of those keys along with F12 might open the Options?

[Michael]

The instructions are here.

[Randi]

Super! Thanks!
I have passed them along.