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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24896102, member: 26430"]I like the binders and printed pages for each one -- that's a good system. I've got some printed materials for my coins like that which I keep in manila folders on my shelves or in file drawers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the information I keep in a few different Word files. I've tried spreadsheets/Excel, but I have a lot of notes on each coin and found them too difficult to use. Word is easier, since at a glance I can see several paragraphs or pages per coin, if necessary. (I scan through my notes files every day.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of the brief entries in my document for coins with provenances that I want to keep track of. (I chose these two entries so I could get two on the screen at once, but some take up multiple pages.) There are a couple of other files I use that are actually longer (I just broke a couple up because I was worried they were pushing that maximum size for a .doc file. As you can see from the bottom corner, this one is almost at 600 pages.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1599539[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I also use the "Bookmarks" in ACSearch.info. (You don't have to pay to create bookmarks, just register a free account.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The one I use most often is called "<b>mine!</b>":</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1599540[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Others:</p><p>[ATTACH]1599541[/ATTACH] <i>(click to embiggen)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24896102, member: 26430"]I like the binders and printed pages for each one -- that's a good system. I've got some printed materials for my coins like that which I keep in manila folders on my shelves or in file drawers. Most of the information I keep in a few different Word files. I've tried spreadsheets/Excel, but I have a lot of notes on each coin and found them too difficult to use. Word is easier, since at a glance I can see several paragraphs or pages per coin, if necessary. (I scan through my notes files every day.) Here are a couple of the brief entries in my document for coins with provenances that I want to keep track of. (I chose these two entries so I could get two on the screen at once, but some take up multiple pages.) There are a couple of other files I use that are actually longer (I just broke a couple up because I was worried they were pushing that maximum size for a .doc file. As you can see from the bottom corner, this one is almost at 600 pages.) [ATTACH=full]1599539[/ATTACH] I also use the "Bookmarks" in ACSearch.info. (You don't have to pay to create bookmarks, just register a free account.) The one I use most often is called "[B]mine![/B]": [ATTACH=full]1599540[/ATTACH] Others: [ATTACH]1599541[/ATTACH] [I](click to embiggen)[/I][/QUOTE]
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