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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Roslyn, doesn’t work when you hav=
e
12P1 and 12P2, which then has to become 2P2, so it’s a real mess. =
; It’s
either change the school codes as you’ve suggested or get the CASES
people to change the database field sizes. <o:p></o:p></span></font></=
p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I mean we live in the 21<sup>st</sup> C=
entury.
Restricting field sizes to three characters was the go in the retro age- but
storage is not an issue these days, not with terabyte disk storage just arou=
nd the
corner. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Also did you know that CASES only expor=
ts
in Microsoft Excel? You can’t even get a Text file out of it. &n=
bsp;Three
cheers for the Victorian Education Department and Microsoft. <o:p></o:=
p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Zach Alexakos<o:p></o:p></span></font><=
/p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face=3D"Times New Roman"><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span lang=3DEN-US
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span><=
/font></b><font
size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-fam=
ily:Tahoma'>
itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b><s=
pan
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Meadows, Roslyn M<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 14 February=
2007
10:26 PM<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st=3D"o=
n">Year
12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Year 12 IT Apps=
] OT/
Timetable</span></font><span lang=3DEN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'=
font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span lang=3DE=
N-US
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Use 1 and 2 for Year=
11
units and 3 and 4 for Year 12 units? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span lang=3DE=
N-US
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></s=
pan></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D1 color=3Dgray face=3DEurostile=
><span
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Eurostile;color:gray'>Rosl=
yn
Meadows | Information Technology | <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:s=
t=3D"on">Bentleigh</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Secondary</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D=
"on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
| </span></font></b></strong><font color=3Dnavy><span lang=3DEN-US
style=3D'color:navy'><a href=3D"mailto:meadows.roslyn.m@edumail.vic.gov.au">=
<strong><b><font
size=3D1 color=3Dgray face=3DEurostile><span style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-f=
amily:Eurostile;
color:gray;text-decoration:none'>meadows.roslyn.m@edumail.vic.gov.au</span><=
/font></b></strong></a></span></font><strong><b><font
size=3D1 color=3Dgray face=3DEurostile><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size=
:7.5pt;
font-family:Eurostile;color:gray'> | ph 03 9579 1044 | mobile 0412 614 062</=
span></font></b></strong><span
lang=3DEN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span lang=3DEN-US
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span><=
/font></b><font
size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-fam=
ily:Tahoma'>
itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b><s=
pan
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Alexakos, Zach Z<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 14 February=
2007
5:20 PM<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st=3D"o=
n">Year
12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Year 12 IT Apps] OT=
/
Timetable</span></font><span lang=3DEN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span lang=3DEN=
-US
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Have any Victorian Government schools
managed to work around the problem of coding their descriptors from years 10=
-12
given that CASES software only allows three characters?<o:p></o:p></span></f=
ont></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Eg: A year 12 class becomes 2P2
instead of the full description 12P2. You can see why this causes othe=
rs
in the school using the data major headaches. <o:p></o:p></span></font=
></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Any solutions, suggestions are more tha=
n
welcome. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D=
'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Zach Alexakos<o:p></o:p></span></font><=
/p>
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