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I am looking for some volunteers to help me correct some data so that it can be added to the site.

The data is a list of the British surrenders during the war. It comes from an official report and is in the form of a table with one entry (surrender) per row. Here is an extract from the text.



I have tried to convert the text into an Excel spreadsheet. Some of the test has been read correctly but there is a need to check all the text and, quick frequently, correct it.

This is what I would like to achieve in Excel:



The report consists of 140 pages with about 5 to 10 entries per page.

I am in the process of creating zip files containing 10 pages from the report along with the relevant section of the spreadsheet. This does mean that anyone wishing to help will need to have a copy of Excel. I could copy the scanned text into Word if that would be easier.

The work would involve opening the image of the page and then checking and correcting the data in Excel.

I would have all the preparatory material ready in early February. There is no target date for completion.

As the work completes, I would add the corrected information to my site for anyone to access.

If this is something you can help with or if you have any queries, please let me know.

With thanks
David

Count me in. I am so very glad that you are going to make this available on the Forum.

You have my email addresses. Please let me know how I can assist.

Regards

Rory

Happy to assist, send detail to crypt@mweb.co.za
Jonathan

I can help also David.

Jim

Hello David
Happy to help.
regards
Dave

You can count me in too David.

RobM