Hi Graham,

Thank you so much for your advice.  I am definitely going to use the 
"spreadsheet evaluation method" to help me in my search.  I also like the 
idea of weighting each function for comparison, too.  I'll try to let you 
know what happens in the end!

Have a great weekend!

Diane





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As you will probably hear from the esteemed members of this list, there 
are numerous software packages to cater to most of your records management 
needs.

You will require a method for evaluating these packages so that you can 
make a more informed decision.  I would suggest a spreadsheet that brings 
together each package to compare apples with apples.

What I did was to list all the things I wanted the package to do... must 
haves, nice to haves, wheew what a luxury, etc.  Give each function a 
weighting factor so that realistic values can be appointed to each 
function.  Then let the spreadsheet do the math and you will get a 
short-list of packages to look at in more detail.  This worked for me.

Best regards and good luck.


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