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On 10 Mar 2010, at 15:11, Phil Blume wrote:
> Hi Graham
>
> OmniGraffle is dead easy to use. See; http://www.omnigroup.com/
>
> It is only available for OSX, which is another blessing, in my
> opinion.
>
> Phil Blume
>
> On 10 March 2010 09:30, Graham Sherwood <gsherwood@pre-
> construct.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> This is a question to other commercial Archaeology units or any
>> organisations whom create Harris Matrices.
>>
>>
>>
>> What software do you use to draw your Harris Matrices?
>>
>>
>>
>> Traditionally we have used Excel 2000 to draw a Harris Matrix. The
>> grid
>> squares and drawing tools are ideal for this purpose. The main
>> difficulty
>> is
>> the limit to the size of the worksheet, means very large matrices
>> have to
>> be
>> divided up into separate sheets. There are other problems like the
>> process
>> is very labour intensive.
>>
>> The last few years we have upgraded to Excel 2007 and hoped to use
>> the
>> larger spreadsheets (on the width) to create even bigger matrices.
>>
>> The problem we found was the drawing shapes and lines added, the
>> matrix
>> became unwieldy and sluggish, even on quite high-spec computers.
>>
>> Recently we have found random *.xlsx files corrupting for no apparent
>> reason
>> and subsequently losing their drawing shapes, hence connecting lines
>> (stratigraphic relationships). In a small matrix is this not too
>> much of a
>> problem but imagine a site with 12,000 contexts its terrifying!
>> Rewriting
>> them is not possible. I have found ways around it such as opening the
>> corrupted file in Open Office and converting it back to Excel 2000
>> version.
>> That repairs some of the damage. The solution I can give to users
>> is to
>> save
>> in Excel 97-2003 format not the new 2007, or just use the old Excel
>> 2000
>> application. Luckily the problem hasn't surfaced for this solution,
>> so it
>> appears to be a XLSX problem.
>>
>>
>>
>> Excel isn't ideal. What alternatives are there that you have used
>> and
>> found
>> to work well?
>>
>> We have tried some of the software variants out there e.g. proleg
>> but found
>> them cumbersome, especially when they insist on the matrix being
>> correct at
>> all times, or insisting stratigraphic relationships be corrected
>> before the
>> user can move on.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Graham
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Graham Sherwood
>> IT Manager/Website Manager
>> Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd
>> Unit 54, Brockley Cross Business Centre, 96 Endwell Road, London
>> SE4 2PD
>> tel: 020 7639 9091
>> fax: 020 7639 9588
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
>> <http://www.pre-construct.com/> www.pre-construct.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
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