I, too, track blood donors for a small hospital.
I keep donors in an Excel file so we can thank them and encourage future donations. We merge a thank-you letter with the Excel datafile.
Your file will depend on how you want to use it.
We use:
Name-address-date donated
We run a drive quarterly, and have record of donations for the past couple of years.
Excel works fine for us. I think Access is way to powerful for your needs - but that's just me!
2007-12-01 02:37:49
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answered by TheHumbleOne 7
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Depends on what you intend to do with the database after you've got it all on the computer. If you intend to maybe send letters or cards, then you should look for software that supports mailmerge functions.
But to answer your question, any generic database software could be used to get it stored electronically.
2007-12-01 02:07:05
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answered by snvffy 7
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You could buy MS-Access for about $160. OR:
Try the free, and M$-Office compatible, Open Office instead, from:
Included: Writer (like MS-Word), Calc (MS-Excel), Impress (PowerPoint), *** Base (like MS-Access) ***, Draw (MS-Paint) and Math (no equivalent)
Just make sure that if you want others to be able to view the documents, using M$-Office Word for example, save them using "Save as..." in .doc format, instead of the default .odt format.
Or use the built-in PDF creation feature.
2007-12-01 02:18:43
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answered by ELfaGeek 7
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