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Ceder Square Dance System (CSDS) ==> Sequences

Importing sequences from MS Word

Is there a way to get MS Word docs (of SD sequences written and already processed) into the "import sequence" of any particular > dance? When I try to do it (and given, I haven't gone back and saved them as TXT or RTF files yet to try that)... I get a "this program has performed an illegal function and will be shut down" message, and all I can do is shut it down and try again.

Sequences within MS Word documents can not be directly imported into CSDS.

The best you can do is to use MS Word to convert the document into a text file, then edit the text file to put an at-sign (@) in column 1 between the sequences.

For example, your edited text file should look similar to:

@
Heads Promenade 1/2
Heads Square Thru 4
Circle To A Line
Touch 1/4
All 8 Circulate
Centers Box Circulate
Boys Run
Centers Pass Thru
Corner Swing & Promenade Home
@
Heads Promenade 1/2,
come down the middle and Square Thru 4,
Right & Left Thru, Veer Left,
Ferris Wheel,
Centers Touch 1/4, Box Circulate - TWICE,
Swing Corner & Promenade Home
@

Then CSDS can import it easily.

Within the 'Call from Screen' portion of CSDS, you can add up to three documents (preferably TXT or RTF instead of DOC) to a dance.

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