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To Locate a .txt file
(a previously produced
 Electronic Schedule Data File)

  1. Access Band Manager

  2. Click Data on the Main Menu screen

  3. Click down arrow button at right of Look In: window  opendown example

  4. Click Bandmgr.

  5. Double Click Export  export file directory

  6. Click down  arrow button at right of 'Files of Type:'
    Click All Files.                                                       allfiles option

  7. Click on appropriate .txt file name.

  8. Press Mouse RIGHT Click Button. 

  9. Trace down to (Send To) this will bring up a list of several places, choose A: or B: (depending on your machine) to send the file to a diskette. 

This file once copied onto a floppy can be mailed to BBL or attached to an email message and sent to karen_jones@usgs.gov.   Hard copies of the banding schedules can be printed at BBL once the .txt file is received. 

If you are unable to locate the .txt file in your Export Directory, please contact the Help Line 301-497-5845.

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