FCP, Excel, and creating an easy way for APs to log timecode

Hello
I work in a small/medium sized studio environment. 3 edit bays, 5 producers, and lots and lots of tapes.
Our producers are prone to logging footage with a legal pad. This is stupid because they could easily be using that time typing into an excel spreadsheet (or another program, preferably) to create a list that editors could then import and easily grab clips to edit.
Anyway,
I was trying to build a nice looking Excel spreadsheet to give our producers for this task. It would allow them to type timecode (without colons, it adds them in), and save the .xls so the editors could import the data for capturing.
Problems:
• FCP cannot read .xls files
• Exporting .xls to .txt (tab-del) turns the .xls file into a .txt (which we do not want)
• Office 2008 on Mac has no Macro support, so automating the export process is out of the question.
• On yeah - you cannot EXPORT from Excel. Only save as.
Is there a good alternative out there for this? I just want a document (I don't care what app it uses) that allows the APs to type timecode, and hit a button to export to a tab-del .txt. file.
What can I do here?
Thanks
Message was edited by: Steve Dorsey
Message was edited by: Steve Dorsey

Steve,
What you really want is a decent logging system. IMHO producers should concentrate on content, and not be bored with typing TC's / reelnames (they mess it up anyway).
Have a look at my logger (keep in mind that the windows version is a little more mature than the Mac version at this stage). My clients use it all the time, and seem very satisfied with it. (Altough that's Avid output, but the principle stays the same, and it has FCP compatible output)
http://www.videotoolshed.com/?page=products&pID=24
To be honest, i'm not quite sure if you want file based logging with a text export to FCP, but feel free to toy with it and give me some feedback on how you like it, and what you would have altered to get you really going.
Bouke
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