My Legacy file was a conversion from a previous PAF file. I used OO to edit
and correct hundreds of notes that did not format properly when a gedcom
was originally imported into PAF. Scrolling down the column in OO was much
easier than having to open each record individually. I did not do any other
manipulation beyond the data in the table itself, I used no macros and I
saved it back with the same extension. No corruption at all. As always, if
you have a good backup you can experiment without risk.
Gary Templeman
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From: "ronald ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 1:52 PM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem
At present I would only consider using Open Office for searching the Legacy
database and not for making changes. In fact I am uncertain if one can write
amendments back into the DOC format and I know that the macros are different
so it could well corrupt your file should you attempt it.
I am slowly, very slowly, looking into this.
Ron Ferguson
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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 10:48:15 -0600
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Master Sources problem
Thanks Ronald and Dennis for your responses, but darn. I do not have
Access. I do have Open Office Database, but I don't believe I've ever
had a need to use it before, so I'm not very comfortable giving it a
whirl right now.
Cathy, I cannot find anything in the Source Detail anywhere. I tried
highlighting various fields to see if there was a secret space
somewhere and I cannot find it. Also thanks for the heads up on the
list. I did know about Gmail, but the lag on messages making it to the
list is frustrating at times.
*le sigh*
Well it could be worse I suppose. At least it's only about 40-50
people. It could be my whole database! :)
I would like to quickly add that it would be nice to see a feature
that might fix this problem... if it's possible of course.
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