How to display 4 digit years is OK now. Working on how to separate the
'abt's, 'bef's, 'aft's from the main date. Using Replace on the csv to
change, for instance,
"abt 1917" to "abt","1917" by adding "," to the original to create an
additional column with 'abt' in it. Leaves it mixed up though as some
dates won't have a second column. Sort by 'abt', cut and paste into
another column to separate them. Then you can still sort your whole
file by birth-dates. I've made a mess trying to work with a 10,000
person csv but it should work.
JL
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Robert Carneal USA wrote:
Please do not forget that Mudcreek's GenViewer will do this also. You
can open a Legacy file in GenViewer, and convert that file to a CVS.
Then, you can open that file from Excel, OpenOffice Calc, Lotus,
Quattro Pro, Boeing Calc (Discontinued, I believe), MultiPlan (eBay?),
SuperCalc that I am aware of. Last I checked, Mudcreek still offers a
trial. Please go to:
http://www.mudcreeksoftware.com/
By the way, Mudcreek also sells a product called GenMatcher, a product
many users find useful.
^
As far as I know, if you set Legacy for 4 year display, and you should
get four year display when you do this.
Robert
JLB wrote:
Sorry I lost the thread - overly zealous with emptying the Trash.
Legacy does not seem to sort by Month, Days and Years separately, but
once you've imported a csv file into a spreadsheet you can sort it
there with more choice. At least it works in OpenOffice, sort of.
If I import a date such as 23 Sep 1901 from Legacy, OO will turn it
into 23/09/01. This can get a bit confusing if it might be 1701 or
1801 or 2001. Haven't figured out yet how to make it keep 4 digit
years.
JL
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