Cheryl, In response to your question " Have you managed to tic the box saying 'Insert blanks for missing info'?"
No, it's not checked. Pat On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Brian/Support <br...@legacyfamilytree.com> wrote: > Use reset to set the report to defaults. There should not be a line > between events but Legacy is now incorrectly adding those if you run a > lined report first. The error is recorded in our problem reporting system. > > To change report spacing select the page layout tab then click the > custom report spacing button. There are a number of line spacing options > there that may give you what you want. > > The line for marriage is a new addition in response to a problem report. > It is a placeholder when a marriage has no data entered but does have a > source. We needed to insert something where we could include the source > citation. Before the recent update we were not including source > citations for marriages without data. > > There is no option to change the way pictures are included so the line > under the caption cannot be removed. > > Although you cannot use the format buttons to set the format in the > Event for the Event Name, Description, Dates or Places you can select > the text and use CTRL-i to set italics, CTRL-b for bold, CTRL-u for > underline and CTRL-s for superscript formats. > > If you try to add those format codes to Event names, dates and places > though you will find that the event with format codes will become a new > Master Event Definition for each form of code/code combination and > places enclosed in format codes will also be new places in the Master > Location list. For Events you will then have to define your own event > sentence(s) for the new event definition. I did not test the impact of > format codes around dates and date checking for invalid dates in > Potential Problems. On the Chronology tab the event with a formatted > date does sort correctly so the date may be working as a good date. > > I see two others have already replied re use of the quoted name to have > Legacy use a middle name or nickname in reports. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > br...@legacyfamilytree.com > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > On 22 Sep 2014 1:59 PM, Pat Hickin wrote: > > The more I use Legacy, the more I realize what an amazingly complicated > > program it is. I suppose I want it to be even *more* complicated! > > > > Is there a way to do any of the following? > > > > On a descendant narrative report there is a line between each event that > I > > would like to get rid of. Instead I would like a double space between > > events. (Bullet-style- formatting) > > > > And there is also a line under picture captions that I'd like to do away > > with. > > > > Also in the list of children, I'd like to have an empty line (*i.e*., > > double-space) between each child, but I see no way to do that. > > > > And, I'd like an empty line (*i.e*., double-space) after the sentence > that > > says "their children were:" > > > > As you know, German given names for boys were often "Johannes Christian," > > "Johannes Adam," "Johannes Ludwig," etc. Is there any way I can get > Legacy > > to either use the middle name or the full given name in narratives? > > > > When the place of marriage is not given, Legacy inserts a blank line > about > > an inch or two long. I'd like not to have that line and don't know how > to > > get rid of it. I don't remember seeing it in the past. > > > > On individual events, the formatting options of italics, bold, etc. work > > fine in the notes field but don't affect the description, etc., fields. > > Any way to change that? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Pat > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
