I had missed that, Jenny. Thanks.
On 8/15/08 6:17 PM, Jenny M Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Marilyn Streeter wrote
Thank you all for the assistance. I have been using the double quotes
but only for instances such as Sarah Margaret Marg Smith. When I use
it for actually using the second
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Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:48:41 -0400
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Use of Correct Given Name in reports
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Does the middle name get
PM
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Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Use of Correct Given Name in reports
Janis,
If I remember correctly it does but also has the disavantage that you cannot
remove it without losing a name. For example not only would George Calvin
Gilmore use Calvin when referring
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I was not aware of the work-around to get
Some of the people I have in my database use their second given name instead
of their first given name. I have shown that the second name was the one
they used by putting the second name in capitals. However my problem arises
when printing out reports is that the first given name is always
Put the preferred name in double quotes in the individual entry and check
the box for Use Quoted in the report options. I don't remember whether
you can do this in all reports. I have not tried it in the charts.
John
Some of the people I have in my database use their second given name
That's what the Nickname capability is for, in quotes (e.g., James Robert
Bobbie Smith).
Mike
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Marilyn Streeter wrote
Some of the people I have in my database use their second given name
instead of their first given name. I have shown that the second name
was the one they used by putting the second name in capitals. However
my problem arises when printing out reports is that the
Marilyn, I believe if you insert the name that is really used in quotes,
Legacy should pick up that name and use it in narratives after the first
time.
For instance:
Mary Caroline Molly Walker
My husband also uses his middle name - in his case it would be:
George Calvin Calvin Gilmore
Janis
: Friday, August 15, 2008 11:41 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Use of Correct Given Name in reports
Some of the people I have in my database use their second given name instead
of their first given name. I have shown that the second name was the one
they used
Put David between quotes. That does the trick.
You can find this also in the Help.
Bert
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From: Marilyn Streeter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [LegacyUG] Use of Correct Given Name
Marilyn
I'm including the relevant bits from the Help screens. In my case it means
my name looks like this on the data entry screens: Pamela Margaret
Margaret Pegler.
From the Help screens:
You can enter a familiar name as part of the given names by enclosing it
in quotes. For example, Margaret
Does the middle name get picked up as the usage name for narratives if it
isn't repeated? It seems silly (as in my example below) to write:
George Calvin Calvin Gilmore
Does it work if you just write:
George Calvin Gilmore
Doesn't the latter imply that Calvin is a nickname, rather than a middle
: RE: [LegacyUG] Use of Correct Given Name in reports
If you use quotes instead of capitals you can have the preferred name in
reports. So Alpha Beta Beta Jones, or Albert Bert Smith will show as
Beta and Bert.
Cary
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Legacy User Group guidelines:
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Personally I like the way the Germans do it in their church books,
underline the name the person is called.
Elsie
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Use of Correct Given Name in reports
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Does the middle name get picked up as the usage name for narratives if it
isn't repeated? It seems silly (as in my example below) to write:
George Calvin
Marilyn Streeter wrote
Thank you all for the assistance. I have been using the double quotes
but only for instances such as Sarah Margaret Marg Smith. When I use
it for actually using the second given name, such as George Roland
Roland Smith, it does pick up the second name but I really
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