Hi. Here is an interesting message I found on the PAF Insight group at
Yahoo, which I visit often. This man brings up a good point but I don't
know how to get his message to the right people in the PAF
organization. Maybe you do.
Frank Reid
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Re: Removing redundant citations
Posted by: "edward potereiko" [EMAIL PROTECTED] epotereiko9
Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:32 am (PST)
Dear Mr. Lerman:
I read with interest this response.
Since you have some connection with the church, perhaps you can be of
assistance.
My problem has to do with the cyrillic (Russian, Ukrainian) and Polish
alphabets.
I have been a PAF user since PAF 3 in 1997. The alphabets I cited have
more letters
than the Latin alphabet we are using. When one wishes to search foreign
boards or
records or leave messages with a surname, it is completely UNACCEPTABLE to
use the Latin alphabet, which only approximates the sound/name.
PAF finally in their version 5, enhanced their software to include a
form of unicode
which permits me to place the cyrillic or Polish names either in the
name field in
parenthesis, or in my NOTES. I hate the descendency charts and ancestral
charts
that PAF is able to produce, and so have purchased PAF Companion, back when
I was using PAF 4.
When PAF Companion upgraded to PAF Companion 5, at the same time that PAF
updated, I presumed they would use the unicode also and life would be
good. But alas,
they did not, so when I print my Descendency Box Charts, when the Companion
program encounters cyrillic or Polish letters, it prints upside down and
reverse
question marks.
I was told, at the time of the upgrade, by the Companion people, that at
the next
upgrade they would take care of the problem. But they have gone through
at least
two upgrades since, and think that making color charts are a more
important feature
than making the upgrade which permits accurate data to be entered,
reflected and
printed. I was told there are no plans in the works for the change.
Is there any possibility that PAF might add a feature of box charts
similar to PAF
Companion, or any possibility of anyone at the PAF organization, at a
higher up
level, of convincing the higher ups at Companion to make this a priority
? If not,
do you know of any other programs, either supplemental to PAF, or if
need be,
genealogical programs in lieu of PAF, which would have the capabilities
of PAF
and also be able to produce Box charts and produce them correctly
(cyrillic and
Polish)?
Sincerely,
Edward Potereiko
719-576-0752
(a long time frustrated PAF user)
I do have and use PAF Companion, though not the color version and also PAF
Insight. My preference would be to stick with PAF.
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