On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:19:00 -0500, [email protected] wrote: >I created a GEDCOM file to upload to Rootsweb and it's appearance is not >attractive. > >When copying or entering information in either the Notes or Events Notes >field, I try to align all the data using Control+Tab to make the >appearance more attractive especially when printing books. > >But in a GEDCOM file, it looks like this - > >«u»«b»1861 Census of Canada«/u»«/b» >Name: «tab»«tab»Thomas H Northy >Gender: «tab»«tab»Male >Age: «tab»«tab»«tab»1 >Birth Year: «tab»«tab»1860 >Birthplace: «tab»«tab»Upper Canada >Marital Status: «tab»Single >Home in 1861: «tab»Smith, Peterborough, Ontario >Household Members: «tab» >Name «tab» «tab»Age > >which is almost illegible. > >Apart from using the Find - Replace function, how can I delete all this >tab mess? If it can't be automatically deleted, would it destroy the >functionality of the GEDCOM file if I manually deleted this garbage?
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