When you select Export to Gedcom, on the main OPTIONS tab of the Gedcom Export dialog window, make sure to remove the checkmark from "Keep Embedded formatting codes with text".
Now for your next question, you will probably be asking which type of Gedcom should you be choosing from the drop-down list when sending to RootsWeb. Note that RootsWeb is different than the Ancestry Online Family Tree and both need different types of Gedcom files. Which type for RootsWeb is a matter of a long discussion along with several customization settings to be made and saved. I could say to make a small file and upload it to RootsWeb and see how you like it. Then make some changes and see how that works for you. I'd like to have some off-line discussions with others to see what they have found that works the best. Either that or Millennia should add a built-in option for RootsWeb to the Gedcom Export types. Your reasons for wanting the tabs in there to begin with are a matter of personal choice as you like data alignment in your reports that your generate. I'd say that you should not replace them in your file. Leave them in there for your nice looking reports. Just make the gedcom export exclude them and let RootsWeb deal with the unformatted data. Users of RootsWeb are used to such unformatted displays of data. Brian in CA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 1:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Problem with GEDCOM files 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? Helen Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
