Make a copy of your GEDCOM file. In this copy, try doing search and replace in a text editor to replace «tab» with a blank (no characters). Use copy and paste to get the exact character string from the GEDCOM. This type of edit should have no impact on the GEDCOM since «tab» is not a standard GEDCOM syntax.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 4:19 PM 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 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
