Or Legacy could do a small courtesy to its users and improve the rudimentary character map build into every note and event screen. Its only been on the desire list for a decade or so.
Wm Voss On 12-Jul-10 6:18 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: > While many of you are thinking "how the heck am I supposed to remember > ALT+0160" every time or anytime I need to generate a non-breaking space in > Legacy, relax. Windows offers an alternate method where you need not remember > a bunch of mumbo-jumbo codes. All you have to do is remember "Character Map". > It's a small little program that comes with Windows. It probably sits in your > Start Menu buried away under Accessories but you can always get to it by just > clicking on START, then RUN, and then type in CHARMAP. > > A small window will pop up usually showing the first Font set (probably > Arial, most are similar in their structure). Look closely and you'll see it > starts out with a few special characters, then the numbers, then Uppercase > letters, followed by Lowercase letters, and then a few more special > characters. Just 4 characters after the lowercase Z and in the middle of > those special characters you'll see a blank box. Hover your mouse over it and > it will say "Non-breaking space". If you click on that character, the little > box will expand (in this case it's still empty.) However, look on the lower > right of the window and it gives you the keystrokes necessary to manually > enter a non-breaking space: ALT + 0160. > > Still having problems remembering the codes or problems typing them in? Just > click on whatever character you want to enter, click on SELECT, click on COPY > and then switch back over to whatever application you needed the character > (i.e., Legacy), put the cursor wherever you want the character, and then > PASTE it (CTRL-V). > > While you're playing around with CHARMAP, notice that all those foreign > characters are right there also. Click on whichever you need and type the > necessary keystrokes or use the copy/paste method. > > Brian in CA > (normally I'd say this would be off-topic but since it provides a work-around > to a shortcoming/bug in Legacy, maybe somebody will find it useful.) > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com] >> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 3:22 PM >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] RE: Problem with fixed report narrative >> >> As quoted by Ken >> >> "Hold down the Alt key while entering 0160 using the numeric keypad. >> A space will show up between the two words and the reports will print >> out correctly." >> >> Sincerely, >> Sherry >> Technical Support >> Legacy Family Tree >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:20 PM, CE Wood<wood...@msn.com> wrote: >> >>> hold down the Alt key while entering >>> 0160 using the numeric keypad. A space will show up between the two >>> >> words and the reports >> >>> will print out correctly. >>> >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
