Nice. But it would be infinitely more helpful if there was some way to know what Alt+0160 does! And, even knowing that it is a non-breaking space is no help UNLESS you know why in the heck you would ever want to use it.
Another case of people in the field not knowing how to explain things to those trying to understand. Computer manuals are the epitome of this oblivion; medical terminology is a close second. Having taught people in both fields, I know how easy it is to not realize that the others haven't a clue what you are talking about. CE -----Original Message----- From: John S. Adams [mailto:oldbr...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 7:39 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] RE: Problem with fixed report narrative Actually Legacy does allow you to add the No Break space to the Special Characters Ribbon. Click the small blue square at the top of the ribbon and the Character Map will appear. The first character on the first line is the normal space. The first character on the 5th line is the "No Break Space (ALT+0160)." Double click on that and it will be added to the ribbon. See Help for more detailed instructions. John S. Adams Hermosa Beach, CA -------------------------------------------------- From: "Wm Voss" <bellafort...@earthlink.net> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 6:35 PM To: <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] RE: Problem with fixed report narrative > 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. 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