When a report prints, the AKAs show up all together, separated by commas It would be a nice (and hopefully easy) enhancement so that AKA could be shown on the Family View as discussed with all the AKAs listed and separated by commas in a similar way.
I use AKAs constantly. There are so many different spellings for names and I want them to be very clear to me when I am doing research; if the AKA is right there on the family view with all the variations, I am more likely to use the right ones in my searches. On one of my family lines, only one census was found under the actual surname and the others under a number of variations; ones you'd never dream up on your own. I find the AKA field to be invaluable for that. I used to enter with the other names in quotes (as another user suggested) or with the word "OR" in between variations but for submitting records, for sharing and for sorting, it's not the best for me. As I think Ron has stated many times over, each person has to do what works for them. Thanks for all the comments on this subject everyone. Kathy On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Dennis M. Kowallek <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:01:19 +0000 (GMT), [email protected] wrote: > >>I have many people that have 2 alternate names,(in the family page,where >>birth,death and places are displayed)most display the name I want,but some >>don't,I have reentered them in different orders,the names aren't listed >>alphabetically,so how does Legacy decide which alternate name gets listed? > > I'm still not sure I am following you. Here is what I think you are > saying... > > You have an individual displayed on the Family tab. You have changed the > setting on the Family tab to display AKA1 on the last line for the > individual instead of the default Death Cause. If this is correct, then > Legacy will display the first aka. As far as I know, Legacy DOES list > (and store) aka's in alphabetical order. So AKA1 will display the aka > that sorts first. > > -- > > Dennis Kowallek (LTools) > http://zippersoftware.com/ltools > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools > > > > 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 > > > > -- Kathy Meyer "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done." --Richard G. Scott, "Finding the Way Back," Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein 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
