Cheryl When I transferred my database from another program into Legacy, I discovered much later that my notes had odd spaces and line breaks in them - sometimes in the middle of a word. It took me a very long time to clean up these "errors." I can't remember now exactly what setting I should have used instead of the one I did use, but I think it had something to do with hard breaks. So my advice is to import your information into Legacy and take a look at everything to see how well the information transferred and don't make changes to it immediately. You might be able to fix things if you use different settings in your transfer.
I think you'll like Legacy - it's quite flexible and generally easy to use. Mary From: Cheryl Rothwell <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Switching Programs - Export and Import Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:41:36 -0500 I didn't understand what Richard was talking about with merge but you've clarified it. No, I'm not crazy. :-) I don't have my data divided between programs. Â It's a daunting prospect, cleaning up my data in a new program, which is why I want to know a lot before I try it. I'm trying to avoid "if only I had known..." ____________________________________________________________ Get Your Gov Debt Bailout New state credit laws allow consumers to legally reduce debt up to 60%. Learn More. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4c9c0dce97cf2d3a3fdst03vuc 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
