On 9/27/2010 9:25 AM, Cliff cha wrote: > Legacy 7.4 Search & replace and tab character > > I try and keep tab characters out of my notes and periodically clean > notes fields of tabs using search / search & replace. > > Before 7.4 you could replace a ‘tab’ with spaces using search & > replace and entering the ‘tab’ as «tab» but this doesn’t now > seem to find them. > > Search / find does find «tab» in notes so I can replace them that way > but slower > > Is there something I am missing ? > > Cliff > Find a tab character in a note and highlight it then copy (ctrl-C).
Go to search and replace and paste the tab character in the find box. (It will look like spaces.) Enter the required # of spaces in the replace box. This works for me in the latest build. -- Gene Young Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada With Legacy Family Tree http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm 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
