I've tested this and in my family file two tabs where found and replaced. After this I entered some test tabs in General Notes and they were not found by search and replace.
So I suppose there is a problem somewhere in the search and replace routine. Evert 2010/9/27 Ron Ferguson <[email protected]>: > > From: Cliff cha > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 2:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.4 Search & replace and tab character > > > 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 > > Cliff, > > The form layout has changed a little, at the bottom of the form there are > now two buttons to insert either a tab or carriage return in the search > field. > > Ron Ferguson > > > > > 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 > > > > 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
