There are some really good reasons why you should leave data fields blank when you don't have any information to enter..
1. Search icon has a "Missing Information" search tab. If you have a question mark in the field, Legacy doesn't understand it and it thinks that you do have information. 2. Book reports can insert underlines for missing information only if the field is blank. 3. Chronology view can insert an underline for missing location so you can quickly tell that you need to find one! 4. Getting It Right by Mary Slawson indicates that when you don't have data, the fields should be left blank. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Anne Hollingshead <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Sherry. > > I would really like to have that option. I use the ? slot for my data that I > can't yet relate to a particular person or for things like ships > > This way it does not interfere with my index because it is all together > e.g. > > DATA Family name -Country abbreviation- State abbreviation > > DATA Town- State or County Country (for towns where I have many families) > > DATA Ships Name of Ship > > I find italics particularly hard to skim down and it doesn't achieve much > purpose if you have color to highlight those individuals where the sex is > unknown. > > Anne 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
