Thanks Jenny Will do. Judy Jenny wrote on July 05, 2011 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Double Dating
On 04/07/2011 23:11, Judy Wardlaw wrote: > Thanks Margaret and Alan > However, your suggestions do not help. The problem is that I have 2 > different change over dates for double dating (England and Scotland). If > I > turn off double dating and enter 3 Jan 1721/22., It becomes 3 Jan 1722.. > If > I set double dating to 2500 as suggested by Alan, all dates between Jan& > March are double dated . If I set it to 1600, I cannot enter a double date > for my English records. between 1600 and 1752 as they revert to a single > year as before.. > Judy > > The topic of double dating is covered in Mastering Legacy: Names, Dates& > Places. > > Geoff's suggestion was not to select double dating preference when you > select options>customize. > > You entered your date as 3 Jan 1721/1722, instead enter 3 Jan 1721/22. > That should do it. As Geoff suggested something which doesn't work, it sounds as though it *should* work but is bugged. Try submitting a Bug Report to the programmers and see if they accept it or say that the result you are getting is what is intended ... in which case, you could follow up with a Feature Request! -- Jenny M Benson 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

