Chick, Unfortunately, not entirely. Most, if not all 'unknowns' are generated (if one chooses to put in 'unknown' then that is one which I consider one would wish to print) by Legacy, if a dot is inserted into an empty field then it will show up instead of 'unknown', I haven't tried a space, but I am not sure whether it would work or not. I do use the dot technique to ensure that a field is created for use in Legacy Tree draw which does not create empty fields.
The problem arises in that pretty well all the Legacy created unknowns are instead of spouse names, and in web pages, and at least some reports if a spouse's parent is not known (but one is) a line is inserted which says something like: "John married Amy the daughter of Alan Roberts and unknown", or "John married Amy the daughter of unknown and Ann Roberts". As you see a dot will not look good! Anyhow, we should not have this problem, we did not used to have it and it came in with one of the updates. Clearly the programmers do not consider it to be important. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Chick Lewis Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 7:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How do I include - no issue (children) and exclude unknown Just a thought... I haven't tried it, but how about putting a couple of spaces or an inconspicuous character in the name field? On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 2:16 AM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > Olwyn, > > I really do wish that I shared your confidence that the printing of > ‘unknown’ would be corrected. The bur, and that is what it is, arose very > shortly after version 7 was released and nothing has been done about it to > date. > > The only work-around is to use a word processor and delete all instances > of > “ and unknownâ€, “ unknown and“ (note the space at the start of both > and > then > “unknownâ€. A total pain in the neck! > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk > > > > From: Olwyn Bourne > Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 6:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] How do I include - no issue (children) and exclude > unknown > > My personal thanks to Mary and Ron. I think my install maybe a problem. > The "leave blank" option is checked and I don't have access to the child > status tab (greyed out). I do have the deluxe version but may have > installed it badly. I have as suggested "reported a problem". I am > confident I will have both these options working soon. > > > Again my thanks for taking the time to help. Regards Olwyn > > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How do I include - no issue (children) and exclude > unknown > Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:01:42 +0100 > > Olwyn, > > Re your printing of ‘Unknown’, firstly please go to Options>Customise>Data > Format and on the bottom right there is a box where you can select just to > leave blank. Please select this and do your report again. If the ‘unknown’ > still appears I would be grateful if you would report it as a bug. > > It is the same for Pedigree web pages and over the years I have asked for > it > to be corrected – maybe you will more luck! > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.oc.uk/ > > > From: Olwyn Bourne > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 10:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] How do I include - no issue (children) and exclude > unknown > > Hello > When I print the descendant's report I would like to include a line to > indicate the couple had no children. Just the same as in the screen > reference "Had no children". Is it possible? Also I would like to exclude > the word "Unknown" for printing when I do not have the father's name in > the > report. I'm would rather a blank space or another description e.g > +.......... My older sister's father is "unknown" (my mother won't tell > and refuses to discuss ) I just don't feel comfortable when I show my > sister the tree and this word is there. If there is an "in place" > solution > would appreciate a heads up. > Thank you in advance > Olwyn > 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
