I don't know whom you're responding to, but when you search a word processing file you just do controlF (for "find"), type into the search box the word you're looking for -- & that's all there is to it.
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 9:39 PM, michsgen <[email protected]> wrote: > Look For: Marriage Marriage Place -how to look? what do I do, equal > to, contains? Than the last box I put Catania, than do I click Find > First or Create List or Load? > > Oh God, help me, I am so confused. > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Pat Hickin <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't know how large your family file is or whether you've been > following > > the thread I started on creating a .pdf for everybody, but the purpose of > > all this was to make searching a cinch. > > > > Incidentally, I have c 5500 people in my database but LOTS of info & > > extensive citations for many of them. > > > > What I ended up doing is this: > > > > Click on Reports>Report Menu>Family. > > > > At the bottom of the window there is a "Record Selection" button. Click > on > > it. > > Select:All individuals in the entire family file (with spouses). > > At the bottom of that window check both "Incl Single Males" and "Incl > > Single Females." > > Click on Report Options, and Include all addresses,events, (and sources > if > > you want to search them as well). > > Click Close. > > > > On the right-hand side of the "Family Group Records" window, select "Text > > File," > > in the upper right-hand corner, click on Create, > > enter your file name & let Legacy go to work! > > > > After the file is created, perform your search. > > > > (Actually I opened or inserted the file into my word processor because I > > think it looks better!) > > > > Searching the new file is a snap! > > > > Let me know if you have any questions. > > > > Pat > > > > > > > > 9, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Bobby Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Perhaps this would be cheating but I would try "Tools>Global Spell > Check" > >> . I would bet your city name is not in the dictionary and would show > as a > >> misspelled word. It may take a few minutes to go through this > procedure but > >> I bet you would eventually find it. > >> B0bby > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: MJ SA [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 9:31 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Search for a city name > >> > >> No, couldn't find it. The reason I remember it, was the other day I went > >> onto family search to look for the marriage record and the images were > down. > >> This is going to get a whole lot worse for me when I get the Ipad :) > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Ron Ferguson < > [email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > On the first box which say "individual" there is a down arrow, click > >> > that and you will see marriage, click that so it is in the first box, > then I > >> > think you will find marriage place in the second box - it may just say > >> > "place" - but I don't think so. 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