And, Pat, since MJ SA was the original poster on this thread to ask for clarification on a point which I had made is perfectly proper, not to mention good practice.
BTW. your suggested method, which requires the use of additional software thus introducing another potential source of error, only works if Legacy returns *all the data*. If using search properly does not return data known to be there then it is quite probable that it will not be returned using your method. In any case I would not use it, I would simply search the appropriate table(s) in the Access DB. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307 "MJ SA" <[email protected]> wrote: >Pat, I was responding to Ron, I know how to use Control F > >On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Pat Hickin <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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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