First, a standard symbol is needed to indicate an initial that is not an abbreviation for something. There are many names that have a single letter which is not an abbreviation. If an initial is an abbreviation, it definitely should be followed by a period. The single letter initial can not be enclosed in double quotes because Legacy considers that as a "familiar name" (see Help>Search>Information Screen where it is described under Given). Example: Charles S Grimes where the S initial is not a shortened form of Samuel but Charles S. Grimes might have a middle name Samuel. The period in the second form is a clear indication that the S is an abbreviation but the S in the first one could be either. Perhaps the single letter initial could be followed by a colon to distinguish it from the abbreviated name initial. Now for a possible solution to your imported names problem. Legacy detailed search has a wildcard feature but for some reason it does not work with a what to look for = " ? " which should find all single letter initials without a period just like "?." will find all of those that do have a period. The Legacy programmers should correct the wildcard search so it can do this. You can use Microsoft Access to find these and insert the period.Ron Taylor
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