There is no tool but search > Search and Replace should be able to do
the job if you search for each of the 26 letters followed by a space,
Use the option to find whole word only so you do not find names ending
with the search letter. If all your initials follow a full name you can
search for spaceletterspace as the word.

Replace the found letter with the letter and a period.

You can also edit the person from the potential problem list to fix
their initials without periods. Not too useful for you with thousands to
do but for those who only have a few that may be a quicker alternative
than 26 search and replace operations.

Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
[email protected]
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
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On 16-Feb-13 08:02, Alan Thompson wrote:
> Hi
>
> I note that the Potential Problem report can be run to identify a
> standardisation problem of "no period after an initial in a name" but is
> there a tool or simple method which allows one to correct this problem for
> all records in a Legacy family file.
>
> I have just imported a gedcom file which contains thousands of records with
> this "problem" and I would prefer not to have to correct them one by one. I
> searched Help but could not find an answer.
>
> Thank you
>
> Alan



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