Jenny. I tried your suggestion and found that it works very well indeed.
Thank You. John. On 10-Apr-13 2:27 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > On 09/04/2013 19:19, John Gregson wrote: >> I tried to figure out how to use the "Edit Event Sentence Definition", >> but it is too >> complex for me. > It really isn't too difficult to edit a Sentence Definition. > > There are 2 elements to a Sentence: words that will never change (be > the same for every record) and words that will vary with each record. > For example, you could compose a Census Event sentence which will read: > > He appeared on the England census on 30 March 1851 in Canterbury, Kent, > England. > > for Joe Bloggs, or > > She appeared on the Wales census on 07 April 1861 in Mold, Fintshire, Wales. > > for Jane Doe. > > If you looked at the Event Sentence which would create the above, you > would see: > > [HeShe] appeared on the [Desc] census [onDate] [inPlace]. > > You will notice that all the words which vary from one record to the > next are enclosed in brackets. When you are in the Edit Event > Definition screen, you can select from all the options available for > what you want to appear in the brackets. Next to each option is a brief > explanation of what it will add to the Sentence. > > To start building an Event Sentence that reads how you want it to, > choose one person in your family file and write down the Sentence as you > would like it to appear for him. Now underline all the words which > might be different if you were writing the Sentence for a different > person - these will be names, dates, places, pronouns (he/she) etc. Now > you will be ready to start building your Sentence in Legacy, selecting > the appropriate option for each underlined word. > > If you get stuck, come back to LUG with an example of an Event Sentence > you want to create. > -- John. [email protected] 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
