Bit I don't want to use His or Her or just the first name. This is going to to typically be be the last sentence or paragraph in the person's story, I want to use their name, in full, as it was at the time of their death, without having to write a new sentence for each and every person.
Kathy On 05/09/2013, at 4:20 AM, Paula Ryburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Or the FirstName field? And that would work for everyone. > > --Paula > > From: CE WOOD <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 12:20 PM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Conditional Sentence Definitions > > Since the event is listed under an individual, you don't need to use the > actual name. You could use [his/her]. > > On 2 Jan 1900, her death notice appeared in The Newspaper. > > > CE > > Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 20:50:48 +1000 > Subject: [LegacyUG] Conditional Sentence Definitions > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Sorry to ask yet another question about Sentences, but this one is more about > Conditional Formatting within a definition. > > I have an event "Death Notice" - everyone is likely to have one (no-one is > immortal afterall) > Because females typically change their surname at the time of their marriage, > death notices are usually published in the married name rather than the > maiden name. Males usually don't change their surname. > > As such, what I want my sentence to do for my Death Notice event is to > produce one of two possibilities. > For males and unmarried females - use the preferred given name and surname > For married woman - use the preferred given name but use the married surname > > As an example... > Jane Doe, dies unmarried on 1 Jan 1900, death notice is published on 2 Jan > 1900 in The Newspaper. > The sentence should read roughly like > On 2 Jan 1900, the death notice for Jane Doe appeared in The Newspaper. (any > notes)(sources) > > However, if Jane Doe had married John Blow at some point, then her death > notice sentence should read > On 2 Jan 1900, the death notice for Jane Blow appeared in The Newspaper. > > A male would have the same sentence result regardless of marital status due > to no change of name. > > I know that there are some Conditional things that can be written in to the > Sentence Definitions (living vs deceased words, buried vs cremated), but I > can't figure out the [:: :: ] combo for this sentence to work. > > Anyone know how I can achieve this, or am I currently asking too much of the > program? > > Thanks. > > > 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 > > > > > 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 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
