ouch! wish you luck with that then I know I have the opposite problem - I have the lack of spaces between words, but I'm just correcting those as I find them.
On 14 December 2013 15:04, Jay 1FamilyTree <1familytree....@gmail.com>wrote: > My problem is not double spaces, but broken words > > > Here is an example with the broken words in bold > > Myra H. Thielen, age 92, of 1619 Armstrong St., Marinette, passed *aw ay*on > Saturday, June 3, 2006, after a short battle with cancer. She was *bo > rn* on November 29, 1913 to the late Benjamin A. and Sophia (Bauknecht) *Ha > nsen* in Manitowoc. She graduated from Manitowoc High School and from the *M > anitowoc* County Teacher College. She married Lester F. Thielen on *Februa > ry* 9, 1937 in Manitowoc. He preceded her in death on May 30, 2000. > > She was an active member of St. James Lutheran Church and served as *Financ > ial* Secretary for 10 years, and was a member of the Lydia Circle and the *c > hurch* choir. She was also a member of the Marinette County Historical *Soc > iety*, the Marinette Mental Health Assoc., a Past President of the *Marinet > te* Woman's Club and Easter Seal Society, and a charter member of the *Chap > ter* BK P.E.O. Sisterhood and a member of the Sons of Norway. She was a *mem > ber* of the walking club and many bridge clubs. > > Myra is survived by six children: Mark (Ruth) Thielen, Peter (Mary) *Thiel > en* both of Marinette; Paul (Mary Ann) Thielen of Greendale, WI; Jean (*Will > iam)* Everson of Fond du Lac; Anne Thielen of Hortonville, WI and Karn > (Pa ul) Gregoire of Rhodes, IA; two brothers, Ben (Florence) Hansen of *Everet > t*, WA and Philip (Sue) Hansen of Merritt Island, FL; many grandchildren *a > nd* great-grandchildren, who loved her dearly. > > In addition to her husband, Lester, three brothers, and a sister *preced > ed* her in death. > Friends may call at the Thielen Funeral Home 1403 Newberry Ave. *Marinet > te* on Tuesday, June 6 from 4-7 p.m. Funeral Services will be held *on > Wedne sday*, June 7 at 11a.m. at St James Lutheran Church with Pastor > Darrel *Die rs* officiating. Burial will be in Forest Home Cemetery > > > > It wouldn't be a problem if it were a couple of hundred, but in reality > its probably well over 20,000 > > But thanks for taking the time to help. > > > Jay > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Kathy Thompson <kmthoms...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Try a "Search Replace" from the Search menu >> >> Find where > General Notes >> Find what > (press the space bar twice to indicate a double space) >> Replacement text > (press the space bar once for a single space) >> >> How to find >> Tick "Find whole word only" >> Tick "Anywhere in the field" >> >> How to replace >> Tick "Replace only found text with replacement text" >> >> At bottom of pop-up tick >> Come back to this screen after the Search and Replace >> >> Repeat process until no more Double spaces remain >> >> >> >> On 13 December 2013 15:27, Jay 1FamilyTree <1familytree....@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> <snipped> >>> >>> Since the recent mention of the 'spacation' errors, I thought, lets at >>> least ask to see if maybe some thing had passed me by in the way of a >>> solution. >>> >>> I have a large database with over 215,000 persons >>> At least 18,000 have general notes >>> and there are over 150,000 event records with notes as well. >>> >>> So, it's a huge job to some day spell check all of those records.... >>> >>> The built in spell checker almost works, if it only had a variable to >>> check if a space were removed would that solve the error. >>> >>> I'll look around some other places and maybe there is a solution out >>> there some where for me. >>> >>> <snipped> >>> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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). 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