Have you ever noticed the option on the GEDCOM Import screen to format names and places? That option tells Legacy to use capitalization rules so Legacy will format names to Initial caps. Turn that off and Legacy will not reformat the incoming data.
PS. I am looking at the Version 5.0 GEDCOM import screen as I write this. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 18/12/2013 2:20 PM, Karen and Jim wrote: > Ken, > > I use v.5 downloaded from Legacy. > I enter my Deluxe code, since I bought v.5 years ago. > > Please understand that this issue ONLY > happens to data I have imported > and at the time of import. > This does NOT happen to data > I've entered by hand. > And there is no change after saving. > > So if you want to test, first make > a data file with a person born in DK. > Save that file. > Install v.5 (or any other version.) > Import the file. > I think you will see the location > is changed to Dk (cap D, non-cap k). > > Thanks, > > JimS > > > On 12/18/2013 12:20 PM, KenMcGinnis wrote: >> Jim S, >> >> I don't believe it. Send me your v5 file and I'll test it myself. >> Opening a v5 file with Legacy 8 doesn't change your data as you say >> it is. The display options may be set differently but the actual data >> hasn't changed. >> >> Send me your v5 file to [email protected] >> >> Tell me what data to look for that you think was changed and I'll >> check your file by opening it with a clean (meaning brand new install) >> of Legacy 8. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Ken McGinnis >> Millennia Corporation >> [email protected] >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com >> We are changing the world of genealogy! >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From*: "Karen and Jim" <[email protected]> >> *Sent*: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 4:12 PM >> *To*: [email protected] >> *Subject*: [LegacyUG] Lack of Trust >> >> Hey, >> >> In the past (and I'm still using v.5) >> when I shift to another computer, >> install Legacy and my data, >> Legacy makes spelling changes >> without asking me first. >> >> I think this was a very bad policy. >> And it caused me several hours >> to change things back to original. >> I know I can change this default >> setting before I install my data. >> But during install Legacy doesn't ask >> if I want to keep my data the way I wrote it. >> And I forget Legacy thinks it knows better >> how I want certain foreign words spelled. >> Later after installing my data, I discover ... >> !@#$%^& >> >> Legacy should trust us. >> Legacy should have the courtesy to ask >> if we want any changes. That should >> be the default in my opinion. >> Legacy should trust us first. >> >> Has this spelling default been changed in versions >> later than v.5? If so, I may buy the newer version >> even if it is fatter and slower. >> >> I've used several genealogy programs >> starting with Roots II back in the 1980s. >> Legacy has been the best. I even suffer >> Windoz $#!+ so I can use Legacy. >> >> JimS >> Linux User >> > > > > > 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
