You have to turn double dating *on* to get it to work - Options > Customize > Dates
Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 7:00 PM, Terri Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone watched the training video 2, "Mastering Legacy: Names, Dates, > Places"? In the section on dates, Geoff recommends NOT turning on the > double dating preference. Instead he recommends using a slash between > years. Below is quoted from the video: > > "To enter a double-date, use this format: > 2 Feb 1740/41 > > When a slash is used between years, Legacy interprets this to be a double > date." > > I can't get it to work. Using the date in the video's example displays as > 2 Feb 1741 with double dating turned off. It would be very useful if this > actually worked. So, am I misunderstanding the video or is this a tease > like the Source Writer Conversion Tool? > > Thanks, > > Terri Brown > > > 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
