Hi Ian, No that is the way the Inital Caps option is meant to work. See the Help on it. Once you've put in one capital then the Intial Caps setting will save exactly what you typed.
That's why I and many others work with the settings Don't change what I enter. It's too easy to automatically add a capital and then have a strange mix. Cathy At 09:42 AM 23/12/2013, you wrote: >There's also a bug in names where if you accidently use a mix of upper >& lower case (ie john william Doe), it ignores preferences for >capitalisation and leaves it exactly how it is. > >On 12/23/13, Kurt Kneeland <[email protected]> wrote: > > Options -> Customize 3.4 if set to Show Surnames in uppercase DOES NOT > > change how the data is stored, only how it is displayed. > > > > Curious for Mc names the c is NOT capitalized. This appears too be > > intentional, though does not extend to Mac names, de names, la names or le > > names. > > > > Applies to Family View, Pedigree View, Descendant View, Index View, Name > > List, Marriage List and possibly others. > > > > In Chronology View, it seems to only be applied to non-bolded names (this > > appears to be a bug). > > > > It does NOT apply to the Individual Information screen, where surname is > > displayed as entered/stored. > > > > For Reports, there are separate options for > displaying surnames in uppercase > > under Report Options, Format Tab. > > > > > > > > Options -> Customize 3.3 DOES change how the data is stored. It only > > affects newly entered data unless you click the Apply button which then > > changes existing data. > > > > This option needs to used with great care. 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
