Hi All, Thanks to you all for the responses, I have learnt a lot now on this interesting Legacy way of handling CAPITOLS, and I have never used All Capitols either but only what I enter.
Doug Tighe On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
