Thank you Brian and everyone for your help. By following your instructions I have been able to get the wording the way I want. I did as Cathy suggested and left out the "someone" and it just reads as "had a relationship."CheersAnne > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Default Marriage Wording > Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 12:04:15 -0400 > > Have you looked closely at the default marriage wording screen? There is > a default wording for not married (first and subsequent relationships) > for those where the spouse is both known (ie. is a real person with a > name) and unknown where nothing has been entered for the spouse. Did you > try deleting the wording on that screen for those unmarried cases? > > If you meant that there are a lot of people with unknown spouses where > you need to change the this couple did not marry setting for them then > you can build a search list for those with unknown spouses but you will > have to edit each marriage to change the this couple did not marry. Go > to Search > Find and select the Miscellaneous tab. You can search for > everyone with an unknown spouse. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > > On 21/06/2014 3:19 AM, Anne Eccles wrote: > > Thank you for your reply Cathy. I followed your suggestions and I was still > > getting the "had a relationship with someone." I could get it to change if > > I changed the wording in the marriage information area> wording options. I > > was hoping to be able to do the change thought the options > customise area > > as there are a lot of people to change if wording for and I would rather > > leave it blank. Anne > > > > > >> > >> Hi Anne, > >> > >> In the Marriage Information Screen, have you marked that she is not > >> married? > >> That's the trigger to pick up the not married wording. > >> Also on that screen you can add specific wording just for this > >> relationship. See the Wording Options Tab. > >> > >> The wording in Options - Customise is to set the defaults for everyone. > >> > >> I generally leave out the "someone" when I don't know the name of the > >> partner and leave it as "had a relationship" > >> > >> Cathy > >> > >> Anne Eccles wrote: > >>> Hi, I am doing a descendant narrative report and would like to change > >>> the default marriage wording. thanks to previous posts, I have found > >>> the options>customise area to go to to make the change, but when I try > >>> to change the wording, then save, the settings return back to the > >>> default wording. > >>> Currently when someone is not married, I get something like this – > >>> Sharon married someone. She had 4 children Brett, Louise, Tom and > >>> Mary. I would like to leave out the “Sharon married someone†> >>> as I > >>> don > >> ’t know if she was married or not and I don’t know if she > >> had one > >>> partner or 4, I only know that she had 4 children and their names. > >>> Is it possible to change this setting or not. > >>> thanks for your help. > >>> Anne (Australia)
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