Thanks, Bob. I have already started out with your method of just fixing things as I found them. I had not thought of copying to Word though and fixing the notes that way. Good idea. Thanks!
After my first comment, way at the bottom of this e-mail, Sherry gave me hope that there was another, less tedious, way to fix all of the word issues in the notes at one time, so I thought I would like to try that. As for the answer from Sherry under 'SOLUTION', I had no clue how to do that. I see from your answer that I need to change the method BEFORE I import a GEDCOM. I had looked for how to change the method now that I have imported the GEDCOM and could not find anything. I have only been using Legacy for a few months and have not added much because I am really still quite lost in how to make it work. Therefore, it will not be too difficult for me to go back and import the GEDCOM again. I appreciate this group which tries to help each other with problems that they come up against. Priscilla >________________________________ > From: Bob Austen <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 1:43 AM >Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Switch From FTM 2014 > > > >Hi Priscilla, > >Sherry gave a very good answer under 'SOLUTION' below. > >Perhaps you have already moved your file to Legacy and now have discovered the >'broken words' in the notes. If this is the case you can start over using >Sherry's suggestions. If you are already using the file in Legacy and do not >want to start over with the import then you will have to live with the spaces >in the words. I wasn't aware of the spaces when I made the move to Legacy. >So now I just edit the notes as I come across them, scanning through and >deleting those spaces. If a particular note is very lengthy then I have >copied it to Word where the spell check will highlight the errors making it >easier to find those pesky spaces. Editing the gedcom is probably not a >viable option. > >Bob > >From:Stu and Priscilla Fanning [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 6:12 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Switch From FTM 2014 > >I thought I would send this again since I have not received any answers. I >would appreciate anyone's information on the subject -- getting rid of the >spaces within words in the notes sections when I move my family tree from >Family Tree Maker 2006 to Legacy 8. -- do I need to start over with the GEDCOM >or do I start with where I am in Legacy? Either way, how do I tell Legacy to >make the words with the correct spacing? > Thanks, > Priscilla > >>From:Stu and Priscilla Fanning <[email protected]> >>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 9:04 PM >>Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Switch From FTM 2014 >> >>Hello Sherry, >> I finally have some time tonight to deal with the notes in my family >>tree that have spaces in the middle of the words. From the information >>below, it seems like I can continue with the tree that I have transferred to >>Legacy from Family Tree Maker via a GEDCOM. Is that true...that I don't need >>to delete the tree and start over again importing the tree? >> The Knowledge Base, as written below, says that I can tell Legacy to >>change the method it is using and three choices are given. First of all, >>which of the three choices should I choose if I want to get rid of the spaces >>in the middle of words, and then where do I find a place where I can tell >>Legacy to change the method? Please give me step by step/key by key >>instructions because I am not at all familiar with where to find things in >>Legacy. I feel that I have looked through the tool bar and have not been >>able to find anything at all that would have anything to do with spaces in >>the middle of words in the notes section. >> Thanks, >> Priscilla >> >> >>>From:Sherry/Support <[email protected]> >>>To: [email protected] >>>Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 6:01 PM >>>Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Switch From FTM 2014 >>> >>>Priscilla, >>> >>>Relative to the spaces in the Notes, this article from our Knowledge Base >>>explains it >>> >>>http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00514 >>>How Notes Are Formatted in a GEDCOM File: >>> >>>In a GEDCOM file, multiple-line notes are supposed to be broken in the >>>middle of a word at the end of each line. For example, this is how a small >>>note might look in the file: >>> Aunt Mary spent most of her ti >>> me knitting. When she wasn't kni >>> tting something, she was cooking. >>> >>>In the past, however, most programs would break the lines between words >>>instead of in the middle of words. For example: >>> >>> Aunt Mary spent most of her time >>> knitting. When she wasn't knitting >>> something, she was cooking. >>> >>> >>>A problem arises if the old style is imported with the new rules. This >>>results in some words being put together without any space between them. >>>For example, the note might look like this: >>> Aunt Mary spent most of her timeknitting. When she wasn't >>>knittingsomething,she was cooking. >>> >>>Or, if the new style is imported with the old rules you end up with spaces >>>in the middle of words: >>> >>> >>> Aunt Mary spent most of her ti me knitting. When she wasn't kni >>>tting something, she was cooking. >>> >>> >>>Legacy keeps an internal list of how all genealogy programs export note >>>blocks into GEDCOM files. This allows Legacy to decide how to put the line >>>back together again when the notes are imported. Sometimes a GEDCOM file >>>comes along that came from a program that Legacy never heard of. In this >>>case, Legacy might guess incorrectly as to how the note lines are formatted. >>> >>>SOLUTION: >>>If, after importing a GEDCOM file, you find that the notes either have >>>spaces in the middle of some of the words, or that some words don't have a >>>space between them, you can tell Legacy to change the method it is using. >>>You can choose between: >>> >>>• Let Legacy decide how lines are broken >>>• Lines are broken in the middle of words >>>• Lines are broken between words >>> >>>Relative to the Event Sentences, those can be edited by going to View > >>>Master Lists > Event >>> >>>Definition to edit the definition to read the way you'd like to see it >>>as well as using the Sentence Override for changing a specific wording. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Sincerely, >>>Sherry >>>Technical Support >>>Legacy Family Tree >>> >>>On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Stu and Priscilla Fanning <[email protected]> >>>wrote: >>>I switched from FTM, but 2006 or somewhere back there. I am still in the >>>process of moving over to Legacy 8 via GEDCOM. My trees are much smaller, >>>and I am certainly not a Legacy architect. I am just bumbling along. So >>>far, I have noticed that in the General Notes, there are a lot of spaces in >>>the middle of words that need to be fixed. In trying the Descendant >>>Narrative Book Report, some information comes out in a strange and less than >>>complete form. I believe it was the area in FTM where you could put in >>>"Religion", "Residence", "Occupation", or "Education", etc. and then a date >>>and information. In the Legacy report I get "She had a religion between >>>1943 and 1950. She had a religion between 1975 and 1995." "He had a >>>residence between 1943 and 1965." I figured that my only option was to >>>rewrite this information and put it into the General Notes. If anyone has >>>any better ideas, I'd love to hear them. I don't have tons of this sort of information in my trees, but it would be easier if I did not have to rewrite. >>> Priscilla >>> 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
