Thanks Bob and Sherry, Sadly, Sherry's solution did not work. I guess I will just have to deal with each of the notes, one by one. I do very much appreciate your suggestion, Bob, about copying lengthy notes to Word, fixing them there, and then pasting them back into the notes section. Priscilla
>________________________________ > From: Bob Austen <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 9:36 AM >Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Switch From FTM 2014 > > > >Hi Priscilla, > >I have kept up with FTM to v2011 in order to help a friend that hasn't >switched to Legacy. We haven't upgraded to v2014 as, I remember, there were >some 'issues' that people were concerned about. I am so glad I made the >switch to Legacy and I hope you have the same experience. The LUG list is >also a very active list with many talented people willing to help. > >Back to the notes... if your file is quite large you might try a much smaller >test file, with notes, as you try the methods Sherry has outlined. Once you >are satisfied that the file has been satisfactorily imported to Legacy then >you can do the same on the main file. That could speed things up a little. > >Good luck. > >Bob > >From:Stu and Priscilla Fanning [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 2:26 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Switch From FTM 2014 > >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 > > > 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). 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