Hi Jay, The most recent file that I downloaded into Legacy as a test was one of my smaller ones -- 141 individuals. Is there an easy way to see how many have notes? I don't know how to do that except to count. One of my larger files has 491 individuals. I would be glad to fix the smaller ones even if I had to deal with the larger ones note by note. Anything is better than nothing! Thanks for thinking on this! Priscilla
>________________________________ > From: Jay 1FamilyTree <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 6:35 PM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Switch From FTM 2014 > > > >Priscilla, > > >How many persons are in your file and how many with note records that you >think have a problem? > > > > >I might have a solution, depending...... > > > > >Jay > > > > > > > >On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Stu and Priscilla Fanning <[email protected]> >wrote: > >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/). >>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). >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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