Jay, please send up a flag when you find that eager programmer! Thanks very much, Priscilla
>________________________________ > From: Jay 1FamilyTree <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 8:46 PM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Switch From FTM 2014 > > > >Priscilla, > > >With that small number I would just create a small report (Like Sherry >mentions) that lists which ones do have notes. > > >and use that for reference (for the RIN Number) to edit one by one. > > > > >I have over 50,000 with notes that have broken words. >I have been waiting in hopes some day some eager programmer would create an >easy to use tool to fix everything.. > > >in the mean time, I fix them one by one as I come upon them. > > >Best Regards, > > >Jay > > > > > > > > > > > > > >On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Stu and Priscilla Fanning <[email protected]> >wrote: > >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/). >>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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