I’m a bit late to this thread so it’s possible I’ve completely misunderstood the problem. If I’ve understood correctly, would this help? Import the gedcom again, but use a different name for the file, and use the setting that will result in clean notes. Then you could tag everyone who has a note, then open the two files side by side and copy and paste the properly formatted note to replace the goofed up note. As you finish a copy and paste, untag the person and go to the next tagged person and repeat. Use the individual tag box in the lower right hand part of the screen; this will move you from tagged person to tagged person quickly.
This might at least speed up the process by allowing you to copy and paste quickly. It would certainly be quicker than correcting each note individually. If I’m out in left field, please take into account my advanced age! J Mary From: Jay 1FamilyTree [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 2:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Switch From FTM 2014 This is so TRUE. And it would work. If you could just get the spell checker to review each "note" for errors and prompt you to review those for corrections. Even better is to have a 'switch' that knows you are repairing broken words and when it finds a mis-spelled word it automatically checks to see if removing the space before or after solves the issue. With that type of tool, I could fix all my issues in an hour! On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 12:28 AM, Mike Fry <[email protected]> wrote: On 30 Jul 2014 02:46, Jay 1FamilyTree wrote: > 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.. :-) What Legacy needs is a simple (?) addition to the search/replace mechanism. a) Search any Notes field b) For a spelling mistake c) When found, pop up the standard spellcheck screen -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg 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
