Hi Cecily, That's the ultimate solution. I enter my surname in mixed case then use the option in some reports to have them in all capitals.
Decide to follow the new standard and Legacy provides an easy way to switch over - however Nan said she didn't want to do that - and Legacy allows for that as well. Note that Customise is on the Options Ribbon, not the Tools Ribbon. Cathy Cecily Bishop wrote: > > Hi Nan, > I too am a newbie Legacy user and had the same issue. I resolved it by > going to Tools > Customize. > > The steps were: > > * Select 3. Format Data. > * Option 3.3 Letter Case of Surnames: select Initial Caps and click > apply > * Option 3.4 Displaying Surnames: check the second box Show SURNAMES > in upper case. > * Save > > If I recall correctly, when I saved the system asked if I wanted to > convert my typed surnames to the selected format and I said yes. > > Now no red exclamation dots. So now, even though the surname is in > Initial Cap on the Individual screen, name is displayed in all CAPS in > the family view and the reports are also in all CAPS. > > Hope this helps. > Cecily > > I seek dead people > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Saturday, January 10, 2015 5:39 AM > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] correcting potential problems > > Hi Nan, > Welcome. > It takes a while to learn all the options in Legacy. One way to learn > is to read each screen and pop-up carefully. > When you hover over a PP alert, you are told 3 different actions you > can take. The last - hold shift and right click takes you to the > criteria used for the Potential Problems. Make the change there for > the Surnames and all the PP alerts to do with all capital surnames > will go away. (It's the last option on the Standardisation Tab) > > There's often more than one way to the same place. > In this case there are two other ways. > >From the Tools Ribbon - Potential Problems > and from the Reports Ribbon - Other Reports - Potential Problems. > > Enjoy, > Cathy > > Nan Bailey wrote: >> >> >> Hi, I am new to using Legacy and to this group and I was hoping >> someone could guide me on how to correct the potential problems >> indicated by the red exclamation marks in my legacy program. >> >> I am used to putting all surnames in upper case and I know I had the >> option of checking that was how I wanted it when I bought the program >> online. But, because of problems encountered when I bought it and my >> having to complete the form several times, it wasn't checked when it >> all went throgh finally. >> >> Now I keep getting the red exclamation marks, even though I have gone >> into Customise page checked I wish surnames to be upper case and saved >> it several times. It is very annoying to see the problem still showing >> and if I ignore the icons, I might miss a genuine problem. >> >> What else can I do to correct this. I do not want to start having the >> surnames differently. >> >> Regards, >> Nan Bailey --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
