Thanks to all of you who have replied to my question. I have already done what was suggested, but maybe I have to do each PP alert separately.
After having thought it was corrected, the next time I logged back into Legacy they were all back again. I will just go through every one again individually and see what happens this time. Thanks, Nan On 11 January 2015 at 10:38, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > &n bsp; * 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 shif t 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 > > > ------------------------------ > <http://www.avast.com/> > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > 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 > 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
