Just as a follow up to this, I backed up the Legacy file and did a Check Repair. The report that followed this said there were duplicate citations which it deleted. It is comforting to know than when something weird and unexpected happens to the file, Check Repair fixes it.
Jennifer Cathy I was able to restore an earlier version of the file from my Crashplan backup for the day before I used the Search and Replace. Curiously, it showed no instances of the characters I was trying to replace. I then went back to a version two days before and 3 days before and same thing. I know I didn't click on Replace All. I didn't even get to the screen which shows the first one to be replaced. I still don't know which 183 instances of the characters it thought it replaced. I will save the current file and do a Check and Repair. Jennifer -----Original Message----- From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cathy Pinner Sent: Tuesday, 4 July 2017 12:28 PM To: Legacy User Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Search for data Modified on a certain date Sorry Jennifer, Only you can decide whether it's worth reverting to the most recent backup you do have. Search and Replace is really powerful. I rarely use "Replace all" button until I'm absolutely convinced it isn't finding anything I didn't intend. I'm not sure that changing the citation text via search and replace updates the modified date. Some things don't. Cathy > Jennifer Crockett <mailto:[email protected]> > Tuesday, 4 July 2017 9:38 AM > > Thanks, Cathy. > > My reason for asking was that I was doing a search and replace in > Citations>Text, and I was very surprised when I got a notice saying so > many items were replaced. I had no chance to see whose data was > changed. I can’t reproduce this so it was probably something I did > inadvertently. I hadn’t done a backup before I started unfortunately. > > Jennifer > > *From:*LegacyUserGroup > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Cathy > Pinner > *Sent:* Tuesday, 4 July 2017 11:24 AM > *To:* Legacy User Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Search for data Modified on a certain date > > Yes and No > It depends what you are asking. > If you want people modified on a certain date who haven't been > modified since - yes. > If you want the particular data that was modified for a particular > person on a particular date - no. > > For the former - Detailed Search > Individual - Modified Date - equal to - <the date you want> > > Cathy > > Jennifer Crockett wrote: > > Cathy Pinner <mailto:[email protected]> Tuesday, 4 July 2017 9:24 AM > Yes and No It depends what you are asking. > If you want people modified on a certain date who haven't been > modified since - yes. > If you want the particular data that was modified for a particular > person on a particular date - no. > > For the former - Detailed Search > Individual - Modified Date - equal to - <the date you want> > > Cathy > > Jennifer Crockett wrote: > Jennifer Crockett <mailto:[email protected]> > Tuesday, 4 July 2017 8:03 AM > > Is it possible to search for an individual’s data modified on a > certain date? > > Jennifer -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list [email protected] To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
