> 3. Can anyone offer suggestions in how to definine a sentence for Education > events that would produce an output something like: "Education: He > graduated from ABC University in the class of 1920 with a degree (A.B., M.A. > etc.) in American History." >
Glen, This sounds like it should go under the "Graduation" Event. It would read a lot better than the sentence for "Education". Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "woodmansrus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 7:20 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sentence definitions in two files > I have just begun modifying my events so that they print meaningfully in > reports. I see by the message below that the sentence definitions are > database specific. A couple of questions: > > 1. Are definitions specific to an individual record, or to the type of > event? For example, is it possible to have the sentence definition one way > for Occupation (applied universally to that type of event) with a different > one for Education. > > 2. How does the Override Sentence feature work? Does that allow a specific > sentence definition for a specific event for a specific individual only? > > 3. Can anyone offer suggestions in how to definine a sentence for Education > events that would produce an output something like: "Education: He > graduated from ABC University in the class of 1920 with a degree (A.B., M.A. > etc.) in American History." > > 4. Can anyone give me some ideas on how to handle multiple occupations. > For example, I have an ancestor who was variously a business owner, school > teacher, and something else. Do you have, in this case, three separate > Occupation events, or do you somehow combine them all in a single Occupation > event? > > Glenn Woodman > Vancouver, WA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharon Ann K�sa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 1:35 PM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Sentence definitions in two files > > > > Hi Jan, > > I love the sentence definitions as well, and also the fact that they are > > database specific. I have two main databases - exactly the same - except > > that I set up the choices differently. One is used for sending > info/reports > > to relatives in the USA, the other for relatives in Norway. I would have a > > problem if the sentence definitions and other choices were universal > > (program-orientated). > > > > I am probably one of the isolated few with this specific need, but there > are > > probably many reasons for maintaining this flexibilty. > > > > As to your other question: When I import added individuals from one > database > > to the other they "inherit" the choices for the database they are imported > > into. In other words, the definitions are not carried over. > > > > Hope this helps, > > Sharon in Norway > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jan > > Roberts > > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 22:20 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [LegacyUG] Sentence definitions in two files > > > > > > I have a main family database, but I also have a couple of extra ones that > I > > haven't got around to merging yet - or I use them for 'fiddling'. I > haven't > > looked at the 'extras' until just now when it occurred to me to check to > see > > if sentence definitions carry over from one file to another. Sadly, they > > don't. For instance, I have changed the Census sentence definition to > read > > He/She appeared on the (British - as that's what I've put in Description > > field) Census in (1881 - data in Date field) at (the address listed on the > > sentence - data in Place field). The default sentence says in (the > address > > listed on the sentence - data in Place field). It seems that my change is > > specific to my main database, not to Legacy in general. I realise I will > > have to make changes to the data in each record, regardless of which > > database it is in, to reflect the new sentence definition - but it would > be > > nice if the definition was set for Legacy, not just one database. I > presume > > if I merge people from one file to another the 'added' people will pick up > > the sentence definitions from my main file. But that isn't going to help > > people who like to keep seperate families in seperate files. They'll have > > to change the sentence definitions for each file. Personally, I don't > mind > > doing it once because I love the feature, but I wouldn't like to have to > > re-do it for every file. Or have I missed something? > > Cheers, > > Jan > > > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
