Thanks Jan. I will not do 'Step 1'. I am so upset & am shaking, can scarcely type this message.
Sherry advised before trying new feature to check the online help. Outstanding idea, however checking online before trying what is in the manual doesn't seem to be mentioned in the manual. Be nice if that important fact was mentioned. Maybe a Chapter on things to do before trying what is in the manual. Altho in this case I did check the online help & I did not see mention of this being retroactive. I guess I am just stupid and should have somehow known this. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 8:55 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Event Definition was Printing notes in reports > Ann, > I would be wary of reverting back to the default sentence - you could end > up > with a sentence that looks like this - [EventName]: [Desc], [Date], > [Place].[Sources] [Notes] in many instances. Others will still have a > proper sentence structure, but it could be far removed from what you > wanted - that's why you changed it in the first place remember :) > I would check first, THEN make changes if necessary. Otherwise you won't > know if your last change to the sentence definition still reads correctly > for everyone - in which case you can leave it as it is. As you work > through > the "Show Lists" you might find that each example you check still reads > OK, > in which case I would probably assume that they will all be OK for that > event. Of course, if you want to be 100% sure you'll need to check each > one. > Also, if you have used, say Education to show Attended and Graduated you > can > still use the one event to do this. For example - use the event > definition > to record that Fred attended Smith University, with years, location etc. > Then in the Notes box you can go on to describe anything else you like > such > as Graduated, Degree obtained etc. I find that using Notes to extend the > information in an Event makes the narrative read more fluently. For > instance, rather than having five or six employment events for someone I > use > the event for the first known employment, then use the event Notes to add > details of additional employment. > > Cheers > Jan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ann Parsons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 12:27 AM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Event Definition was Printing notes in reports > > > > Jan & Dennis, > > > > Thank you for your clarification of the what happens when the event > > definition is changed. Been nice if the Legacy folks would have put some > > mention of this in the manual. > > > > Thanks Jan for the step by step of how I can check to see who was > > changed > > retroactivity. Going to be a big job as I have many events that were > > changed. Guess I will have to: > > > > 1. Probably best to first revert each event back to the default one. > > 2. go to each event [looks like a gazillion of them] > > 3. do show list [looks like another gazillion of them for each event] > > 4. print these out or tag them, probably best to print out for step 6. > > 5. check each one to see how the sentence reads > > 6. note the ones with the incorrect sentences > > 7. make a different events ie if I was using Education for attended, > > graduated then I need to make separate events Attended school and > > Graduated. > > 8. delete the ones with the incorrect sentence > > 9. re-enter in the new event > > > > All this because nothing was mentioned in the manual or if it is I don't > > see it in pages 85-87. > > > > Jan I am VERY glad you wrote about this. If not for you I would have > > never > > know this was retroactive. I appreciate you. > > > > Ann > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jan Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 7:22 AM > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Event Definition was Printing notes in reports > > > > > >> Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but yes all changes to the Event > >> Sentence Definition 'stick' for EVERY use of the event. Therefore, if > >> you > >> used an event yesterday (or four years ago) and today you changed the > >> Sentence Definition (as opposed to the Sentence Override) those changes > >> would be made to EVERY use of the event - ie those times you used the > >> event > >> in the past as well as any future uses of the event. If you want to > >> make > >> a > >> change to how the sentence reads for a specific person you need to use > >> Sentence Override. > >> To find out where you have used the event, and therefore check to see > >> if > >> the > >> sentence still reads correctly in all instances you can go to View > > >> Master > >> Lists > Event Definitions. From the list select an event you want to > >> check, > >> then click the "Show List" button. This brings up a list of everyone > >> with > >> that event. You can either print the list then go back to check each > >> one, > >> or you can tag everyone in the list (with an unused tag number) for > >> ease > >> of > >> locating each person to check how the sentence reads. > >> > >> Hope this helps, > >> Cheers > >> Jan > >> > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > -- > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.3 - Release Date: 25.04.05 > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > 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 find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
