Wim, The last name is independent from the setting for the given names. So you can have the first names with Initial Caps and the Last Name, just as you entered it.
Groeten Bert van Kootwijk Homepage: http://home.hetnet.nl/~vankoot/index.html Genealogieen: IJselmonde, Over Betuwe, Gouda-Leiden, West Brabant ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wm Voss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Capitalise each first letter > You will have to do some manual editing, however, if you have names such > as "Van der Peyster" which will become "Van Der Peyster." > > Wm Voss > > Jim Terry wrote: > > >Thanks, that's sure a lot easier! How would you like a job in tech support? > >:) > > > >Jim Terry > >Technical Support > >Legacy Family Tree > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bert van > >Kootwijk > >Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 7:22 AM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Capitalise each first letter > > > >Jim, > > > >Look in Options > Customize > Data Format. Choose Initial Caps, click Apply > >and Yes All given names in all entries will have the first letter > >capitalize. > > > >Read also the help: > > > > Letter Case of Given Names and Locations Upon Field Exit > > > > Capitalizes each name in the Given name field and each word in the Place > >fields when you leave these fields. To leave the entry just as you typed > >it, select the Don't change what I enter button. (The default is Initial > >Caps.) If you would like Legacy to go through the entire family file, > >formatting each given name and place name to the Initial Caps > >setting, make sure the Initial Caps option is selected, and then click > >Apply. > > > > > >Read the topic 244 from Dave this morning too > > > >Groeten > > > >Bert van Kootwijk > > > >Homepage: http://home.hetnet.nl/~vankoot/index.html > >Genealogieen: IJselmonde, Over Betuwe, Gouda-Leiden, West Brabant > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Jim Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 4:03 PM > >Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Capitalise each first letter > > > > > >Yes, using Search and Replace, but be sure to back up first! > > > >For first names: > > > >Find where = Given names > >Find what = a > >Replacement test = A > >Match case = checked > >Starts with = selected > >Replace only found text with replacement text = selected > > > >Repeat these steps for each letter of alphabet. > > > >For middle names make the following changes in the above settings: > > > >Put a space before the letter in the Find what field > >Put a space before the letter in the Replacement text field > >Anywhere in field = selected > > > >Repeat these steps for each letter of alphabet. > > > >Jim Terry > >Technical Support > >Legacy Family Tree > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terry > >Foxcroft > >Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 2:39 AM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [LegacyUG] Capitalise each first letter > > > >Hi everyone > > > >I was looking at the English royal family and downloaded a gedcom for the > >tree. The gedcom had a lot of underscores, and every title was a suffix. So > >I did some adjusting of the data (most of it in Access). > > > >What I want to do now is capitalise the first letter of each word in the > >given name. I know I can capitalise the first letter of the name in options, > > > >but I want to capilatlise the first letter of each word in the given name. > > > >I can do this in Access with 26 find and replaces, but I was wandering if I > >could do it in Legacy? > > > >Thanks > > > >Foxy > > > > > >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 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
