Ron (Ferguson) and Jack (Earnshaw): Thank you for your replies. I was the poster who had mentioned "following Legacy rules". I guess at the beginning I was worried about "regretting it" down the road if I didn't follow exactly what was taught on the training CDs. I'm seeing now that things are less strict than I had originally thought.
Although your two posts make me wonder if a poll was ever taken on what percentage of users use the four comma locations, and what percentage ignores it? Thanks again! Rob Miller Toronto, Ontario -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: August 21, 2006 5:26 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Removing comma's in reports Could not agree more, Jack. I do not use them either and my only criterion is that the information is clear. One poster (sorry, forgotten the name) mentioned "following Legacy rules". In the main when it comes to presentation I do not think there are any except where it comes to exporting via a Gedcom where a standard format is necessary. Again I believe that clarity is much more important than the actual format. Ron Ferguson >From: "Jack Earnshaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> >Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Removing comma's in reports >Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:44:29 +0100 > >Well said Dave!! > >There is no earthly reason to use a location methodology that is based on >the USA when entering information for any of the other 200 ish countries of >the world. The idea all seems to have been based on the use of the Geo >Locations database - but again that is USA centric. > >Surely the way to enter a location is to use a notation that is >recognisable, say on an envelope when posting a letter or how it would have >been recognised in the area at the time the event occurred. Nowhere have I >seen locations quoted with multiple commas - so why use them. > >In the UK every location would have to use multiple commas as we are not >split into multiple states. > >Jack > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave >Naylor >Sent: 21 August 2006 05:21 >To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Removing comma's in reports > > >On 20 Aug 2006 Rob Miller wrote: > > > Legacy will remove one or more leading commas and two or more leading > > commas when printing reports. But what do you do if the county is > > missing? For example western Canada never used the county system, so > > Vancouver reads: Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada > >I've discovered that if I don't put extra commas in the locations >then I have no problems at all in taking them out! :-)) > >Actually I have no problems at all with my locations . . . period! > >But then I'm probably stupid because I keep my location sort set to >"right to left." Now if only Millennia would process them >internally that way. > >Cheers, -- Dave N. >-- > David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. _________________________________________________________________ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters Legacy User Group 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
