I like C.G.'s approach to restructuring event sentences to start with the event name and I am changing my events accordingly. I have been adding a variable number of spaces after the event name so the next item is roughly lined up. This would be easier if we were able to insert a tab into the sentence.
Currently there are a large number of options that can be used to build sentences, including a carriage return [CR]. The addition of a tab character would make it much easier to create my own columns in the order I want. I don't know how feasable this would be for the programmers, but if the tabs were set at every .5 inch, I would find it very helpful. Would anyone else find this useful? Bruce On 4/6/07, C.G. Ouimet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You can easly change the sentence structure to be more pleasant to you but I ten to "avoid" them because they do become rather boring particukarly when you have multiple events for the same individual. So, while Nice sentences are initially nice, I have restructured most of my sentences to show events as simple lists. For example, I have Immigration and Occupation set as ... Immigration: [Desc] [onDate] [toPlace]. [Sources] [Notes] Immigration: [Desc] [onDate]. [Sources] [Notes] Immigration: [Desc] [toPlace]. [Sources] [Notes] Immigration: [onDate] [toPlace]. [Sources] [Notes] Immigration: [Desc]. [Sources] [Notes] Immigration: [onDate]. [Sources] [Notes] Immigration: [toPlace]. [Sources] [Notes] Immigration. [Sources] [Notes] Occupation: [Desc]. [Date], [Place]. [Sources] [Notes] Occupation: [Desc]. [Date]. [Sources] [Notes] Occupation: [Desc]. [Place]. [Sources] [Notes] Employed: [Date]. [Place]. [Sources] [Notes] Occupation: [Desc]. [Sources] [Notes] Employed: [Date]. [Sources] [Notes] Employed: [Place]. [Sources] [Notes] Employed. [Sources] [Notes] C.G. Ouimet Kingston, ON ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gene Wheeler Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 18:01 To: Legacy User Group Subject: [LegacyUG] Suggestion I have an individual who "goes by" his middle name. His record includes several occupation events. In a report, these each start off with "He worked as a..." and this reads rather poorly when they are listed one after the other. I realize the [HeShe] can be changed to [NameHeShe] which uses his first name in the initial instance, then alternates with "He" in subsequent instances. I would like to be able to substitute his "alternate given name" so it reads more correctly, as this is the name he goes by, and then alternate with "He". Can this be done as Legacy 6 is currently designed? Failing that, I would like to see it in an upcoming revision. Thanks! Gene Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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