You could try if you could use quoted names as a workaround. In the Help see Report Options: "Use Quoted Names for Narratives-If names have been entered within quotation marks, use them in narrative sections. For example, William "Bill" Martin would use Bill in narrative paragraphs." Evert
2007/9/26, June <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Could someone please assist with names. My husband is Chinese and my > children also have Chinese (as well as English names). > > I call my husband John, however his Chinese name is Chan Chung Sing. When I > put in his Chinese name it doesn't print correctly. In Chinese his surname > is first, then his generation name then his given name. So when I print > reports it comes out as Chung Sing Chan which is not correct. > > The only way I can make these names print correctly is to pretend that his > surname Chan is his given name, that his Generation name 'Chung' is his > middle name and that his given name 'Sing' is his surname. > > This creates a problem though because he has five brothers. All brothers > have the same surname and the same generation name but have different given > names. So to get them to print correctly I would need to give them all a > different surname but the same given name and the same middle name. > > I face the same problem with my two sons. And if my 2nd grandchild, due in > January is also a boy I will have the same problems with the two of them. > > I can't find anything in the help menu and wonder if anyone else has come > across this problem. > > Thank you > > June > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp