Don't you think it would be easier for people who are reviewing your reports to just fill in the blanks? Seeing the blank lines really brings the missing info out boldly where as any other notation will be more likely to blend in with the rest of the report. Take out an indicator and create a report with lines for missing info and see what I mean.
Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jenny M Benson Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 2:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Unknown name [--?--] wrote >Sherry, I do want to keep the [--?--] as that helps alert me to >unknowns in reports and elsewhere. I followed your suggestion and >deselected "Check for illegal characters in name fields" on the options >screen. That apparently solved the problem with the question mark. >However, the next Potential Problems preview kept the same list with >"Too many dashes in the Name field." >Do you have another suggestion to solve that? To be honest, I don't understand why [---?---] alerts anyone to "unknowns" any more than "Unknown" or "UNKNOWN" does, which is what I use. However, if you don't want to use some version of "Unknown", why not use xxx... or XXX.... ? Just as identifiable as dashes and question marks and I very much doubt Legacy would suss that they are not valid names! -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
