Thanks Ron, Yes, GEDxlate doesn't appear to be looking at Legacy's "Alternate" name for its "Nick" column. A bit confusing to me, but not to worry.
Graham On 6/03/2011 12:25 AM, Ron Ferguson wrote: > Graham, > > I had not noticed this before, and it's not just the Given Name BTW., it > applies to the whole of the AKA. I don't think that this is a Legacy > problem, but that of GEDxlate. I use a GEDCOM for the creation of my > One-Name pages and an AKA is correctly shown as an alternative name. The > NICK tag is used for a name included in quotes in the main name. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Graham Lambert > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 10:28 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Alternate names problem > > Hi all, hope I explain this little problem adequately. > > When I add an 'alternate' name from the Family view screen in Legacy, > (via the AKA icon), a popup box appears, and that alternate name has to > be added in the "Given name" area. Shouldn't that be "Alternate" or > "Nick" name area. Because now, when I convert a gedcom via GEDxlate to > excel (XLate to MS Excel) that "Given name" area appears in the Excel > spreedsheet in place of their real names? Am I doing something wrong? > > Thanks for any pointers, > Graham > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > 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 after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: 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
