Lea-Anne, That should not be the case, can you please give details of the Event (I think) and your full sentence override so it can be replicated?
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Lea-Anne Davison Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 10:19 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Trying to enter information that will result in readable reports Thanks Paula for your suggestions. Correct me if I'm wrong but I tried the sentence override part of the event entry but when I checked the output (descendants book report) the small number identifying the source doesn't appear with this event in the main part of the report. The source is still in the source citation at the end of the generation. I am still experimenting but all suggestions are greatfully received. Lea-Anne On 25 February 2012 04:06, Paula Ryburn <paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Lea-Anne, > > Just wanted to also mention that the sentence structure for ANY "event" > can > be modified to suit your needs. Legacy has included a "Census" event that > has a set sentence structure "Soandso appeared on the suchandsuch census > in > date in place." (or something close to that) You can modify that in the > Events list, once for all of your Census events. Or you can override the > sentence structure for one event (or maybe a set of events if you override > it once and copy the event using the clipboard, for example). Or I think > you can even copy the "Census" event to your own version "Lea-Annes > Census"...! > > Another thing to keep in mind is that all of the events are "generic" in > the > database. They all have the same fields.... description, date, place, > notes. A Residence event looks remarkably similar to a Census event ;) > but > for the sentence structure. So, from a purely using-the-database > viewpoint, > you can do anything you want. Legacy just took the time to set up some > "standard" sentence structures to assist us. (Well, that sounded a bit > "know it all" but thought I am not a Legacy programmer, I do believe > that's > how it is set up.) > > Though I'm not an expert on all Legacy reporting options either, I believe > every report has one or more options on the format in which to print the > events. I've lately been using the FGR, and the option is "list" vs. > "sentence"... be sure to check these out, too, as you test your output. > One > format might be more to your liking. > > Good luck! > > --Paula in Texas > Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton > Chapman > Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline > Field > Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes > Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts > Roche Ryburn Sanford Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams > > > ________________________________ > From: Lea-Anne Davison <leaannedavi...@gmail.com> > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Sent: Wed, February 22, 2012 9:40:42 PM > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Trying to enter information that will result in > readable reports > > I think I will experient with what has been suggested. I realise > there is no right or wrong way, but how it looks in the report is an > important part for me. I think I will try putting in an event whether > I call in Event or Residence not sure yet with an condensed > description of the family in the census eg John Smith was living with > his wife and children (perhaps name each but keep it short). Then > source the census with the full details in the text field and see how > that looks for the reports. Whether I print it as part of the > > citation I will decide after I see how it looks but at least this way > it will only be once at the end of the report and not repeated all > through the report. > Thanks everyone for your thoughts. > Lea-Anne No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1872 / Virus Database: 2092/4827 - Release Date: 02/23/12 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
