That's certainly a good way of alternating the start - are their other similar ways of alternating starts like this?
On 31 August 2013 19:25, Brian/Support <br...@legacyfamilytree.com> wrote: > There is one sentence component that you can use to add some variety > but you may need to amend your sentence start to make use of it. The > field [FirstHeShe] will use the person's first name in a first > sentence then will use He or She depending on gender for a second, it > will then alternate back and forth between the first name and the He > or She. > > If you changed your sentence to [FirstHeShe] was mentiioned in a > newspaper article... then you would have some variety in the sentences > for multiple mentions. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > br...@legacyfamilytree.com > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > We are changing the world of genealogy! > When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. > Thanks. > > > On 31 August 2013 00:14, Kathy Thompson <kmthoms...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm trying to work out a way of formatting the Sentence Structure of a > > certain custom event so that when I have multiple events of the same type > > within a very short period of time, the sentences read nicely. > > > > My event name is "Newspaper Article", and for these events I am inserting > > the Article's title as Description, the date it was published in Date, > and > > the Newspaper's name as Place. I am also including a transcription of the > > first few sentences in the Notes field where possible. > > > > Because I will always have all of the main fields filled, I have set up > my > > sentence definition to read > > An article appeared in the newspaper «i»[place]«/i» [ondate], titled > > "[desc]". [:IF[notes]::The article starts "[notes]"::][Sources] > > > > I don't have an issue with the sentence when I only have one newspaper > > article before I then have other events, but when I have three or more > in a > > row, it gets a bit monotonous with every sentence starting the same way, > > especially when I haven't yet included any transcription in the notes. > > By way of example, I have a person who was unfortunately killed in a > > workplace accident, and his death made it into at least a dozen > newspapers > > within just one or two days, and I want to record each of them. > > > > Ideally, I'd like to be able to have the start of the sentence alternate > > between two or three different definitions, giving sentence starts such > as > > "An article appeared in...", "Another article appeared in...", and "An > > article also appeared in..." > > > > How can I make this alternating sentence structure happen - or is it not > > possible? > > > > Thanks > > Kathy > > > > > > 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 > > > > 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 > > > 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
