On 31/08/2013 05:14, Kathy Thompson 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?
One way would be to mention the additional articles in the Notes field. After quoting the start of the first article you could continue "An article also appeared in the <paper name> on <date> under the heading <title>. This article began:... A further article was printed in the <paper name> on <date> and began ..." Rather than "mess up" my Location list with newspaper titles, I put the name of the paper in the Desc field, the place of its publication in the Place field and quote the article, including the heading or title, in the Notes field. -- Jenny M Benson 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
