Sorry, that odd sentence in the third paragraph should read that I'd LIKE to be able to MOVE the date to the left
Kathy On 08/09/2013, at 8:50 AM, Kathy Thompson <kmthoms...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good idea there Mary, the only problem with that for me is that I have (or > will have) notes for almost every event, and I have my sentence definitions > set up in specific ways to capture all 5 fields. > There are times though - like when I'm doing specific research at a library - > that I need a summary type report that has all of my info in the very basic > format. > Given that Event Name and Date are both standard widths, but description and > place can vary greatly, and the list view with all the lines doesn't stay > uniform in the spacings, I'd puke to be able to mice date to the left. > If the column spacing of that list view remained constant and did a word wrap > for longer lines rather than pushing the next column further away I'd have no > problems because the dates would all line up with each other. > > > > > Kathy > > On 08/09/2013, at 7:39 AM, "Mary Fowler Leek" <ml...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Kathy, >> >> You can get something like what you want by altering ONE event sentence for >> the event. >> >> The example I used was the Immigration Event and the entered information >> will read in the order you requested … >> >> Event Name - Date - Location - Description >> >> >> I altered one sentence definition for “if only date and place entered” >> …by removing the default fields and entering >> >> [EventName] - [Date] - [Place] - [Notes] [Sources] >> >> When the information is entered in the sequence you requested, it would >> read in your report as: >> >> Immigration - 1 Jan 1932 - New York - by ship >> >> The key here is to NOT fill in the Description field in the Event but to >> move the Description to the notes. >> >> If you thought it might be difficult to remember just how you set it up, you >> could even save this event to a new name such as Immigration Summary, >> leaving the default Immigration event intact in case you ever wanted to use >> it with full features. If you saved it to a new name, just turn off the >> Description Box, which would force you to remember to put your description >> in the notes. >> >> Mary >> >> >> >> From: Kathy Thompson [mailto:kmthoms...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 6:35 AM >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Reports - Event Formatting >> >> Is there any way of re-organising the order in which the List Style >> formatting of the Events displays in the reports? >> >> At the moment it displays in columns >> Event Name - Description - Date - Location >> >> I'd like to be able to move Description after Location so that I have >> Event Name - Date - Location - Description >> >> Is this possible? If so, where am I missing the (probably obvious) settings >> for this to happen? >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> >> 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
