I know you don't want to go the GED route on this but you may have a limited number of other options.
There are a number of manual-labor choices, though, and I've had experience with those, so if want details, ask. IME no program will do this correctly and automatically. One has to either fix the source or the outcome manually. Cheryl Jay 1FamilyTree wrote: > My problem is not double spaces, but broken words > > > Here is an example with the broken words in bold > > Myra H. Thielen, age 92, of 1619 Armstrong St., Marinette, > passed *aw ay* on Saturday, June 3, 2006, after a short > battle with cancer. She was *bo rn* on November 29, 1913 to > the late Benjamin A. and Sophia (Bauknecht) *Ha nsen* in > Manitowoc. She graduated from Manitowoc High School and from > the *M anitowoc* County Teacher College. She married Lester > F. Thielen on *Februa ry* 9, 1937 in Manitowoc. He preceded > her in death on May 30, 2000. > > She was an active member of St. James Lutheran Church and > served as *Financ ial* Secretary for 10 years, and was a > member of the Lydia Circle and the *c hurch* choir. She was > also a member of the Marinette County Historical *Soc > iety*, the Marinette Mental Health Assoc., a Past President > of the *Marinet te* Woman's Club and Easter Seal Society, > and a charter member of the *Chap ter* BK P.E.O. Sisterhood > and a member of the Sons of Norway. She was a *mem ber* of > the walking club and many bridge clubs. > > Myra is survived by six children: Mark (Ruth) Thielen, Peter > (Mary) *Thiel en* both of Marinette; Paul (Mary Ann) Thielen > of Greendale, WI; Jean (*Will iam)* Everson of Fond du Lac; > Anne Thielen of Hortonville, WI and Karn (Pa ul) Gregoire of > Rhodes, IA; two brothers, Ben (Florence) Hansen of *Everet > t*, WA and Philip (Sue) Hansen of Merritt Island, FL; many > grandchildren *a nd* great-grandchildren, who loved her dearly. > > In addition to her husband, Lester, three brothers, and a > sister *preced ed* her in death. > > Friends may call at the Thielen Funeral Home 1403 Newberry > Ave. *Marinet te* on Tuesday, June 6 from 4-7 p.m. Funeral > Services will be held *on Wedne sday*, June 7 at 11a.m. at > St James Lutheran Church with Pastor Darrel *Die rs* > officiating. Burial will be in Forest Home Cemetery > > > > It wouldn't be a problem if it were a couple of hundred, but > in reality its probably well over 20,000 > > But thanks for taking the time to help. > > > Jay > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Kathy Thompson > <kmthoms...@gmail.com <mailto:kmthoms...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Try a "Search Replace" from the Search menu > > Find where > General Notes > Find what > (press the space bar twice to indicate a > double space) > Replacement text > (press the space bar once for a > single space) > > How to find > Tick "Find whole word only" > Tick "Anywhere in the field" > > How to replace > Tick "Replace only found text with replacement text" > > At bottom of pop-up tick > Come back to this screen after the Search and Replace > > Repeat process until no more Double spaces remain > > > > On 13 December 2013 15:27, Jay 1FamilyTree > <1familytree....@gmail.com > <mailto:1familytree....@gmail.com>> wrote: > > <snipped> > > Since the recent mention of the 'spacation' errors, > I thought, lets at least ask to see if maybe some > thing had passed me by in the way of a solution. > > I have a large database with over 215,000 persons > At least 18,000 have general notes > and there are over 150,000 event records with > notes as well. > > So, it's a huge job to some day spell check all of > those records.... > > The built in spell checker almost works, if it only > had a variable to check if a space were removed > would that solve the error. > > I'll look around some other places and maybe there > is a solution out there some where for me. > > <snipped> 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
