Re: [LegacyUG] sneaky <>

Sat, 23 Jan 2016 16:57:06 -0800 

Okay, I will take a deep breath and work on it <G> this only started
after either an update or a reboot, I don't quite remember which but
the <<tab>> in World Connect is really new.
Eliz
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On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 6:18 PM, Brian/Support
<br...@legacyfamilytree.com> wrote:
> The «tab» is the Rich Text Format (RTF) code for a tab character (we use
> RTF codes to format text in Notes). That is not understood by a web page
> which wants HTML coding so that is why you see those in your
> WorldConnect tree when you upload a Legacy created GEDCOM.
>
> If you want to remove those tabs from your Notes in Legacy:
> Use search and replace
> Search > Search and replace
> There are buttons below the character ribbon to search for tab and
> Carriage Return (CR) special characters. The tab button will insert the
> «tab» for you.
>
> Replacement text should be either a space or nothing depending how your
> tabs are surrounded in your problem text.
>
> If you are uploading a GEDCOM from Legacy to WorldConnect though Cathy's
> earlier suggestion to have Legacy convert the tabs in your GEDCOM into
> HTML codes should work to make them HTML tabs not RTF tabs and you can
> keep the tabs in your Legacy Notes.
>
> Brian
> Customer Support
> Millennia Corporation
> br...@legacyfamilytree.com
> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
>
> On 23/01/2016 14:50, Eliz Hanebury wrote:
>> Brian, strip HTML doesn't work on <<tab>> in my Legacy, an please note
>> that the <<tab>> in inline not at the end.
>>
>> I don't easily find many of the goodies in Legacy but strip HTML is
>> right where I can see and find it <G> and use it.
>> Eliz
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot
>> <br...@the-lightfoots.com> wrote:
>>> Or she could just permanently remove them from the Notes sections where the
>>> text was entered by clicking on the “Strip HTML† button on that Note.
>>> Copying and pasting directly from Ancestry and FamilySearch will often
>>> include these invisible tabs even at the end of lines making them difficult
>>> to see without clicking the mouse to locate a cursor beyond the end of the
>>> line. If the cursor sticks an inch away from the end of a line, then 
>>> you’ve
>>> got some hidden tabs there. If you can see some visible tabs (“<<tab>>†
>>> ),
>>> the Strip HTML button works on that also.  Just get in the habit of clicking
>>> on the Strip HTML button whenever pasting text from a web source.
>>>
>>> Brian in California
>>>
>>> From: Cathy Pinner [mailto:genea...@gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 6:45 PM
>>> To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
>>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] sneaky <<tab>>
>>>
>>> Try this.
>>>
>>> I just tried and I think it's worked
>>> when exporting the Gedcom tick to "convert formatting styles to HTML style"
>>> but I haven't uploaded the Gedcom anywhere - just looked at it.
>>>
>>> Cathy
>>>
>>> Eliz Hanebury wrote:
>>>
>>> Okay support<G>  I didn't much like this when only I could see these
>>> <<tab>>  but now I see them all over my World Connect tree. I might
>>> have noticed earlier if I visited it more often. How do I kill
>>> <<tab>>?
>>>
>>> FOLIO:«tab»634
>>> PAGE NUMBER:«tab»20
>>> HOUSEHOLD SCHEDULE NUMBER:«tab»65
>>> HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:«tab»
>>> NAME«tab»AGE
>>> Edward James«tab»46
>>> Sussanah James«tab»44
>>> Naomi James«tab»18
>>> David James«tab»16
>>> Margaret James«tab»13
>>> Elizabeth James«tab»11
>>> Edward James«tab»9
>>> Richard James«tab»7
>>> Aaron James«tab»5
>>> Sarah James«tab»1
>>> Eliz
>
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