Interesting. And how does this all fit with the very internationally oriented
owner MyHeritage?
Ben
From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> On Behalf Of
Chris Hill
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 4:19 PM
To: Legacy User Group <LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using special alphabet characters in Legacy
Very nice for modern software, but Legacy is basically 20 years old and based
on VB6 which dates from 1998.
What we need us for Legacy to be rewritten to current standards.
Regards
Chris
>From my Motorola G6+
On Tue, 26 Nov 2019, 20:00 Otso Havu, <otso.h...@gmail.com
<mailto:otso.h...@gmail.com> > wrote:
I tested RootsMagic and Ancestral Quest. Those accept Unicode names.¨
How to help using Special characters ::: Allow Unicode just in
Alternate Names ?!
ti 26. marrask. 2019 klo 21.23 Chris Hill
(chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com <mailto:chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com> ) kirjoitti:
>
> That does not work.
>
> Yes, it will happily put an extended character WITHIN a Notes field on
> an event, but will not accept them into a name or location etc. But then
> save the event and reopen it, and the characters have disappeared.
>
> Regards
>
> Chris
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Otso Havu" <otso.h...@gmail.com <mailto:otso.h...@gmail.com> >
> To: "Legacy User Group" <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
> <mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >
> Sent: 26/11/2019 18:52:46
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using special alphabet characters in Legacy
>
> >Windows Character Map contains also the key combinations to type these
> >special characters.
> >See Char-map bottom line
> >č contains U+010D
> >Press and hold down the ALT key while you type the four number Unicode
> >value for the character. Note that NUM LOCK must be on, and you have
> >to use the number pad keys to type the Unicode character value.
> >
> >ti 26. marrask. 2019 klo 20.25 Otso Havu (otso.h...@gmail.com
> ><mailto:otso.h...@gmail.com> ) kirjoitti:
> >>
> >> Do not use Word, use Wordpad instead.
> >> Word contains plenty of control codes that may look bizarre
> >>
> >> ti 26. marrask. 2019 klo 19.09 Andrew Robbie
> >> (andrew.rob...@comcast.net <mailto:andrew.rob...@comcast.net> ) kirjoitti:
> >> >
> >> > Ah, not good. Did you log a bug?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com
> >> <mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > On Behalf Of
> >> johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au <mailto:johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au>
> >> > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2019 10:17 PM
> >> > To: 'Legacy User Group' <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
> >> <mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >
> >> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using special alphabet characters in Legacy
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Pasting from MS Word works until you save it. Then the Eastern European
> >> special characters turn into bizarre symbols.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > John
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > From: Andrew Robbie
> >> >
> >> > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 1:37 PM
> >> >
> >> > To: 'Legacy User Group'
> >> >
> >> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using special alphabet characters in Legacy
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > You can always copy/paste from something like MS Word that supports
> >> inserting special characters.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Or the ‘Alt’ + numeric keypad short cut should work directly into
> >> Legacy…
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > A
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com
> >> <mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > On Behalf Of Jon M
> >> > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2019 8:38 PM
> >> > To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
> >> <mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >
> >> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using special alphabet characters in Legacy
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Thanks Ian and Otso,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Trying the character map within Windows 10 does not work. I tried.
> >> Thank you both for the suggestions.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Cheers, Jon
> >> >
> >> > (Sent from a mobile device)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 5:29 PM Ian Thomas <il.tho...@outlook.com
> >> <mailto:il.tho...@outlook.com> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Possibly the Windows Accessories group, then 2nd item in the list,
> >> Windows Character Map (for Windows 10, English language)
> >> >
> >> > I.L. Thomas
> >> > Victoria Park, Western Australia
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com
> >> <mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> ] On Behalf Of Otso Havu
> >> > Sent: Tuesday, 26 November 2019 8:00 AM
> >> > To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
> >> <mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >
> >> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using special alphabet characters in Legacy
> >> >
> >> > Sorry, I have a Finnish Win so help is only approximate now.
> >> >
> >> > Start > roll to Windows tools --- just after Windows Power shell ---
> >> look for a topless pyramide with special characters : select it :
> >> > select a character, pick and paste to Legacy
> >> >
> >> > ti 26. marrask. 2019 klo 1.35 Cathy Pinner (genea...@gmail.com
> >> <mailto:genea...@gmail.com> ) kirjoitti:
> >> > >
> >> > > Jon,
> >> > >
> >> > > Not all characters can be used in Legacy. Those that can be used are
> >> > > in the Character Map in the program. Make sure it is on at Options >
> >> > > Customise 4.6. Then when you see this Character Ribbon, click the
> >> > > square at the top of it to see all characters.
> >> > > I don't think the one you want is available.
> >> > >
> >> > > Cathy
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > > Jon M <mailto:messier.hist...@gmail.com
> >> <mailto:messier.hist...@gmail.com> >
> >> > > > Tuesday, 26 November 2019 5:06 AM
> >> > > > Can someone point me in the right direction on how to use special
> >> > > > alphabet characters in Legacy? I have a large portion of individuals
> >> > > > in the tree from Lithuania and Slovenia. Both alphabets have special
> >> > > > characters.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > For example, I have a last name of Janaviče in Lithuanian, and I
> >> > > > would like to be able to have the lower "C" hachek used in Legacy.
> >> > > > Is this possible?
> >> > > >
> >> > > > My Windows 10 software is using English as the primary language.
> >> > > > Note, I do not speak or write in either of these languages.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Thank you!
> >> > > > Jon
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
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