Dick, I accomplish this output on reports by doing the following:
I created an event named "Children." Under the option "Event Sentence Definition" I define the Description field to read: They [::have::had] [-Desc] [-EventName]. [Notes] (note: the conditional field automatically changes depending on whether the parents are indicated as living or dead). Then when I encounter a situation such as you describe, where all is known is the number of children and nothing else (and I encounter it often), in Marriage Event I invoke Children, and in the Description field I enter the number of children as appropriate, say, five, and then on reports it prints out as follows after the marriage info: "So-and-so married so-and-so." "They had five children." This looks and flows very naturally on book reports. Glenn Woodman Vancouver, Washington ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Richard Nickel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 4:39 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Childless couples > Along a similar line . . . > > During my research I very often come across comments such as "they had 4 > children" or "they had some children". > > I would like to see the "had no children" option expanded to allow more > flexibility, such as: > > "had ......... children" (insert your own text - such as a single figure or > even "2 or 3". This could then result in examples such as: > "had no children" (same as at present) > "had some children" > "had several children" > "had 2 or 3 children" > > And yes, I guess that does bring up the inevitable exception: > "had 1 child (ren)" > > This would help to draw attention to the fact that more research needed to > be done in tracking down those children. > > Dick > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Lois Francis > > > > > On the marriage information you can indicate that a couple had no > children > > > and the words "had no children" appear in the child list on the family > > > view, the pedigree view and the chronology view > > > > > > Could someone please tell me if it is possible to have "had no > children" > > > included in the descendant or any other printed report so that the > > > particular couple is indicated as "finished" so to speak. I've search > the > > > help screens but can't seem to find an answer. > > > > > > Lois Francis > > > Manukau City, NZ > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
