From: "woodmansrus" > 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. __________
It would be nice to have this option in descent reports rather than the automatic sentence that gives the number of children of the couple as the number listed. Often we know some of the children but not all, so the automatic sentence is known to be incorrect. Joan Best 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
