Originally in computerized genealogy the only game in town was the LDS. When they decided, when creating the original
pre cursor to the IGI, they standardized the desired input for themselves, which was people names ALL CAPS. It may come
from the real old days when computers only had CAPS. In the ensueing decades, more non LDS were joining the group of
computer genealogists. All the older programs defaulted to ALL CAPS. Then the IGI went to SURNAME CAPS, Given Name
First Letter. Now most programs, if not all, give various choices as the what you want, not what you get.
YOU CAN CHANGE TO KEEP WHAT I PRINT. I did.
Rich in LA CA
Marie Peer wrote:
jr wrote " I honestly don't know why Legacy is set up to change people's data by default."
John, I think I'd be a prime example of why. I tend to be inconsistent, so one day I'll type in the full month, the next I won't. One day I'll type people's last name in all caps, the next I won't. What's worse, I can't necessarily remember which way I last typed it and then I'll do it differently. Legacy changes it for my feeble benefit, however, there are those of you whose minds work well and make a priority of remembering what you want and then you can change to 'don't change what I type'. Maybe there are far more of us who don't recall than those of you who do so the default covers the majority.
Marie
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John R. Bayle Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 6:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LegacyUG] Importing data - capitals problem
Peter wrote:
I am at the stage of importing and checking my Legacy file and all works well (so far) except a location has not imported as I would have hoped.
eg: Auckland, NZ has come across as Auckland, Nz
All locations in the birth/died/ buried etc locations have dropped the
capital "Z" in NZ - being a kiwi I have a few.
I see that Rod Hall has already sent you one solution. However there is another one. Go to Customize>DataFormat from the Options Menu Bar Menu. You will see there are a couple of items that say to capitalize the first letter in a place name or Surname. Change these to "Don't change what I enter", and re-import the file from FTM. IMO this will give you a better import. I honestly don't know why Legacy is set up to change people's data by default.
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