Hi Alastair, Thanks for jumping in here. I enjoy reading your posts, always. The issue of Notes transfer is confusing. I never understood what the fuss was all about until just now when you sent me the Legacy help file writeup. I still don't fully get it, but I'm working on it. Some people I have heard from offlist have had trouble with notes transferring, some have not. Elizabeth Rodier suggests the way to get them to transfer properly is to check the appropriate box under Customize in the GEDCOM window. On the other hand, John (jr) Bayle had little trouble with Notes transfer when he did his tests with FTM 10. For the most part I am beginning to suspect it is dependent upon to which version of FTM one is making the transfer. From what I have heard, 2005 is different from the earlier versions of, say, 10 or 11. FTM v11 is around here somewhere that I have never loaded (with cause), but might do so to accommodate my dearly beloved relative who clings to FTM. I will just have to try it, having prepared myself with the wisdom offered by all the knowledgeable LegacyUG list members who have taken of their precious time to help me accomplish this. Many thanks to all. -- Alice In a message dated 2/2/2005 4:32:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, Alice,
Note lines in Legacy help file. Note fields are continuous until a carriage return is entered. If you increase or decrease the width of the note window, all the text is reformatted within the new width. Other programs, such as Personal Ancestral File, have fixed lengths for each line in the note field and each of these lines is exported to a separate line in the GEDCOM file. As Legacy is exporting a GEDCOM file it breaks the long continuous lines into smaller pieces. (My comment - I think that is 256 chars). You can control how long these segments are by entering a number to indicate their length. What I couldn't achieve was for FTM to import anything after the first lump - they were all lost. But it may have been my amateurishness at fault Warm regards ;-) Alastair 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
