Oh, OK, now it is clear. If anyone cares, "Event Note" fonts are controlled by the "Data" font option.
Steve --- On Fri 02/04, Bob Janetzko < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: From: Bob Janetzko [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 11:25:39 -0600 Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] More on Formatting notes Steve, The difference is that you are using General Notes and I am using Event Notes, which is where I presume census information would likely be entered. This seems like a case of just what I replied previously concerning program options in Legacy, that it is "necessary to test every single one of them because we cannot assume that they actually work in any specific situation, much less all the time". And, even scarier, options that are fixed in one release often revert to being broken again in the next release. Bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve Silverman Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 09:49 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] More on Formatting notes Hi Bob, I know you are not the one who wants columns in the Notes field, I just take issue when you say it doesn't work. It works for me. I invite you to see the output here: http://home.comcast.net/~ssilverm/legacy.html these are screen captures of the print preview, the best I can do short of mailing the printout to you... Steve --- On Fri 02/04, Bob Janetzko < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: From: Bob Janetzko [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 08:58:50 -0600 Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] More on Formatting notes Steve, I'm not the one who WANTS columns of data in the Notes field -- that was Ann. However, after others replied that my suggestion didn't work, I did create Notes fields with columns of data, using Courier New as the font for both the screen display and the reports (just as you indicate) in order to test the issue. I have to agree with the others -- it simply DOES NOT WORK and the selected Notes font is ignored. I tried the Individual Report, Family Group Sheet, and Descendant Book reports. My Notes field that appeared on screen in Courier New columns showed in all the reports as unaligned Times New Roman. Bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve Silverman Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 08:09 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] More on Formatting notes Hi Bob, When you bring up the report screen, click on Report Options. On the "Options for Individual Reports" screen, click on the Fonts tab. Next, click on the Notes button and select courier. Works for me and several different reports, what report does it not work for? Steve --- On Fri 02/04, Bob Janetzko < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: From: Bob Janetzko [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 07:57:21 -0600 Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] More on Formatting notes Yes, I know that fixed pitch fonts keep text aligned, which is why I had suggested that to Ann. What I had failed to do was to actually test this by creating the reports using a fixed pitch font for Notes. Even though Courier is specified as the font for Notes in the report options, that is ignored and Legacy creates reports using, in my case, Times New Roman for the Notes, which naturally destroys the formatting of the Courier used for the Notes on the data-entry screen. This appears to be yet another case of a Legacy program option that does absolutely nothing, making it necessary to test every single one of them because we cannot assume that they actually work in any specific situation, much less all the time. Judging from some of the threads posted here, every release of Legacy appears to be a public beta test -- some of the reported problems are fixed immediately (way to go!) and others are ignored forever (boo, hiss!). Bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve Silverman Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 07:18 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] More on Formatting notes Nothing to be sorry about, choosing a courier or other fixed pitch font absolutely does work in keeping text aligned. be sure you count correctly when lining up your columns. If your printout came out skewed, I'm sure you mis-counted. Steve --- On Thu 02/03, Bob Janetzko < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: From: Bob Janetzko [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:25:39 -0600 Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] More on Formatting notes Sorry about that, Ann! I didn't actually try that before responding, since I don't have any notes formatted in columns. I did test it now, but apparently even though the Courier font is used on the screen, the reports don't use Courier even when that is specified as the font for Notes on reports. I have no idea why not. Bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ann Cooper Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 18:24 To: Postings FH-LEGACY Subject: [LegacyUG] More on Formatting notes Bob wrote: >> It appears that you are using a proportional-pitch font (such as Arial >> or Times New Roman) for your Notes fields. These fonts will rarely . . . I tried using courier (which is odd to look at now we have such font choices!) as Bob suggested, and it did line up better in notes--but still was askew when I tried printing reports. Am I being really dense? Help. Ann _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com 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
