Thank you Jan & Dennis for your thoughts. I will do as you suggested. Leave the event sentences as they are and as I print out a report - as I rarely do- fix them at that time. I didn't know about the Event Report to check data. That will be a big help. Isn't Legacy a wonderful program but not as wonderful as the User's Group!!!
Thank you so much, I appreciate this very much. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 5:40 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Defining the Event Sentence was Event Definition > Ann, > I think I would probably leave the event sentences as they are - then, if > and when you print out a report for a particular person / line you can > chack > to see if the events read correctly. If they don't, go in and change them > for the individuals affected in that specific report. You can either > change > them by using Sentence Override on a case by case basis - OR - you could > decide how you need to change the sentence definition so that it reads > correctly for all instances. This may involve making a change to what you > put in the various fields / notes in all cases. When all is said and > done, > the sentence definition only affects reports. As someone else mentioned > earlier - it does not change the data in any way, So it only becomes an > issue when you want to print a report. > > Cheers > Jan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ann Parsons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 9:29 PM > Subject: [LegacyUG] Defining the Event Sentence was Event Definition > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John R. Bayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 7:27 PM > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Event Definition was Printing notes in reports > > > > > >> This has been a fascinating thread. > >> > >> Ann wrote: > >> > Sherry advised before trying new feature to check the online help. > >> > Outstanding idea, however checking online before trying what is in > >> > the > >> > manual doesn't seem to be mentioned in the manual. Be nice if that > >> important > >> > fact was mentioned. Maybe a Chapter on things to do before trying > >> > what > >> > is > >> in > >> > the manual. Altho in this case I did check the online help & I did > >> > not > >> > see > >> > mention of this being retroactive. I guess I am just stupid and > >> > should > >> have > >> > somehow known this. > >> > >> I don't think you are stupid Ann. I followed Sherry's directions to > >> get > >> to > >> the help that talked about Unspecified Events on the context sensitive > >> help > >> from the Assigned Events Help page. I couldn't find any mention of > >> Unspecified Events on that help page. > > > > Thanks John for taking the time to follow Sherry's directions and not > > having any better luck at finding a warning that changing the event > > sentence was retroactive. I have always tried to be very careful when > > trying something new to check the manual and the online help before > > doing > > it. I don't know where Sherry found the mention of that this would > > happen, > > I sure couldn't find it either place. > > > > I have been using Legacy since version 2 and when I printed out the > > Events - Show List I have a stack of paper over half inch high. To have > > to > > go thru this one by one to check each sentence is to me overwhelming. I > > am > > not a quitter, I have been caregiver for my husband a 100% wartime > > disabled veteran for over 40 years. Caregiver is hard for so long plus > > having to deal with the Veterans Administration. No....I am not a > > quitter > > by a long shot, but this event sentence problem just may be the final > > straw. > > > > What are your thoughts if I was just to leave this Event Sentence > > problem > > with some reading strangely and others correctly. I don't mean to be > > taking the easy way out. Rather a 'is the cure worse than the ailment' > > In > > this case the cure is a tremendous amount of time. If you have time I > > would appreciate your thoughts on this. > > > > Thank you, > > Ann in New Mexico USA 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
