Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book Report problem - THANKS

I heart-felt thanks to Graham, Cathy and Leon ... I've followed your advice and made the changes and I am now much happier with all of the reports! This has to be the best help site on the web!!! Thank you all so much Toni Original Question / Problem: I have set up a file with quoted nicknames a

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book Report problem

To get close to what you want to do, try the following: In the fields: 1. Given name: William Clarence "Buddy" 2. Surname: Smith Do not use the AKA field. When you go to reports, go to report options, Tab - Format & select "Use quoted names for narratives" Then in your report, the ful

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book Report problem

The problem is that if you use the Quoted Name in narrative but remove the Quoted name in Name lists and where the full name is used, then there is nothing in the text that says that the person was called by quoted name. As I've often said, I'd like a sentence saying that X was known as Y whe

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book Report problem

Toni You should not have put names of that type in the AKA at all. Remove one or two AKAs and then Preview the Book and you will see it is better gm tallen4 wrote: I have set up a file with quoted nicknames and when the nickname is totally different from the legal name I have also entered the

[LegacyUG] Descendant Book Report problem

I have set up a file with quoted nicknames and when the nickname is totally different from the legal name I have also entered the nickname into the AKA section of the record. I wanted the Descendant Book Report to show that this person was called the nickname. Example: William Clarence "Buddy"