, 17 February 2013 2:49 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tool to add missing period after an initial in a name
There is no tool but search > Search and Replace should be able to do the job
if you search for each of the 26 letters followed by a space, Use the option
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> *From:* Ron Ferguson [mailto:ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk]
> *Sent:* Saturday, February 16, 2013 6:56 AM
> *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Tool to add missing period after an initial in
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> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 6:56 AM
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> because of the practice in the States just to have an initi
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> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 6:56 AM
> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tool to add missing period after an initial in a
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> because of the practice in the States just to have an initial as a second
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On 2/16/2013 1:06 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote:
> Really? I’ve never run across any such practices. I’ve run across many
> individual with no middle name but never any with just a letter. Sounds
> to me more like incomplete records where only the letter is known and
> not the complete name. But
There is no tool but search > Search and Replace should be able to do
the job if you search for each of the 26 letters followed by a space,
Use the option to find whole word only so you do not find names ending
with the search letter. If all your initials follow a full name you can
search for space
First, a standard symbol is needed to indicate an initial that is not an
abbreviation for something. There are many names that have a single letter
which is not an abbreviation. If an initial is an abbreviation, it definitely
should be followed by a period. The single letter initial can not b
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