Legacy Name Edit feature?

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Rich Heimlich

Legacy Name Edit feature?

Legg inn av Rich Heimlich » 17 des 2004 15:20:17

I just found out that, due to a misspelling I got from a cemetary that
I've now created about 50 entries with the last name misspelled. Is
there an easy way to change "McKibbon" to "McKibbin" in Legacy?

I'll looking around and see something rather complicated under the
Name List feature.

Rich

Re: Legacy Name Edit feature?

Legg inn av Rich » 17 des 2004 16:36:34

"Rich Heimlich" <agrajag@comcast.net> wrote in message
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I just found out that, due to a misspelling I got from a cemetary that
I've now created about 50 entries with the last name misspelled. Is
there an easy way to change "McKibbon" to "McKibbin" in Legacy?

I'll looking around and see something rather complicated under the
Name List feature.

Easy. Just click on the down arrow next to the name and you get a list of
all names. Highlight the McKibbon name and click on Edit. Edit and click
on save. When you click on save you will get a warning message that all
records using that surname will be changed.

Rich Heimlich

Re: Legacy Name Edit feature?

Legg inn av Rich Heimlich » 17 des 2004 18:57:02

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:36:34 GMT, "Rich" <nospam@att.net> wrote:

Easy. Just click on the down arrow next to the name and you get a list of
all names. Highlight the McKibbon name and click on Edit. Edit and click
on save. When you click on save you will get a warning message that all
records using that surname will be changed.

Thanks! I also found that you can do a Search and Replace, but your
way is much cleaner.

Dave Hinz

Re: Legacy Name Edit feature?

Legg inn av Dave Hinz » 17 des 2004 21:21:32

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 09:20:17 -0500, Rich Heimlich <agrajag@comcast.net> wrote:
I just found out that, due to a misspelling I got from a cemetary that
I've now created about 50 entries with the last name misspelled. Is
there an easy way to change "McKibbon" to "McKibbin" in Legacy?

It's an Access database format, can you save, do a global search/replace
in Access, and then open it back up in Legacy?

Dave "I have a forest of Black Walnut, is that close?" Hinz

Steve Hayes

Re: Legacy Name Edit feature?

Legg inn av Steve Hayes » 22 des 2004 20:02:31

On 17 Dec 2004 20:21:32 GMT, Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@spamcop.net> wrote:

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 09:20:17 -0500, Rich Heimlich <agrajag@comcast.net> wrote:
I just found out that, due to a misspelling I got from a cemetary that
I've now created about 50 entries with the last name misspelled. Is
there an easy way to change "McKibbon" to "McKibbin" in Legacy?

It's an Access database format, can you save, do a global search/replace
in Access, and then open it back up in Legacy?

Dave "I have a forest of Black Walnut, is that close?" Hinz


It's easier than that - check Rich's solution.


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Steve Hayes
E-mail: hayesmstw@hotmail.com (see web page if it doesn't work)
Web: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7783/

Rich

Re: Legacy Name Edit feature?

Legg inn av Rich » 23 des 2004 23:47:20

"Steve Hayes" <hayesmstw@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On 17 Dec 2004 20:21:32 GMT, Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@spamcop.net> wrote:

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 09:20:17 -0500, Rich Heimlich <agrajag@comcast.net
wrote:
I just found out that, due to a misspelling I got from a cemetary that
I've now created about 50 entries with the last name misspelled. Is
there an easy way to change "McKibbon" to "McKibbin" in Legacy?

It's an Access database format, can you save, do a global search/replace
in Access, and then open it back up in Legacy?

Dave "I have a forest of Black Walnut, is that close?" Hinz


It's easier than that - check Rich's solution.


--
Steve Hayes
E-mail: hayesmstw@hotmail.com (see web page if it doesn't work)
Web: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7783/

I forgot to mention that the same method is really nice for cleaning up
place names. Click on the down arrow next to the place name and you can
scroll through and do edits as you want. I find that I often had (have?)
the same place name in several different formats. A town and country, a
town with state, a town with county and state, county spelled out, county
abbreviated as Co. You can also show a list of all names that use that
place name. There is also a very nice feature where you can show "Geo
Location List" for U.S. Cities. (Icon in lower right hand corner).

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