To John Bibby Do you have BK 6.5 If so, copy your database into another folder (so you have two copies of the same database) Then run BK 6.5 and pick File, Utilities, Compare two databases. You can show two people side by side and it will say exactly what is different. I plan to have a different routine to compare one database with itself to find duplicates, but the above procedure should work for now. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bibby" <johnbibbyjohnbibby@gmail.com> To: <BK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 3:38 PM Subject: [BK] How to compare individuals? (De-duplication) > For de-duplication purposes, I'd find it really useful to be able to > compare > two or more individuals: listing their features side-by-side, to see what > info is the same and what info is different. (Also their links, etc.) > > What is the best way to do this at present, I wonder? > > JOHN > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

If you have Windows 7 it's relatively easy. Create a second BK folder under C: Install a copy of BK6 into that folder. Copy your data files into the folder. Then you can run both copies of BK simultaneously. Drag the tab for one copy to the left half of the screen and drag the tab for the other copy to the right half. Then you can pull up individuals in each copy of BK to compare. Just make sure that any changes you make are in the copy you intend to keep. David Effectus bonus addo bonus On Oct 22, 2011, at 3:38 PM, John Bibby <johnbibbyjohnbibby@gmail.com> wrote: > For de-duplication purposes, I'd find it really useful to be able to compare > two or more individuals: listing their features side-by-side, to see what > info is the same and what info is different. (Also their links, etc.) > > What is the best way to do this at present, I wonder? > > JOHN > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I want to make a Birthday/Anniversary List of all living people in my database. Is there an easy way to do this? David Youse

Carole, There are ways to run a Virtual Windows machine on your MAC, but I can't give you any specifics. I use BK on my Linux operating system by using something called "Virtual Box" which can run my 2 or 3 Windows-only software programs. Mona Carole Edwards Caruso wrote: > Is there any way to use BK6 on a MAC computer? Is anyone doing this? > > I am thinking of switching to a MAC but I would give up my home and husband > before I would give up BK. > > Thanks. > > Carole, -- Mona@Sandyviewinfo.net Our Family -- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monajo/ Nahausen Families – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monajo/nah/ My Database – http://wc.rootsweb.com/~monahouser

I use it on my Mac, running Boot Camp. You have to buy a licensed version of Windows in order to use it. John Engle On Oct 20, 2011, at 1:37 PM, Carole Edwards Caruso wrote: > Is there any way to use BK6 on a MAC computer? Is anyone doing this? > > I am thinking of switching to a MAC but I would give up my home and husband > before I would give up BK. > > Thanks. > > Carole, > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Is there any way to use BK6 on a MAC computer? Is anyone doing this? I am thinking of switching to a MAC but I would give up my home and husband before I would give up BK. Thanks. Carole,

Look under file then utilizes Sent from my iPod On Oct 19, 2011, at 12:20 PM, Jane Gillespie <gillespie4491@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I have version 6.5.2 I don't see anything about comparing databases. Do > I don't have the most recent version?? > > Jane > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have version 6.5.2 I don't see anything about comparing databases. Do I don't have the most recent version?? Jane

I was meaning on the edit screen. (The problem I have is flicking through 4-7 people some of whom may be duplicates or part-duplicates. I need to identify which are which, and also to see what the totality of information is so I can put it all on one record.) Thanks JOHN On 18 October 2011 00:11, John Steed <brothers_keeper@msn.com> wrote: > To John Bibby > > Where do you want to see that brief descriptor? > > On the Edit screen? > > On the printed reports?  Which reports? > > If you are not using the Ref Number field, you can put something in the > Description field for that Ref Number event and it will show on a lot of > reports and on the Edit screen. > > John Steed > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Bibby" <johnbibbyjohnbibby@gmail.com> > To: <BK@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 1:18 PM > Subject: [BK] Get brief descriptor showing on main edit page > > >> I'd often like to have a brief descriptor showing beside the name. >> (This may be 'Rev" or "called Jack" or "the wine-merchant" - often >> useful to distinguish one  John Smith from all the others of the same >> name kin my database.) >> >> Any ideas please? >> >> JOHN >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

In message <D6018C5E87A0426D893604037F5E743B@Dell4600>, John Steed <brothers_keeper@msn.com> writes: >To John Bibby > >Click the Save Options button > >The options should be exactly the same the next time you go to that report. > >If not, you might have a problem (like your options file is "read only" or >Windows is not allowing you to change a file under C:\program files) > >John Steed > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Bibby" <johnbibbyjohnbibby@gmail.com> >To: <BK@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 10:29 AM >Subject: [BK] Now to make options 'sticky'? > > >> How can I change the print-options so that they "stick", and I do not >> have to keep re-setting them every time? [] If you mean things like whether printing landscape or portrait, you may find you have to change the default in your printer driver, outside BK; it (BK) doesn't seem to retain this, even between previews sometimes. (I haven't tried since having 6.5.1, but this was the case up to last time I tried printing, which was a month or three ago.) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf We shall never - never! - allow foreigners to run our economy. They might cure it. (George Mikes, "How to be Decadent" [1977].)

To John Bibby Where do you want to see that brief descriptor? On the Edit screen? On the printed reports? Which reports? If you are not using the Ref Number field, you can put something in the Description field for that Ref Number event and it will show on a lot of reports and on the Edit screen. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bibby" <johnbibbyjohnbibby@gmail.com> To: <BK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 1:18 PM Subject: [BK] Get brief descriptor showing on main edit page > I'd often like to have a brief descriptor showing beside the name. > (This may be 'Rev" or "called Jack" or "the wine-merchant" - often > useful to distinguish one John Smith from all the others of the same > name kin my database.) > > Any ideas please? > > JOHN > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

I'd often like to have a brief descriptor showing beside the name. (This may be 'Rev" or "called Jack" or "the wine-merchant" - often useful to distinguish one John Smith from all the others of the same name kin my database.) Any ideas please? JOHN

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:31:23 -0400, Roy Marriott <rwmarriott@rochester.rr.com> wrote: >I may be missing the point of the original question, but before BK had >the "Names" tab (and actually, before "Windows"), I used quotation marks >for the commonly-used name... >Robert David "Bert" Smith >...all in the one field. I must admit I have not gone through my >database to move these nicknames to the "Names" tab to see how they >would print in reports. Yes we used many differennt thing to give the excact information, but in book reports it is not any good idea to make a lot of them. We used BK as the complete database for the family and then want to give information away to relatives in a "normal" without many speciall effects. I used " " for spcial information in the same way as I also use ( ) [ ] In the name tab there are mostly also Word as "known as" and many others, total 19 way to add information to a name. E.g. I use "other name" as "collector" for all misspelling that we find in sources I miss easy way to express what neme is "normaly used" so here we in Scandinavia with an underline for those names. As name written a 100-200 yhears ago are a little different we also nee a way to express a "normalized" name. That is used in our local history books about family and area. Norwat has a lot of them. I believe more than other countries if also looks at hvow small Norway is comparing other countries. And many in USA and other countries haave Ancestors in Norway. And for the history the same person have different speeling and even other names in USA comparing their birthname. All this have to have a place in the database so it can be easy to find the correct person and family whether we see it from USA or Norway :) Similar I believe is for all other countries -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

How can I change the print-options so that they "stick", and I do not have to keep re-setting them every time? JB

I tried that, but it did not do what it said it would do! (Did oyu try it?) Thanks anyhow JOHN On 17 October 2011 13:53, Otto Jørgensen <otjoerge@online.no> wrote: > On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:53:50 +0100, John Bibby > <johnbibbyjohnbibby@gmail.com> wrote: > >>Hi Otto - I did try this but it seemed to save items 200-330 rather >>than exclude them. Did yo find that it works OK?  JOHN >> > > Fisrst you select the whole database > So at the right bottom you make a Deselection of the number you dont > want to have (those to delete) > Then you make the new database and that will have all person except > those you don-t want to include > -- > Otto Jørgensen > http://www.bkwin.info/ > All email is checked by NORTON > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:53:50 +0100, John Bibby <johnbibbyjohnbibby@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi Otto - I did try this but it seemed to save items 200-330 rather >than exclude them. Did yo find that it works OK? JOHN > Fisrst you select the whole database So at the right bottom you make a Deselection of the number you dont want to have (those to delete) Then you make the new database and that will have all person except those you don-t want to include -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

Loving this new utility. I am finally going to be able to get the 2 different databases on my laptop and main computer merging into one using this. Just one niggling problem that I can't work out. so far. I keep getting an "Event Notes are different for: Born (insert any number of events here) Note number 1 Print where is different." I don't have anything set for "print where" in either database so I am a little lost as to how to stop this from coming up. Any ideas? Lyn

To John Bibby Click the Save Options button The options should be exactly the same the next time you go to that report. If not, you might have a problem (like your options file is "read only" or Windows is not allowing you to change a file under C:\program files) John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bibby" <johnbibbyjohnbibby@gmail.com> To: <BK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 10:29 AM Subject: [BK] Now to make options 'sticky'? > How can I change the print-options so that they "stick", and I do not > have to keep re-setting them every time? > > JB > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:00:47 +0100, John Bibby <johnbibbyjohnbibby@gmail.com> wrote: >Sorry this sounds simple - I want to delete records 200-300 in my database. > >The only way I can find is to do it manually, or to split the database >twice, thus getting >1-199 >200-300 >301-nnn > >and then to merge the first and third files. > >But there must be an easier way! Why not make a copy of the while database exceot the range you do not want to include in your new database. Se File / Split database all data base except 200-300 -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

To John Bibby Use the Split Database routine. Pick Range of numbers and pick everyone 1 to the end Then near the bottom right is an option to "De-Select people" Click that option Then click Range and pick 200 - 330 or whoever you do not want. The number of selected people will be smaller then. Then pick Copy John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bibby" <johnbibbyjohnbibby@gmail.com> To: <bk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [BK] delete range I tried that, but it did not do what it said it would do! (Did oyu try it?) Thanks anyhow JOHN On 17 October 2011 13:53, Otto Jørgensen <otjoerge@online.no> wrote: > On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:53:50 +0100, John Bibby > <johnbibbyjohnbibby@gmail.com> wrote: > >>Hi Otto - I did try this but it seemed to save items 200-330 rather >>than exclude them. Did yo find that it works OK? JOHN >> > > Fisrst you select the whole database > So at the right bottom you make a Deselection of the number you dont > want to have (those to delete) > Then you make the new database and that will have all person except > those you don-t want to include > -- > Otto Jørgensen > http://www.bkwin.info/ > All email is checked by NORTON > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message