Hi John, Regarding the 'c.1959' formulation, this has been asked a few times in the past on this mailing list and, to my knowledge, no-one has ever come up with a way of doing it. The GEDCOM standard, which FH implements, uses 'ABT' or 'CAL' for storing approximate dates. There's no way in V4 or earlier that I know of to change the presentation of these date in the way you seek. It may be that there will be something in V5, but no-one in the know has hinted at anything, so I wouldn't get your hopes up! John _____ From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Liddle Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 9:46 PM To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: [FHU] Diagrams - indication of approximate dates Is there any way of changing the way an approximate date is shown in a diagram box? I really dislike the use of a "?" after a date e.g. "1959?" when what is really required is "c. 1959". I have footled about with diagram settings, but cannot find a way of doing this. Can anyone suggest a solution? Regards, John Liddle Backwell, North Somerset - "Where the cider apples grow" ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 120226-3, 26/02/2012 Tested on: 26/02/2012 21:53:50 avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2012 AVAST Software. http://www.avast.com _____ avast! <http://www.avast.com> Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 120226-3, 26/02/2012 Tested on: 26/02/2012 21:53:50 avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 AVAST Software. _____ avast! <http://www.avast.com> Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 120226-4, 26/02/2012 Tested on: 27/02/2012 09:55:09 avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 AVAST Software. --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 120226-4, 26/02/2012 Tested on: 27/02/2012 09:55:15 avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2012 AVAST Software. http://www.avast.com

If you want to experiment this should show the year for dates marked as Approximate with the c. in front. =TextIf(%INDI.DEAT.DATE:XDATETYPE% = "Approx",CombineText("c. ",%INDI.DEAT.DATE:YEAR%,,),%INDI.DEAT.DATE:ABBREV4%) On 27 February 2012 09:55, John James <john.wjames@which.net> wrote: > Regarding the 'c.1959' formulation, this has been asked a few times in the past on this mailing list and, to my knowledge, no-one > has ever come up with a way of doing it. -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk