On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:07:06 -0500, singhals <singhals@erols.com> wrote: <snip> >I'm gonna take your word for it that when you export you get >a "NICK" field. I can't make Legacy or RM put that field >into the GED. I generated an RM GED (it didn't give me any >options about my target), and 4 from Legacy. None of them >had "NICK" when I looked. > >> If RM had the same Family Navigation Screen as Legacy I would switch >> back. But I'm a creature of habit. Where is that Fountain of Youth? > >Just past the Free Lunch Counter. ;) > >Cheryl I tested this on the free version I downloaded, and if I put a given name within quote marks, it is indeed put into a field labeled "NICK". I found nothing in any Legacy documentation referring to this, but a response posted in a Legacy user group indicated that this was the practice. BTW, it also shows the name with quote marks in the NAME field. Example below: 0 HEAD 1 SOUR Legacy 2 VERS 7.5 2 NAME Legacy (R) 2 CORP Millennia Corp. 3 ADDR PO Box 9410 4 CONT Surprise, AZ 85374 1 DEST Legacy 1 DATE 27 Feb 2013 1 SUBM @S0@ 1 FILE G:\RootsMagic\GEDCOMS\Example.ged 1 GEDC 2 VERS 5.5.1 2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED 1 CHAR ANSEL 0 @S0@ SUBM 1 NAME Not Given 0 @I31540@ INDI 1 NAME Charles Richard "Dicky" /Hoffpauir/ 2 GIVN Charles Richard "Dicky" 2 SURN Hoffpauir 2 NICK Dicky 1 SEX M 1 BIRT 2 DATE 15 Oct 1939 1 _UID DC7C5732B78C4F388EBFC9274C420EE1650B 1 CHAN 2 DATE 27 Feb 2013 3 TIME 08:36 0 @I31541@ INDI 1 NAME Jerry 'Lynn' /Hoffpauir/ 2 GIVN Jerry 'Lynn' 2 SURN Hoffpauir 1 SEX M 1 _UID F025847F04784538B6E815A6089FC80DE636 1 CHAN 2 DATE 24 Feb 2013 3 TIME 09:13 0 @I31542@ INDI 1 NAME Luther "Francis" /Hoffpauir/ 2 GIVN Luther "Francis" 2 SURN Hoffpauir 2 NICK Francis 1 SEX M 1 _UID 1082D24D2C144E60A966605DCEB75FBB0A54 1 CHAN 2 DATE 24 Feb 2013 3 TIME 09:13 0 TRLR

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:41:25 -0600, Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> wrote: With a tip of my fedora (beret?) to Cheryl (the freebie counter in this country is already WAY too crowded) I put my two peas in one pod... I started an S&R to replace the "s - almost 700. I knew in advance that the "Hugh" would become (Hugh(. I see no way to replace the first " only with a ( and repeat replacing the second " with a ). A / works. The problem? It's not what I want to do. So, I am reviewing individually because the S&R allows me to replace one and skip the other - then I can do it all over again. But as my dad used to say, "That's a lot of sugar for a dime!" Is there a command or other function that will allow me to replace "Hugh" with (Hugh) or even (Hugh" on the first try and (Hugh) on the second try without reviewing each of the instances individually? Thanks to everyone for bearing with me on this. Hugh