Kathy, PAF's notes are straight text. Formatting codes are interpreted as text, so I wouldn't expect that to be the problem. Missing people and missing notes sometimes result from using two different versions of the same database, but you would probably have noticed that. Your problem could come from a corrupted copy of the software. If so, Removing and Installing the software would solve the problem. Bill On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Kathy Campbell <KatGCamp@bellsouth.net>wrote: > > When my PAF file develops problems like that, I export All, create a new > PAF > file with a different name and import the gedcom. That way you get off to a > fresh start with all new pointers. The old file can be kept as a backup. > > > That's what I've been doing, but I was told that by doing that I might be > messing the notes up. So far, I haven't found any notes messed up, but I > keep wondering why this is happening so often now. I also wonder if it > could > have anything to do with cut and paste - say if you cut and paste from > something on the internet, could there be some code used on some internet > sites that is not compatible with PAF's note structure. > > As it is, I found out yesterday that a bunch of newspaper extracts that I > had typed up into my notes have all disappeared. > > Thanks. > Kathy > > >

PAF's notes are straight text. Formatting codes are interpreted as text, so I wouldn't expect that to be the problem. Missing people and missing notes sometimes result from using two different versions of the same database, but you would probably have noticed that. Your problem could come from a corrupted copy of the software. If so, Removing and Installing the software would solve the problem. I think, though, that some of the codes used in certain databases online may not be text. I have found that if I do want to cut and paste something directly from the net, if I paste it into Notepad first, then into PAF, then I don't get as many errors. I was worried about the software, but I was afraid to reinstall it. Thanks. K