I am trying to have TMGU insert a space in a citation detail field (in this case CD4). I have enter a space in the Change Detail4 field, but when I run Change Citation Parts command a CD4 field is created but it contains no space. Also if the Source Number already contains a space in CD4, the space is stripped out and CD4 then contains nothing. (I should mention that I am also changing CD5 and that goes according to plan.) The reasons I want a space in CD4 are: 1) I can easily count the number of CD fields; 2) if CD4 is completely empty, that is it contains no space, then when TMG creates a report it does not proceed beyond the blank field when creating the footnote. As an example if CD4 has a space CD5 will produce FHL microfilm 005000 but if CD4 has no space then CD5 (even though populated with FHL microfilm 005000) will not be included in the footnote to the report. Hope someone has and idea for workaround Tom Fulton

Would an ASCII character 255 (non-breaking space) work for your purpose? It's invisible, but acts like a visible character. To create it on a PC, hold down the Alt-key, and type 255 on the NUMBER pad (not the top row). When you release the Alt-key, the character will be inserted. (BTW, this works for any ASCII character). Of course, if you're working with a laptop with an embedded number pad, this can be a major nuisance to enter each character. It's possible you could create a macro to perform all the steps, though I'm not sure about that. If you're working with a laptop, you might want to buy a USB external keyboard to simplify such tasks. Best regards, David Coats David A. Coats Coats Translation Service ATA Certified Translators: E>G, G>E Phone: 612-379-7398 Fax: 612-379-0384 email: david@coatstranslation.com coatstrnsl@cs.com On 07/09/2015 12:06, Tom via wrote: > I am trying to have TMGU insert a space in a citation detail field (in > this case CD4). I have enter a space in the Change Detail4 field, but > when I run Change Citation Parts command a CD4 field is created but it > contains no space. Also if the Source Number already contains a space in > CD4, the space is stripped out and CD4 then contains nothing. (I should > mention that I am also changing CD5 and that goes according to plan.) > > The reasons I want a space in CD4 are: 1) I can easily count the number > of CD fields; 2) if CD4 is completely empty, that is it contains no > space, then when TMG creates a report it does not proceed beyond the > blank field when creating the footnote. > As an example if CD4 has a space CD5 will produce FHL microfilm 005000 but > if CD4 has no space then CD5 (even though populated with FHL microfilm > 005000) will not be included in the footnote to the report. > Hope someone has and idea for workaround > > Tom Fulton > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >