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I am having a problem with the property box not synchronising with the current record selection as I change views. I am mostly using the Records window and switching between the Individual, Sources and Media tabs. In each tab I will have a selected record and docked property box. I may be having a s...

You don't need \n simply press the <ENTER> key, and if you want to look for final newlines then put in the $

David

To explain the formula: The TextIf checks to see if the last listed Spouse Family contains a "husband". If it does then the first expression is shown, i.e. the surname of the husband %INDI.FAMS[Last]>HUSB[1]>NAME[1]:SURNAME% If it does not contain a husband then the second expression is shown, i.e. ...

Trying to find a person's surname at any given time is tricky. It is possible to produce a column which shows either the final married surname or the birth surname. =TextIf(EXISTS(%INDI.FAMS[Last]>HUSB[1]>%),%INDI.FAMS[Last]>HUSB[1]>NAME[1]:SURNAME%,%INDI.NAME[1]:SURNAME%) In this reference if you r...

I'm assuming you mean the down arrow next to one of the children (could be more than one if there has been marriages of cousins further down the line). This denotes that said child is a direct line ancestor of the root person. Clicking it, or indeed any of the icons in that column, simply changes fo...

My mistake. I misunderstood the question and thought the idea was to remove the duplicates, keeping one.

David

Try the following settings in the Search and Replace plugin - ignore the vertical cursor after the * I missed it when I took the screen shot HaveImage.JPG The pattern matches all note beginning with "Have Image " and replaces them with "Have Image". If it doesn't do what you expect then undo the plu...

For the first result - all individuals with at least one media linked directly to them - create an individual INDI query excluding all individuals for which %INDI.OBJE[1]>% is null. The second result, all media directly linked to individuals, can be obtained without a query. Click the Media dropdown...

Mike is right about the consistent naming but sometimes you have a small number custom queries which you use regularly and you want the name to "jump right out at you". For these I add a $ sign (any other non- alphanumeric would do) to the front of the name which puts them up to the top of the list ...

Microsoft Edge gave this message

The website’s security certificate is not yet valid or has expired.
Error Code: DLG_FLAGS_SEC_CERT_DATE_INVALID

don't know what the error code signifies.

David

A custom query will find which facts have no sources. I am attaching one version

I suspect the variations are due to some deletes being make by the system and others internally by FH. You could change the system sounds scheme to No Sounds which will then apply to all software. In Windows 10 type "system sounds" into the taskbar search box. The top item should be Change System So...

This appears to be an upgrade with only one feature

Product registration has been modified to conform to new EU regulation (GDPR).

and I wonder if it is worth bothering?

David

It sounds to me as if the media records added before the crash are lost but the images to which they were linked are still sitting in the project Media folder. Your notion to add the files again is a good one but try adding the ones which ended up in the media folder rather than the originals which ...

I confess that I do not use Ancestral Sources so my suggestion below may not be optimal. Putting aside the problem of researching the family relationships my suggestion would be to create a new 'ghost' son for the head of the household, add the daughter-in-law as his wife and the granddaughter as hi...

Create a custom family query with columns Family, Marriage Date, Marriage Place, Then apply two row filters
Add Unless Marriage Date is null
Add Unless Marriage Place is null

Running gives you all families with a date or a place or both.

David

(Just speculating here.) Going back to the opening post, my impression is that your project is stored in the local copy of OneDrive. If that is the case then your project folder is local, with a synchronised online copy, and all folder and file references in your project refer to the local copy. Whe...

Personally I like the surname to be shown in upper-case as it makes it stand out. However, the menu

Tools>Preferences>General, uncheck Display surnames in upper case

makes the change everywhere.

David

If I understand correctly your note currently contains only the relationship. If that is the case then the Search and Replace Plugin should do the job. I am including a screen shot of the settings
David

I have a custom attribute "Information" similar in function to your "Miscellaneous" fact. To change what is showing in the fact list open the Fact definition screen for your fact FactDefn.JPG then click the Advanced button Advanced.JPG This screen gives you the option to construct a template for the...

Reading this thread makes clear the many different ways people use to store their media files. However, the FH Media Gallery has various ways to find any media record, including querying the file name, so I cannot see any real advantage to using Windows Explorer to find a media file.

David

I recall having a number of similar problems some years ago when moving data from FTM to FH and I am still proofing all my data. I can answer one of your questions. When entering text into a note field in the property box detach it into a separate window by pressing the vertical bar at the right of ...

Hi Mike. It was just a suggestion and clearly if there was a perfect solution some one would know. I accept the comment about it appearing on every page. However, the OP was asking about narrative reports of which there are only three types so the work is not too great.

David

I think Jane's footer suggestion deserves another look. It is quite surprising how much you can fit in across a footer, however, as pointed out it can only be one line. The following settings, using the same font size as "Produced by Family Historian Footer-Header.JPG give this output in the footer ...

Mark After all, when writing a research report in my old day job, I would cite the various documents referred to, but not when I read them and where I obtained my copy from. I agree, in the days before the internet this was generally enough and was certainly my own practice. But now with many source...