Default Wording In Facts Tab Window

BobWard · Post by **BobWard** » 23 Nov 2012 23:02

I am entering Graduation data under the Facts tab. I have entered all the required data, i.e., date, place, address.

This entered information generates a sentence in the resulting Graduation box that reads 'He graduated from Purdue University on 21 January 1967'. This is fine.

However, in the upper Facts tab box, under the Fact column, the wording is 'Graduated in Purdue University'. Why does this not read 'Graduated from Purdue University', like the sentence in the bottom box?

I have tried playing around with the 'Graduation' Properties in the Event/Attribute menu, but I have not been able to find a way to get the text to be grammatically correct by saying 'graduated from' instead of 'graduated in'.

Is there any way to fix this little annoying problem?

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Post by **tatewise** » 23 Nov 2012 23:39

The wording in the Fact list is always the Fact Definition Abbreviation (or Label) followed by ' in ' and then the Place field.

It cannot be changed and assumes the Place field is a geographic location such as Town, County, Country rather than an Address such as a University or a Church or a House.

The wording in the Sentence is what appears in Narrative Reports and is customisable.

See What Is a Place for background details.

PeterR · Post by **PeterR** » 23 Nov 2012 23:49

I tried using Tools > Work with Fact Sets... and selected Graduation and clicked on Properties and then on Advanced... and ticked the box for Use Override Template for Facts tab Listings and entered a suitable template:

This seems to do the trick.

Post by **tatewise** » 24 Nov 2012 00:24

Now I've learnt something, so may I add a refinement:

Override Template: Graduated

Sentence Template: {individual} graduated< from {address}>< {place}> {date} {age}

Then put the Academic Institution in the Address field and its geographic location in the Place field, either of which can be omitted.

It will say one of:
Graduated from Purdue University
Graduated in Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Graduated from Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana, USA

BobWard · Post by **BobWard** » 24 Nov 2012 00:41

Great, thanks for the tip Peter, and, the follow-up Mike.

Bob

Johnyeates · Post by **Johnyeates** » 27 Nov 2012 17:11

That's what I call perfect timing !!
I have been trying to use the same 'Advanced Fact' template where I was changing the 'in' to a 'to' but it overwrote the first character of the 'Place' and was about to post a question when I found the answer was posted.
By using the '< to {_place}>' it works a treat.
Thanks

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