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Autotext query

Posted: 23 Dec 2020 10:34
by British Kiwi
Hi everyone

Sorry if this has been repeated. Looks like I forgot to press submit, oops!

I have cloned one of the birth templates to make a french birth civil register. For the majority of it, I have managed to adapt it, however, I have a few things I would like to do and am not too sure.

For both parents, I want to include their age. If possible I would like to split up the place name. I have managed to use the {KEYFATHER.RESIDENCE.PLACE.SHORT}, but would also like to get the different parts of the place name.

Most of the registers have two witnesses. Usually it has their name, age and occupation. Some might be linked to individuals, some I might just be listed.

Is there anyway to put the numbers in words (preferably in French), so "onze" instead of 11?

I suspect no matter what I do I will need to tweak the autotext.

Thanks in advance
Mel

Re: Autotext query

Posted: 23 Dec 2020 11:19
by tatewise
The AS Keywords are relatively restricted. There is nothing for AGE and for PLACE only the SHORT qualifier.
( I am referring to AS V5 but I doubt if anything has been added to AS V7. )
So you will have to make do with just the standard words of the document and fill in the details by hand.
However, manual adjustments to the auto-text is common practice as the automatic text is only 'approximate' and that advice to manually review is given in the AS Help.

Re: Autotext query

Posted: 23 Dec 2020 21:32
by British Kiwi
Thanks Mike for the reply. Yes I would be manually tweaking regardless. At least this will do most of the work for me.