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capitalizing surnames

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RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 2 Nov 2014 07:58

This annoying feature was brought in as part of the great makeover 2 years ago. It also affects place names. A lot of people no longer bother to update their GRU tree since the changes. It has gone from snappy and quick to cumbersome and slow. Also key functionality such as print, embedded pictures in trees and the interface with google maps has been removed.

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Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 1 Nov 2014 22:35

welcome to the boards - don't think we've had an Etienne on here before :-)

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 1 Nov 2014 21:50

I have just done a few tests and it appears that regardless of how you enter names, for example, capitals, lower case or a combination of both, the data is stored as mixed case, i.e. the first letter as a capital with the remaining letters in lower case.

So you are not doing anything wrong, it seems it is a feature of the program.

However, if you import your tree via a gedcom file and names are already capitalised, then they will remain so, unless you attempt to edit the name in question, in which case it will revert to mixed case.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 1 Nov 2014 20:21

Sorry, Etienne

I can't help you


maybe someone more knowledgeable about the GR tree will be able to help

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Etienne

Etienne Report 1 Nov 2014 20:11

I like to have in my tree the surnames capitalized. But too often it doesn't succeed when I first edit some people and then change the characters (lower case instead of upper or otherwise . . ) before saving it. Sometimes it well does but a few minutes later it ' s back to the old version, automatically.

What am I doing wrong ?

I'd appreciate all tips from the kind members . . Thank you very much in advance.

Etienne JONES