How Notes Are Formatted in a GEDCOM File:
In a GEDCOM file, multiple-line notes are supposed to be broken in the middle of a word at the end of each line. For example, this is how a small note might look in the file:
Aunt Mary spent most of her ti
me knitting. When she wasn't kni
tting something, she was cooking.
In the past, however, most programs would break the lines between words instead of in the middle of words. For example:
Aunt Mary spent most of her time
knitting. When she wasn't knitting
something, she was cooking.
A problem arises if the old style is imported with the new rules. This results in some words being put together without any space between them. For example, the note might look like this:
Aunt Mary spent most of her timeknitting. When she wasn't knittingsomething,she was cooking.
Or, if the new style is imported with the old rules you end up with spaces in the middle of words:
Aunt Mary spent most of her ti me knitting. When she wasn't kni tting something, she was cooking.
Legacy keeps an internal list of how all genealogy programs export note blocks into GEDCOM files. This allows Legacy to decide how to put the line back together again when the notes are imported. Sometimes a GEDCOM file comes along that came from a program that Legacy never heard of. In this case, Legacy might guess incorrectly as to how the note lines are formatted.
SOLUTION:
If, after importing a GEDCOM file, you find that the notes either have spaces in the middle of some of the words, or that some words don't have a space between them, you can tell Legacy to change the method it is using. You can choose between:
• Let Legacy decide how lines are broken
• Lines are broken in the middle of words
• Lines are broken between words
