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FMP transcription format inconsistency

Discussion in 'General Genealogical Queries' started by PhilGee, Jan 26, 2016.

  1. PhilGee

    PhilGee LostCousins Member

    It's a minor irritation, really, as I can "correct" it semi-automatically and it occurs infrequently. It relates to the transcription for someone in an "institution" - school, hospital, some hotels, etc - where there is no equivalent of the "household members" table before the column of data. For comparison, a single member household is fine.

    The other "institution" change, compared with 2012, is that the "complete list" of people is no longer available. I find it interesting to see the person "in context", though an edited transcript showing all family members present (eg husband/wife) is my primary reference.

    Anyone else find this a strange decision by FMP or am I somewhat unique in liking a consistent look and feel from transcriptions?*

    Phil

    * So much so, that I now have a semi-automated process, together with a PDF to text output (Linux/Okular) for existing complete institution lists, to produce a consistent format based on the 2012 layout and am regenerating the (various formats) PDF pages before printing copies:eek:
     

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