Question from Haybron,
"I just noticed that I've been spelling the given name of Isaac wrong. I've spelled it as Issac. I've done this for hundreds of people and don't want to manually change each one. How can I globally change all of the Issacs to Isaac?"
Answer from Legacy,
With Legacy Family Tree this is pretty simple to do. Follow these steps:
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From the Search menu, click on Search and Replace.
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In the Find where field, select Given names.
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In the Find what field, enter the name that you want to replace.
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In the Replacement text field, enter the correct spelling of the name.
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Tip: in the How to Replace section, make sure that the first option is selected. If the second option is selected, you might be removing other parts of the name such as a middle name.
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Click on the Start button.
Can you replace a name for only a group of individuals rather than all individuals with that name? For instance, my line goes from Morse to Moss for some but not all descendants of Samuel Morse.