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From: Elizabeth Churchett <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Abbreviate BMDB Doesn't Abbreviate (5.11)
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 16:35:07 -0600
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Donald W. Range wrote:

>Running a Journal Report to screen I find that checking the "b. 1861" choice
>for BMDB Abbreviation on the Tags tab of report options does not abbreviate
>as requested. Instead, the full text of the sentence structure is retained
>(e.g., John was born [date] [place]; he was married etc.). Checking the
>"born 1861" choice seems to give identical results. Checking the "He was
>born in 1861" choice gives the full sentences, as expected, with periods
>rather than semicolons separating events, again as expected. The same
>problem happens whether or not "BMDB in a separate paragraph" on the
>Miscellaneous tab is checked. This behavior occurs on both my own data and
>the sample project.
>
>I didn't find this problem mentioned in the TMG-L archives. Is it a known
>issue?
>
>Don Range
>
>
I have no idea if it's a known issue, but I see the same thing with my
own database.

--Elizabeth

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