Editing/Merging Event Titles

[John R Williams]

Hi all,

Hope someone can help please.

I imported a GEDCOM from FTM into Reunion 10.
One of the fields was "Occupation".

When it appears in Reunion it shows as *New [OCCU]

Is the anyway l can do a global edit to convert the many hundreds l have of this occurrence to the existing event of "Employment".

I have checked out the help file but l can't see anything there that will do it.

Cheers

John R Williams

[Frank]

Re: Editing/Merging Event Titles

Click the "?" button and search the manual for "move fields" (without the quotes).

You'll find the answer.

Do as the manual suggests: save a backup copy first, as moving fields can't be undone.

The other alternative, if you haven't made changes since importing the FTM GEDCOM file -- and assuming you have a backup copy of your family file pre-import -- is to re-do the GEDCOM import and you can set up the GEDCOM Import > Optional Fields window to route the Occupation data into the existing Employment field.

[John R Williams]

Re: Editing/Merging Event Titles

Click the "?" button and search the manual for "move fields" (without the quotes).

You'll find the answer.

Do as the manual suggests: save a backup copy first, as moving fields can't be undone.

The other alternative, if you haven't made changes since importing the FTM GEDCOM file -- and assuming you have a backup copy of your family file pre-import -- is to re-do the GEDCOM import and you can set up the GEDCOM Import > Optional Fields window to route the Occupation data into the existing Employment field.

Thank you. It has all worked out.

Cheers

John R Williams