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From: "Ian Brooke" <>
Subject: Re: Unwanted comma... to type, or not to type?
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:36:38 -0600
References: <002701c7747e$e7f06060$66cf3bd4@nombreel92r0zn><460FF09B.4070600@links.org>


Sorry Ben, but don't put it in quotes - let WinBMD do it for you, just type exactly what you see. The format you show there is wrong anyway, the quotes are in the wrong place, but don't try to type them. All you need to do is type exactly what's on the scan....

Kings,N.,6d

Nothing else

Ian



----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Laurie
To:
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: Unwanted comma... to type, or not to type?


Richard Oliver wrote:
> A transcriber in my team has input a District named "Kings,N.,6d" and
> I would reprimand her.... but she has typed exactly what is on the
> scan (1918-D2-R-0081) so the error is in the Index, and not hers. I
> can't let it pass, as the file would be rejected by FreeBMD; but she
> ought not to remove the first comma as that is against the TWYS rule.
> What to do?

Put the field in quotes.

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