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Transcription of Uploaded Document

Transcription of Uploaded Document

Posted: 22 Mar 2015 7:34PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello,
I have a question about the transcription field of an uploaded document (photo). I realize this field is plain text. Is there any way to preserve line breaks when entering transcribed text? It's very unreadable when I enter the text, save it, then it shows all run together.

Thanks!

Re: Transcription of Uploaded Document

Posted: 23 Mar 2015 4:41PM GMT
Classification: Query
I don't think so - though I haven't tried, recently. In the past, I have tried to separate form fields with double-slashes. For example:

Name: John Smith // Birth date: 1 Jan 1900 // Birth place: New York, USA.

Re: Transcription of Uploaded Document

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 3:30PM GMT
Classification: Query
Do you mean here at Ancestry or some place else? I've never added any transcriptions to Ancestry so wouldn't know if that's the case.

I can think of two possibilities that might work. The first is to try and use the combination ALT+Enter keys, in some places that forces a hard carriage return. You could also try typing it into a plain text editor, like Notepad, and then copying and pasting.

If it's for something on your home computer I would create a plain text file and name it the same as your photo. Maybe add the word transcription to the file name.

Re: Transcription of Uploaded Document

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 1:10AM GMT
Classification: Query
Yes, I mean here at Ancestry. If you choose to set the upload type to Document, it gives you a field to transcribe the text. I've been typing transcriptions for some documents for a scrapbook I'm making, so wanted to add them to my tree documents here. I've tried the suggestions of Alt+Enter and copy/paste and unfortunately it doesn't work. I was hoping there was something I was missing but it appears there isn't a way to do it.
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