Fw: Truncated names on SOVC and Summary reports

["Tari Runyan" <trglobal@earthlink.net>]

from Craig in Fresno -  Can we come up with a better fix for him?
in 1-17-
-----Original Message-----
From: Madden, Craig <CMadden@fresno.ca.gov>
To: 'Tari Runyan' <trglobal@earthlink.net>
Date: Monday, December 11, 2000 5:05 PM
Subject: RE: Truncated names on SOVC and Summary reports


>I figured out a temporary way to do this. Select the specific race on the
>left so the candidate names show up on the right. Hold the mouse button
down
>on the candidate's name a second and let up so it allows you to edit the
>name. You can make the name longer and it will show up on both the SOVC and
>the Summary. The only problem with this solution is that if you go to the
>candidates tab in the race editor, while the candidates name is longer than
>24 char., you get a non-fatal GEMS internal error. It's not the most
>graceful solution but it solved my problem.
>Thanks,
>Craig
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tari Runyan [SMTP:trglobal@earthlink.net]
>> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 3:20 PM
>> To: Madden, Craig
>> Subject: Re: Truncated names on SOVC and Summary reports
>>
>> I believe we are limited to 24 characters - tell them to change their
>> names -  I will double-check with Tab and let you know -  no I was not in
>> Florida -- yeah!!!
>> Tari
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Madden, Craig <CMadden@fresno.ca.gov>
>> To: 'trglobal@earthlink.net' <trglobal@earthlink.net>
>> Date: Monday, December 11, 2000 4:05 PM
>> Subject: Truncated names on SOVC and Summary reports
>>
>>
>> >Hey Tari,
>> >Did you have a good election in November? Did you get to go to Florida?
>> I've
>> >got a question about long candidate names being truncated by GEMS. Is
>> there
>> >a way to bypass or modify the candidate label so that the entire
>> candidates
>> >name is printed out on the reports? I know the label width is determined
>> by
>> >the width of the Accu-Vote tape but I'm hoping there is some way to
>> modify
>> >it in GEMS so the reports come out right. A couple of our candidates are
>> >bothered that their names are being cut off in our reports.
>> >Thanks,
>> >Craig
>> >
>