James A. McIntosh
Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:10:49 -0800
From: James A. McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 5:55 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: FW: John Gregson. Question about Exporting Reports to a Word
Processor. Posted Thursday, February 23, 2006 @10:20:49.
Dear Legacy User Group Staff:
On February 24, 2006, @ 2:16 AM, I sent you an email which is
reproduced in its entirety below. I have not seen this post on the Periodic
rather lengthy display of questions and answers. Most of the questions and
answers I have read in the past two days have been written and answered
after the date of my post. Can you tell me why my answer to John Gregson's
question has not yet been posted on your Legacy User Group List? I think
the confusion John had is shared by all of us as we begin our genealogy
partnership with Legacy. I believe there are many other users like myself
who would be happy to see your printing instructions clarified.
Your [PERIODIC LegacyUserGroup DIGEST POSTING] which I just finished
reading and which is dated Sunday, February 26, 2006, prompts me to ask the
staff why you think you have to repeat, repeat, and repeat the same
information over and over again. Do you realize if I wanted to save these
DIGEST POSTINGS that it would take much more storage space than is required
to get your point across?
Why do you have to have more than one statement about the Free
drawing for the Alaskan Cruise and the FHL in Salt Lake City and all the
other reminders and ads which are underlined in blue. You have flown these
banners (banners as used herein mean the drawing for the freebies followed
by other advertisements and reminders of where to find things, etc.)
ninety-three (Yes, 93) times in your posting today, with a LOT of empty
space between each banner. Not only have you run that many banners, you
started out by having your second banner immediately after the first one.
This practice went through many 2 duplications, then 3, and toward the end
of your posting they were coming up 4 and even 5 duplications. Each of
these duplications came one right after the other.
I dislike being bombarded by so many banners, when l believe one or
two would suffice. Even at my senior citizen age of 72, I do not have to be
reminded 93 times in your posting today about the same thing over and over
again. I do not think it looks professional for the # 1 blue-ribbon
genealogy software on the market today. I'll bet each member of the staff a
top sirloin steak with all the trimmings that if Legacy was to post a
question to the UserGroup asking everyone if they would prefer to be
reminded 96 times or just one time about the exact same thing, you would be
surprised at the response.
If you have a differing viewpoint on this issue, I would be glad to
hear it.
Your friends, Jim & Earlene McIntosh
Have a great day with your best friend -- our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
We can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens us! Philippians
4:13
Jesus loves us! He will not fail us nor forsake us all the days of our
lives! Joshua 1:5-9
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From: James A. McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 2:16 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: John Gregson. Question about Exporting Reports to a Word Processor.
Posted Thursday, February 23, 2006 @10:20:49.
Hi John:
In your recent post about Exporting records to a Word Processor, you
asked, "Is there any way that I can send Reports, in a file format, that my
Word processor could open? I have Word 2003 & Works 8. Somewhere I saw
mention of exporting reports in .RTF format and I believe also in .PDF
format."
Like you, I too am a Newbie to Legacy. I purchased the Legacy
Deluxe software bundle on February 12, 2006, and joined this Users Group one
week later. I had not had any prior experience with Legacy. I use the same
Word Processor you do, namely Msn Office 2003 which has Word 2003 included.
You can send reports, that you have created, to your Word processor.
Legacy allows us to do this in the following formats: .Text, .Rtf (Rich Text
Format), .Html, and .PDF. I have used Legacy to send a Descendants Report
to others in the RTF format.
Here is how I did it and it seemed to work okay for me: (1) On
Legacy's main screen select "Reports" from the Menu Bar at the top of the
page, (2) In the dropdown menu select "All Reports (Books and others) .",
(3) In the "Reports" screen select "Descendants" in the Book Reports
category, (4) the next screen you will see is entitled, "Descendants Book
Report Options," You will notice on the right side of this screen, about
half way down the page, the four format options I mentioned, which are Text
File, Rich Text File, Html file and PDF file. Select the format you want to
use, (5) click on the small screen entitled Report Options and check the
settings to make sure you have the ones you want in your Descendants Report,
(6) click on the word "Preview" at the top of this page and review the
entire document to ensure it reads the way you want it to. Make any
changes to the document you need to, (7) On the right side, at the top of
the Descendants Book Report Options, you will see a small space with the
word "Create" in it. Click on this word which appeared when you selected
the RTF format, (8) you will immediately see a new screen where you will
have to give your document a name and select one of the four formats you
will want to use. I elected to save my document in the RTF format, but you
can use any one of the four formats offered. Next, click on the word "Save"
to the right and at the bottom of this screen, (9) at this point legacy will
send/print your document to your Word processor and it will be saved with
the name you just gave it, (10) click on the word File in the menu bar at
the top of your Word main screen and then click "Open" on the drop down
menu. If we have done all the foregoing steps correctly, we should see our
document on our screen and we can edit it as we would any other Word
document.
In my humble opinion Legacy does not do a very good job explaining
these printing instructions and I was just as frustrated as you were trying
to find something. There are general statements in Legacy's print coverage,
but not the detail l have used above. In addition, when we use the RTF
format, Legacy requires us to create our own Table of Contents and the
Index. These two parts of our document are automatically completed for us in
the document we see when we are "previewing" it, before we Create it with
the printing options. I do not see any reason for Legacy pre-formatting the
document we look at in the "Preview" mode but not in the document in the RTF
format we selected. Hopefully Legacy will assign this "Printing" issue to
someone on the staff who can give it the attention it deserves and requires.
Let's hope the next update will have more precise and specific instructions
for us.
Your friend, Jim McIntosh
Have a great day with your best friend -- our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
We can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens us! Philippians
4:13
Jesus loves us! He will not fail us nor forsake us all the days of our
lives! Joshua 1:5-9
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