Penny, You can globally set the children's columns in Version 6 to 15. The difference in Version 7 is that there is a globally setting of "best fit" which sets each individual page. As has been said for over 15 siblings the scroll bar will still need to be used.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ New Blog: Free Contacts Database for use with Open Office http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Slots for number of children > Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 01:59:50 -0500 > > This is a really nice feature in v7, Meg. My maternal grandmother was one > of 14 siblings, too. It was such a pain to have to be forever scrolling > down to get to those last four. But not anymore! I chose "best fit" in the > options for children's columns and now Grandmother's sibs show up in three > side-by-side columns. The families with just one kid (or up to five) show > up in one column; those with 6-10 have two columns. Makes it lots easier to > navigate and looks very neat and tidy. > > Penny > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Meg Greenwood" > To: > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 10:20 PM > Subject: [LegacyUG] Slots for number of children > > >> I've got an ancient version of Legacy, version 4. Am ready to update >> and have a question on version 7's ability to list the number of >> children in a family. v4 has the same number of 'slots' for every >> family in the entire database. You can change it...but the change >> affects ALL the families. I have some with upwards of 14 children which >> squeezes names in a small listing, any more are on an extra tab. Those >> families with few children show mostly unecessary blank spaces. >> >> I need to be able to show a rare few familes with 14, 15, 16 or more >> children with others having only 2, 3 or 4. I need the family page >> display to be sized accordingly. Will v7 offer me this option ? Meg >> Greenwood >> ======================= _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000009ukm/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
