Hi Cindy, There's always a learning curve for upgraded software but if you persist you'll find that Legacy 8 is a lot more than a cosmetic change.
Legacy 8 doesn't often crash but you likely lost your Toolbar customisation in a crash because some changes are only locked in when you exit. Make them again and close and reopen Legacy and they should survive any crash. Note a crash usually comes with a specific error message and the Help Centre section of the Legacy website has extensive information on various errors. If you can't find your particular error or understand the offered solution. Contact Support. Legacy 8 in normal use hasn't crashed for me for ages. I'm also a beta tester so I do get crashes when testing the beta version of course - but even then not often. RE your specific complaint about typing in Dekalb and expecting a list of all locations with Dekalb in them - that's never been how Legacy works so there's no point asking for a fix. You are asking for an enhancement. You may want to spell out more clearly what you are wanting and put it in as a suggestion. I think I know what you mean but I'm not sure. I think you are saying that when in the Location List, you want to be able to type any part of a location and see a list of locations with that word in. Currently you have to type in the order the list is sorted. Once you've found one, you should be able to bring other locations in the same place together. But I don't know about your example. That's a location I've never heard of and I see, for a start, you're going to have to decide whether you want the one in Georgia or Illinois. You can sort the location list in a variety of ways depending on how you enter your locations and bring all locations with Dekalb in them together in the list. I do it by sorting the list right to left as I don't stick to 4 field location entry. Cathy At 04:35 AM 8/04/2014, you wrote: >I have just now upgraded to 8.0.0.414 Deluxe from 6.x Deluxe. I'm not >loving it yet and that's putting it lightly. The only serious >difference I see is visual, which to me matters least. What I was >hoping for was better function. Such as typing in Dekalb as a location >and getting a list of everything (in my Locations list) with the word >Dekalb in it. I was greatly disappointed to see that this still hasn't >been fixed. I cannot fathom why. > >Not to mention, that I have gotten more error messages today (my first >day with 8) than I ever did the entire time I've been using previous >Legacy versions... which is about .. I don't know... a lot of years. > >Anyway, that's not why I'm here. I'm here because I wanted to see if >anyone else has had problems with the custom toolbar. I spent a great >deal of time figuring out what it was that I wanted and didn't want. >Satisfied, I went to make a simple edit (I was citing a Master Source >for a Residence) in my file. I got an error message, the software >crashed and my toolbar disappeared into thin air. *poof!* > >Is this the kind of thing that I have to look forward to now? Tons of >glitches and it not remembering anything? I'm GREATLY disappointed and >am thankful that I didn't uninstall 6.x. I'm also greatly disturbed >that I paid so much for a glitchy upgrade. > >If the only enhancements are visual, because clearly other new >features are buggy, then I don't really see the point of the upgrade. > >So! Has anyone else had this problem? >How can we fix this to make it the better software again? > >TIA! > >Cindy Lloyd Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
