It looks like I could use 2 colors for one spouse, 2 for the other and 4 for myself. I also have info on my children's spouses. I suppose I could use a color for the 2 of them and limit mine to 2 lines as long as the total is no more than 8. Correct?
Sent from my iPad > On Dec 2, 2014, at 8:39 AM, Michele/Support <mich...@legacyfamilytree.com> > wrote: > > Dawn, > Color coding is for ancestors not descendants. You pick an anchor person and > then you can color code 4 or 8 of their ancestral lines. (4 would be the 4 > grandparent lines, 8 would be the 8 great-grandparent lines). You can do > this with TWO anchor people. Many people will color code their ancestral > line and then color code their spouses ancestral lines. > > You will see these colors in two places. There will be a colored box on the > Family View and you can see it on the Pedigree View. You can also have the > colors print on a Pedigree Chart. > > The two sets of eight colors has a default but you can change any or all of > the colors to what you want. If you want me to send you some screen shots > that might explain this better just let me know. I can’t send screenshots to > the list but I can send them to you directly. > > Michele > Technical Support > mich...@legacyfamilytree.com > www.legacyfamilytree.com > > From: Dawn Beeks [mailto:dawnbe...@msn.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 9:07 AM > To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] TMG looking for new home Legacy vs RootsMagic 7 > > Okay please bear with me on these color questions, as my mind is trained in > TMG J We now have to think outside the box. I have bought both Legacy and > Roots Magic 7 and playing with the features. > > Below CE Wood said I can use 8 colors. If I pick a person/ancestor and color > code him, say red, will it go down that particular line and color code all > the descendents? (Even if I had to do manually, I’d do it. It would be worth > it) The system isn’t going to know if it’s my ancestor, is it? That’s all I > need to do, just pick 8 people and give them a color. What am I missing in > doing this function. If I can do this, then all is good. I actually needed > 9 colors but I can adjust a line. > > If that can be done, where are the instructions to do the coloring? I tried > to do color a person but nothing happened. I tried it on a couple of people > but they all stayed the same color blue, that system used when you input a > person. Or would it not work because it wasn’t my ancestor line but again > how is the computer going to know who my ancestor is anyways. > > I do like Legacy a bit more over RM7 because it operates/look more like > Windows. > > OMG all this binary talk, I’m lost on that. I’d probably have to attend a > class to figure that one out. > > Hopefully someone can explain this to me, as to why I can’t just pick 8 > people. > > Tks again > > > Dawn Beeks > dawnbe...@msn.com > > > 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 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
