[LegacyUG] File types

2009-01-31 Thread Cathy Vallevieni
I can save several document files as rich text (.rtf), Word document (.doc), or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files. In thinking years ahead when someone may want to open the file and all software programs have gone through several updates, can anyone suggest which file type would more likely be able

Re: [LegacyUG] File types

2009-01-31 Thread JLB
Um ... looking into my crystal ball ... How many years from now? - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog Cathy Vallevieni wrote: I can save several document files as rich text (.rtf), Word document (.doc), or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files. In

Re: [LegacyUG] File types

2009-01-31 Thread Don Cook
Sure is a roll of the dice, but I would bet on PDF, you are not so much at the mercy of Microsoft. Don Cathy Vallevieni wrote: I can save several document files as rich text (.rtf), Word document (.doc), or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files. In thinking years ahead when someone may want to open

Re: [LegacyUG] File types

2009-01-31 Thread Gary Templeman
on is more likely to require migration before those file types will be unreadable. Gary Templeman - Original Message - From: Cathy Vallevieni cathyv...@cox.net To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 2:45 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] File types I can save several

Re: [LegacyUG] File types

2009-01-31 Thread Cathy Vallevieni
Templeman - Original Message - From: Cathy Vallevieni cathyv...@cox.net To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 2:45 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] File types I can save several document files as rich text (.rtf), Word document (.doc), or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files

Re: [LegacyUG] File types

2009-01-31 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
crystal ball broke last week, so it is out for repair. Rich in LA CA --- On Sat, 1/31/09, Cathy Vallevieni cathyv...@cox.net wrote: From: Cathy Vallevieni cathyv...@cox.net Subject: [LegacyUG] File types To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Date: Saturday, January 31, 2009, 2:45 PM I can save

RE: [LegacyUG] File Types

2008-10-16 Thread leo macdonald
without doing any harm to my Legacy database or my Legacy program as I do not know what information is included in these C Files? Leo From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] File Types Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:55:48 -0700 Leo, When you do

RE: [LegacyUG] File Types

2008-10-16 Thread Sherry/Support
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of leo macdonald Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 6:48 AM To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] File Types Sherry, thanks for the reply, but your answer does not tell me much more than I knew before. when I exit for the day I do not click FileBackup

RE: [LegacyUG] File Types

2008-10-16 Thread leo macdonald
] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] File Types Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:57:08 -0700 Leo, When you backup, you will see a window that shows: Which files do you want to backup? Data Files Legacy family file (data) Research Guidance results file Relationships IGI search

[LegacyUG] File Types

2008-10-15 Thread leo macdonald
When I do a backup of my family file, I'll call my family file name xxx, Legacy backs up and saves a data file and a multimedia file, these two files are stored in their proper location. Each time I do this backup there is another file created with the following information: xxx.COB Type:COB

RE: [LegacyUG] File Types

2008-10-15 Thread Sherry/Support
correspondence. Thanks. Original Message- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of leo macdonald Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 2:12 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] File Types When I do a backup