Re: [LegacyUG] Handling large charts

2013-05-27 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Dave - Can you download the driver for that specific plotter, make it your default printer, and print the file to that plotter instead of a PDF file? Your friend could then use that file to print the chart. An alternative used in several of the other genealogy software programs for large

Re: [LegacyUG] Handling large charts

2013-05-27 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Ron - JPG is extremely poor quality for chart output and not recommended. Photos and text will be grainy - particularly noticeable in a large chart. The genealogy software native chart output is best quality; second is PDF to a virtual printer or to a plotter. If Dave has the plotter driver,

Re: [LegacyUG] Name List

2013-05-27 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 27/05/2013 02:59, Nancy Stevens wrote: I am using the latest version of Legacy Deluxe on Windows XP. I did a global change to spelling of a surname. All of the records with that surname changed. However, on the Master Name List, females who married into that surname are still listed

Re: [LegacyUG] Footnotes on Marriage Notes

2013-05-27 Thread Ron Ferguson
Nancy, It is ages since I last run a Line of Multiple Descent Report, so I am afraid that I cannot help. However it seems at first sight like a bug and I suggest that you report it as such giving full details as to how and when it arises, though I would first check that the citation is properly

Re: [LegacyUG] Research Notes

2013-05-27 Thread Mary Young
There might be spaces before or after the double brackets - these can slip in and, of course, are invisible. Mary Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/

Re: [LegacyUG] Footnotes on Marriage Notes

2013-05-27 Thread Brian/Support
I have tried to duplicate this missing citation number in two different files without success with sources as footnotes as implied by your subject heading. In each case the citation number was included for the notes for both marriages. You will have to tell us all the settings on your sources

Re: [LegacyUG] Handling large charts

2013-05-27 Thread Dave Naylor
On 26 May 2013 Virginia Blakelock wrote: JPG is extremely poor quality for chart output and not recommended. Photos and text will be grainy - particularly noticeable in a large chart. The genealogy software native chart output is best quality; second is PDF to a virtual printer or to a

Re: [LegacyUG] Research Notes

2013-05-27 Thread Pat Hickin
Yes, Mary, I *did* have a space (/or perhaps a carriage return) after the double brackets. I removed it and that took care of the problem!! Thanks! Pat On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Mary Young m...@cmy.org.uk wrote: There might be spaces before or after the double brackets - these can

RE: [LegacyUG] Android app?

2013-05-27 Thread Paul Gray
Jeff, Well, to be even more specific the transfer to/from Legacy/Families is not a simple copy, it also involves a database conversion from/to Legacy format (Microsoft Access) and Families (SQLite). Paul Gray From: Jeff [mailto:malka...@orthohelp.com] Thanks Paul. That's an important

[LegacyUG] XP on netbook, WIN 7 on PC - can I transfer dg between them?

2013-05-27 Thread Marianne Szabo
Hi - I got a new PC in January, running Windows 7. This is my primary place for all things Legacy. I also have a netbook that I only use when I travel. The netbook still uses Windows XP. If I want to upload my Family File from my PC to the netbook will there be any problems because the

RE: [LegacyUG] Merging Legacy and Family Tree Maker files

2013-05-27 Thread Richard and Evita Piepho
Yes follow what Sherry stated and things will transfere, BUT I still have some branches of my tree on Family Tree Maker because have not worked on that branch since transfere many years ago.. I transfere manually because the notes do not transfere to make good looking reports therefore as I

RE: [LegacyUG] XP on netbook, WIN 7 on PC - can I transfer dg between them?

2013-05-27 Thread Cathy-0
Marianne, I too have my desktop running Windows 7 and my netbook running Windows XP. But I use Dropbox to sychronize my Legacy database between the two computers. I've had no problems running Legacy on the two different operating systems. Cathy-0 From: Marianne Szabo

Re: [LegacyUG] XP on netbook, WIN 7 on PC - can I transfer dg between them?

2013-05-27 Thread Malcolm Williams
Ditto for me Cathy, using Dropbox. Against a highly unlikely simultaneous failure of my computer and Drobox, I still regularly do back ups to another drive as well. Mal On 28-May-13 4:50 AM, Cathy-0 wrote: Marianne, I too have my desktop running Windows 7 and my netbook running Windows XP.

Re: [LegacyUG] XP on netbook, WIN 7 on PC - can I transfer dg between them?

2013-05-27 Thread mbstx
My files are also saved to Dropbox, but I don't work in Dropbox on either of them, for fear of messing things up. M-Original Message- From: Malcolm Williams Sent: May 27, 2013 3:26 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] XP on netbook, WIN 7 on