On 2013/12/11 09:20, Ian Gardener wrote:
Simple. The icons for quick access are way too small.
Their size is determined by the height of _EVERY_ Windows Titlebar
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Regards,
Mike Fry
Johannesburg (g)
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Cathy and CG
I think you're right that the Best Fit works better. I didn't see it as an
option at first. Thanks!
Mary
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:38 PM, Cathy Pinner genea...@gmail.com wrote:
Mary,
I can't scroll the grid either except with the
scroll bar. It's not for me a viable
ok, pleasantly surprised by the relinker - thank you for letting me know
more about each one, I think I had become quite muddled in my perception of
each of them
Although it did take some time to search all of my media files, even if I
drank coffee or tea, I wouldnt have had time to boil the
strange - my Assigned Sources window stays at the same dimensions I set it
to, but the column widths don't stay the same, they jump back to preset
percentages
Can we confirm a bug here? Or do we need to put in an adjustment request?
On 11 December 2013 12:55, Ian Gardener ian3...@gmail.com
In addition not everyone has a mouse with a wheel and many of us use a
laptop with a touchpad. Scrolling with a touchpad is not ideal. Please
bring back the hover box.
Larry Lee
On Dec 10, 2013 1:39 PM, Virginia Dunham geistdn...@gmail.com wrote:
I am also in total agreement that the hovering
Cathy
The difference is, that to the UK
Legacy 8.0 Deluxe Download Bundle (software via download, PDF manual)
Your bundle price $34.95
Legacy 8.0 Deluxe (software on CD download, printed PDF manual)
Our Price: $39.95 PLUS $25.00 delivery
In other words an extra
So a printed manual is more expensive and for hard copies you pay postage.
Same here in Australia where I live. This isn't a UK issue.
Cathy
At 05:42 PM 11/12/2013, you wrote:
Cathy
The difference is, that to the UK
Legacy 8.0 Deluxe Download Bundle (software via
download, PDF manual) Your
On 11/12/2013 03:02, Ian Gardener wrote:
Using source writer - source detail, I click on the media tab, click on
the add media tab which then requires me to select yet another add media
tab. This is a totally unnecessary extra step/duplication.
This is actually very consistent. The first
On 11/12/2013 05:16, Dianne Myers wrote:
I have already sent this to Legacy support but as I have not had a reply
yet I thought I would try asking here. I have just *upgraded* to Legacy
8 Deluxe edition from Legacy 7.5 Deluxe edition ( my IT expert – partner
tells me that I did not save
On 11/12/2013 07:38, Cathy Pinner wrote:
I can't scroll the grid either except with the
scroll bar.
Mentioned recently that SOMETIMES I cannot scroll the Children grid with
the mouse wheel, but I can if I click first on the Mother of the
children. (Sometimes it is necessary to select the
What do red numbers above an item in the Media Gallery signify? Also why
are some items there uneditable?
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Jenny,
Thanks for suggesting this. I tried and sure enough, if I click on the mother
I can then scroll in the children's grid. I cannot scroll if I click first on
the father. I'm pretty sure Sherry said you need to click first in the
children's grid, but I could not find a place to click
On 2013/12/11 12:41, Jenny M Benson wrote:
Mentioned recently that SOMETIMES I cannot scroll the Children grid with
the mouse wheel, but I can if I click first on the Mother of the
children. (Sometimes it is necessary to select the Father first, then
the Mother and then I can scroll with the
Legacy 8 takes a little getting used to the improvement from 7.5. Loving it
and never going back to 7.5.
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 5:30 AM, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.ukwrote:
On 11/12/2013 05:16, Dianne Myers wrote:
I have already sent this to Legacy support but as I have not had a
Can scroll everywhere else on other programmes etc. On Children, in
Scrolling List (grid) I can only scroll if I move from one parent to
another and sometimes back again! Is it really worth the trouble?!
Marion
On 11 December 2013 19:07, Mike Fry emjay...@gmail.com wrote:
On 2013/12/11 12:41,
On 12/11/2013 1:02 AM, Pam Gosling wrote:
Hello,
I just installed v8 tonight and supposedly downloaded the Geo Base from the
Legacy website, but when I go to search for it, I get “GeoBase†not
installed; ?maybe found a folder by that name but may not be the right one
and when I click
On 11/12/2013 11:07, Mike Fry wrote:
The Grid has to have been selected first. This requires clicking the mouse on
it
- somewhere. Very often if you click on the Grid with the left button, the
child
moves up and becomes a parent. If you click with the right button you get a
context menu
Jenny M Benson schrieb am 11.12.2013 12:57:
It's definitely very erratic, though One of those case where you need
to spend a long time systematically trying every possible sequence of
clicks to try and find the patterns which work and those which don't.
I don't think there is a system. Yet
Thanks Lee,
I was reminded this morning that even original documents may contain
inaccuracies and is a reason to not rely solely on a single source. When our
oldest son registered for a sports league, we ordered a certified copy of his
birth certificate. Everything looked ok EXCEPT he was a
Doesn't your touch pad have a scroll area? Mine does. When I tap the
pointer in a list, then I can scroll using the scroll area - i.e., the
far right side of my touch pad. I use it all the time when working
with Legacy on my laptop or teaching classes.
Can you even get a mouse without a scroll
If you didn't save a Legacy 7.5 backup, you can always export to GEDCOM from
Legacy 8. Just select Legacy as the source. I've done this a few times
already and it comes out fine with all my image links intact.
Bill Boswell
-Original Message-
From: Cathy Pinner
Lucky you! We can't all buy the latest kit on a whim. My laptop certainly
doesn't have a scroll area.
But I plugged in a mini mouse with a wheel and found the problem that has been
discussed - you have to click on the mother before scrolling will work. After
that I could click on the father and
There are keyboard shortcuts to all the top line menu items.
Press the Alt key and the trigger letters are underscored (F or File, E for
Edit, A for Add, etc). Press the applicable letter and the associated Ribbon
is displayed. There are very few next level shortcut keys (on the Edit Ribbon,
I still can't get the scrolll function to work, whether I click first on
the mother or father or in the children's grid, or have 2 columns, 3
columns or best fit columns.
Mary
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:41 AM, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.ukwrote:
On 11/12/2013 07:38, Cathy Pinner wrote:
I have been following this thread and trying all the methods mentioned
to scroll the list and none of them seem to work consistently. There is
clearly a problem here and I'm sure that the developers will resolve it
... eventually. However, there may be a kludgy solution if you have
appropriate
I love the new scrolling list for the children. Sure speeds up the ability
to edit them.
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:13 AM, C.G. Ouimet c.g.oui...@outlook.com wrote:
Ah … But what we’ve been talking about about is scrolling while the
children are in List View, not 1, 2 or 3 columns …
C.G.
On the Pedigree View, popup Spouse/Child List, I occasionally have a person
with a + before the name. Anyone know what this is indicating?
I know an * before the name indicates preferred, and a + after the name
indicates the person has children. But I haven't found anything in help or the
Looks like the direct line being presented in the Pedigree View - the + always
highlights the individual in the next generation.
C.G. Ouimet
Kingston ON
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Kneeland [mailto:kurt-kneel...@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: December 11, 2013 01:11 PM
To:
After you downloaded the installer for the database, did you actually run
the 'LegacyGeoDBSetup.exe' to install it.
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Pam Gosling pg...@comcast.net wrote:
Hello,
I just installed v8 tonight and supposedly downloaded the Geo Base from
the Legacy website, but
According to Legacy 8 Help, If you move the cursor over any name on the
Pedigree View for a second or more, a small information box pops up
showing the date and location of the person's birth...
In Customise 1.7 I have checked Pop-up automatically after 8/10 of a
second.
However, when I am in
OK. Maybe this is it.
This requires an additional click (select) that (to me) is not obvious.
Assuming you are already on the share tab, you click the little arrow to the
left of your Legacy fact in the left hand panel. This brings up a dialogue box
and in the Actions section, it says Add
Just for fun ...
Change the 1.7 setting to something else and click the Save button.
Return to 1.7 and put it back to Pop-up automatically after 8/10 of a second
and click the Save button.
Then try hovering in Pedigree View ...
C.G. Ouimet
Kingston ON
-Original Message-
From: Jenny
On 11/12/2013 19:39, C.G. Ouimet wrote:
Change the 1.7 setting to something else and click the Save button.
Return to 1.7 and put it back to Pop-up automatically after 8/10 of a
second and click the Save button.
Then try hovering in Pedigree View ...
I think I already tried that , but I
That's too bad ... Mine works ...
C.G. Ouimet
Kingston ON
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From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk]
Sent: December 11, 2013 02:56 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Pedigree View - Pop-Ups
On 11/12/2013 19:39, C.G. Ouimet wrote:
I'm confused about recent LUG messages regarding downloading the Geo
Database. Do you have to download it? Or is it included in Legacy8 Deluxe.
Judith
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Hello. I am not sure who to ask, and figured I would see if this goes
through. I have another email address that is a part of this user group
that is working just fine, but I wanted to switch to this account since
this is the one I will use for all my genealogy stuff. I have subscribed
to the
Thanks for your information. All that is exactly what I do. I click the
tiny arrow beside the event, the window comes up it asks what to do, I
select. If I want info from FS, it comes over. If I want my info to be on
FS. The on screen indications are that the event info is being transferred
Kurt,
What you say is true, and it is good of you to make a point about that,
but I was not writing about those keyboard shortcuts which are described
in the Help File, but others which I had discovered on my own. Your
response left me wondering -- did you maybe not pick up on that? :-)
Joseph
You have to download it. It is a separate download from Legacy 8.
Have a great day.
Chris
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On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Judith judithsfamilyt...@gmail.com
wrote:
I'm confused about recent LUG messages regarding downloading the Geo
Database. Do you have to
Stephanie,
Who to ask is Legacy Technical Support (supp...@legacyfamilytree.com). You
might have seen this topic on your working account, as it came up 3 days ago
and many, many times in the past.
I wish that Legacy would add instructions about this frequent problem to the
verification
Hi Bill,
I take it that for a start you don't use the SourceWriter and
secondly that you don't care about the Added and Modified Dates.
Going from Legacy to Legacy with a Gedcom is an emergency only procedure.
It is the only way back to Legacy 7.5 from Legacy 8 but I would lose
far too much
I wasn't contradicting you, just adding info I seen anyone else mention,
primarily so that those who have not even tried the free version of Legacy8
would have a more complete picture of the keyboard shortcuts that are available.
I agree that there are some additional ones that aren't in the
Ah ... Thank you ...
C.G. Ouimet
Kingston ON
-Original Message-
From: Cathy Pinner [mailto:genea...@gmail.com]
Sent: December 11, 2013 06:08 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Child List Indicator
No, it's only the person in the next generation of that
Yes it does that. I click on it and it retrieves and goes through stuff
just as if it was adding, but alas it doesn't add. I appreciate you
effort. Does your FSFT work correctly? Orinda
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Paul Gray graypa...@outlook.com wrote:
Orinda,
I’m kind of out of
Thanks all for trying to help.. .yes, I have run the “installer” and I get a
message that it’s “been successfully” installed.
But there seems to be a problem, and now tonight, after 2-3 x trying again, I
get a message that says it “may not” have been successfully installed, AFTER it
says yes
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