RE: [LegacyUG] Settings Printout

2014-01-05 Thread C.G. Ouimet
I know but there should be something to get them all at once instead of a lot of screen shots ... C.G. Ouimet Kingston ON -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] Sent: January 05, 2014 04:37 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] Birth date of Child 2 is before birth date of Child 1

2014-01-05 Thread Jo Poi
I have a similar type of problem and was told that it was a known bug. I would think that a good suggestion would be a list somewhere that provides a precis of all the outstanding bugs so that we as users do not have to keep repeating ourselves. Jo Poi On 05 January 2014 at 1:07 AM, Laura

Re: [LegacyUG] Birth date of Child 2 is before birth date of Child 1

2014-01-05 Thread Ron Ferguson
Jo, Legacy is not open source software, but for us to have the program it has to exist in a commercial environment. May I ask whether you consider that given the above Legacy should advise its competitors of any/all of bugs which may be present? Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Legacy

[LegacyUG] Printing problem

2014-01-05 Thread Jenny M Benson
I am visiting a couple of church graveyards to-morrow and want to take a list of the people whose graves i am looking for, so I created a Search list and attempted to print it. It is printing with white text, so alternate sections on a pale background are almost unreadable and alternate sections

RE: [LegacyUG] Media file location

2014-01-05 Thread C.G. Ouimet
Have mapped that network Drive to a letter? C.G. Ouimet Kingston ON -Original Message- From: Graham Love [mailto:love-fam...@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: January 05, 2014 08:08 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Media file location Does anyone know how I might

RE: [LegacyUG] Media file location

2014-01-05 Thread C.G. Ouimet
In Windows Explorer, right click on the main folder on that network drive and select Map Network Drive. Then go to Legacy and assign media to that mapped drive or a child folder of it ... C.G. Ouimet Kingston ON -Original Message- From: Graham Love

RE: [LegacyUG] Media file location

2014-01-05 Thread C.G. Ouimet
Good. Keep in mind that if you map to the drive or an upper folder on that drive, you may now reach all sub-folders in applications that don't recognize network drives. C.G. Ouimet Kingston ON -Original Message- From: Graham Love [mailto:love-fam...@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: January

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing problem

2014-01-05 Thread Larry Lee
Jenny, I use a free program called CutePDFWriter which installs as a printer driver so you can choose that as your printer on the report form then select print and it will create a PDF file which you save then print using your real printer. http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp

[LegacyUG] Attaching a picture

2014-01-05 Thread Jo Poi
I'm curious to find ot why. If I go to Picture Centre and complete details on the picture of Caption/Date/Description. When I attach to any person from the Picture Centre the Caption/Date/Description all appear with the picture. But when I attach the same picture via the individual's information

RE: [LegacyUG] Media file location

2014-01-05 Thread David Abernathy
Do you have any folders on this drive that you are trying to set as the media location? If not, select the drive letter, and then select the New Folder button and make the folder(s) that you want.! Then OK yourself out. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

RE: [LegacyUG] Birth date of Child 2 is before birth date of Child 1

2014-01-05 Thread David Abernathy
Very few companies publish such information. The ones that do, only provide that information to a select few users, such as Corporate Beta customers. I have not even seen such from any “Open Source” type of program providers. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

Re: [LegacyUG] New computer: what order to do these?

2014-01-05 Thread Wendy Howard
Hi Dee, Installing the programs --- You want both v7 and v8 on your computer, so go ahead and install the two programs onto your new computer. For each version, download the installation files from the Legacy web site and run them to install them properly - don't try to copy

[LegacyUG] can't open my family files

2014-01-05 Thread Turnham
Hello all I have just joined this group and hope that someone can help me. I haven't used my Legacy for some time. I purchased the De Luxe version 7.4 (from my disc) but maybe I updated from there but I can't get into the program to check as explained next. I went in today and tried to open a

RE: [LegacyUG] can't open my family files

2014-01-05 Thread David Abernathy
Try updating to 7.5, then see if you can open this file? Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.

Re: [LegacyUG] Birth and Death dates in Search the Internet

2014-01-05 Thread Jay 1FamilyTree
Bobby, From the search window, click on Customized Searches and copy the url form you have in whichever field you are selecting and show us in a reply. Without knowing what you have in that field, we cant diagnose why the info you expect to be sending is/isnt being properly sent to the search

Re: [LegacyUG] can't open my family files

2014-01-05 Thread Susan Swindell
Good idea but I haven't been able to find 7.5 and its updates on the website. I have a similar problem. On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 1:26 PM, David Abernathy da...@schmeckabernathy.comwrote: Try updating to 7.5, then see if you can open this file? Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

RE: [LegacyUG] can't open my family files

2014-01-05 Thread Charles Apple
Try this link http://legacyfamilytree.com/helpDownloadVersion7.asp#7 Charlesw From: Susan Swindell [mailto:swind...@value.net] Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 4:41 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] can't open my family files Good idea but I haven't been able to

Re: [LegacyUG] can't open my family files

2014-01-05 Thread Sherry/Support
You have to allow the conversion to take place in order to view the file in v7.5 Go to our website www.LegacyFamilyTree.com Download and in the Frequently Asked Questions selection on the right you'll find a link to earlier versions of Legacy (the current version is v8). If you ever want to go

RE: [LegacyUG] Birth and Death dates in Search the Internet

2014-01-05 Thread Bobby Johnson
First, let me correct my message. It is the Birth Date and Death Date that are incorrect. Birth Year and Death Year are correct. Second, the error has nothing to do with the url. Just click on “Search the Internet for the current person” and look at the Birth Date and the Death Date. Try

Re: [LegacyUG] Attaching a picture

2014-01-05 Thread Sherry/Support
When you're in Picture Center, if you add the Caption Date and Description to the Picture List tab, then it will be automatically added when you link a picture. If it's added to the Attached Pics tab, then it applies only to that instance you're linking to. This is fully explained in the Help

RE: [LegacyUG] Birth and Death dates in Search the Internet

2014-01-05 Thread Bobby Johnson
After further inspection, it appears that the first character of the month is being dropped. The following examples bear this out. 21 Oct 1856 reads 1-21-1856 20 Feb 1906 reads -20-1906 15 Dec 2013 reads 2-15-2013 It appears that all of the dates are missing the first character of the

Re: [LegacyUG] Birth and Death dates in Search the Internet

2014-01-05 Thread MikeFry
On 2014/01/06 00:27, Bobby Johnson wrote: After further inspection, it appears that the first character of the month is being dropped. The following examples bear this out. 21 Oct 1856 reads 1-21-1856 20 Feb 1906 reads -20-1906 15 Dec 2013 reads 2-15-2013 It appears that all of the dates

Re: [LegacyUG] CORRECTION: Legacy 8 User Manual

2014-01-05 Thread Charles W Aubin
Ron, I am in agreement with you that the already updated PDF manual should be available for download. Those of us who live in Canada had to pay $15 shipping and handeling - doubling the price of the already oudated manual. On top of this the manuals were printed in Canada, shipped to Arizona

Re: [LegacyUG] can't open my family files

2014-01-05 Thread David Abernathy
Since you have 7.4 installed, when you fire up 7.4, you should get a message to update to a newer version. If not, then you should go to the Home area and Check for updates. Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp

RE: [LegacyUG] Birth and Death dates in Search the Internet

2014-01-05 Thread David Abernathy
I think you mean the digit of the number of the day, not of the month! Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust 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] Printing problem

2014-01-05 Thread Larry Lee
Jenny, Download it. Use it then uninstall it. Unless they want to keep it. Larry Lee Sent from my Nook 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

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Birth too soon after marriage

2014-01-05 Thread Mary Young
Tom Thanks, that did the trick! Mary Young On 5 January 2014 22:04, Sysadm sys...@ntlworld.com wrote: Right click on the red marker. From the resulting window, select the ‘Gaps’ tab. Make sure the ‘Warn if first child was born less than 8 months after marriage’ box is checked.

RE: [LegacyUG] Attaching a picture

2014-01-05 Thread CE WOOD
She is wondering why the convoluted process. It is a major pain to have to jump through so many hoops when most pictures have the same caption, date, and description. Considering Legacy is based on Access, it is possible to allow the entry at the Individual/Event/whatever level to carry over

[LegacyUG] Missing boxes on Pedigree tab

2014-01-05 Thread Robert57P_gmail
In 7.5, we could turn on 2 boxes in the Pedigree tab: Spouses/children siblings But I can't see a way to do that in version 8. I know you can hover over a person to get their spouses/children, but I like having the boxes fully visible. In 7.5 I did NOT like the fact that the Spouses/children

[LegacyUG] Cloning settings to 2nd computer

2014-01-05 Thread Robert57P_gmail
Once I have version 8 tweaked how I like it on my desktop PC, what files to I need to copy to my laptop to have those same tweaks in place? Also - in the CUSTOMIZE box, there are several settings with gbl. I'm assuming they are GLOBAL. That is, those settings are in effect no matter what family

[LegacyUG] When to use est and when to use abt

2014-01-05 Thread Valerie B Garton
I have now confused myself: Age 21 in 1911 census born abt/est 1890 Died age 47 in 1865 born abt/est 1818 Child born 1867 with no marriage for parents - marriage est/abt 1866 - source: marriage date assuming this is the first born child Parents of above child F born est/abt 1841 M born est/abt

[LegacyUG] Gender colors

2014-01-05 Thread Robert57P_gmail
Where do I change the color of male, female, unknown? I can find it in ver 7.5, but can not find it in version 8. I like to go with the stereotypical colors Blue = boy pink (or red) = girl purple = unknown (combination of blue/red) Thanks, Bob Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Missing boxes on Pedigree tab

2014-01-05 Thread Kathy Thompson
they got removed **sad** On 6 January 2014 16:52, Robert57P_gmail robert...@gmail.com wrote: In 7.5, we could turn on 2 boxes in the Pedigree tab: Spouses/children siblings But I can't see a way to do that in version 8. I know you can hover over a person to get their spouses/children,

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloning settings to 2nd computer

2014-01-05 Thread Kathy Thompson
ff stands for Family File - and yes GBL is Global On 6 January 2014 16:53, Robert57P_gmail robert...@gmail.com wrote: Once I have version 8 tweaked how I like it on my desktop PC, what files to I need to copy to my laptop to have those same tweaks in place? Also - in the CUSTOMIZE box,

Re: [LegacyUG] When to use est and when to use abt

2014-01-05 Thread Kathy Thompson
Where I have specific dates with specific ages I use about aged X in Y - born About Z Where I have an event occuring at a date and that event can only happen after a certain age - marriage, voting, etc - then I use Before on an electoral roll in 1921 - born before 1900 (notes: based on min legal

Re: [LegacyUG] When to use est and when to use abt

2014-01-05 Thread Robert57P_gmail
My thought would be: abt = you have some pretty solid evidence, but not exact (or if the evidence said about) est = YOU made an educated guess, or you KNOW someone else made an educated guess. For example if you had the birth date of 1st and 3rd child, and you had no date on 2nd child but you

Re: [LegacyUG] No Legacy News?

2014-01-05 Thread Robert57P_gmail
I have the same issue - no news shows up. My Options are set to allow. And even if I click options and then check internet now, I still get no news. Clicking on the LEGACY NEWS header DOES take me to their web site. Bob On 01/04/2014 18:14, Don Hanson wrote: I disabled my anti-malware and my