Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-07 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 06/02/2014 23:40, Gene Young wrote: Boilerplate refers to text that you use often or repeatedly. Yes, I understand the term. However, I must be being a bit dense, I think because ... In Legacy it is even faster to use the function keys to do this as you are not switching between

RE: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-07 Thread C.G. Ouimet
Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] Sent: February 07, 2014 04:02 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397 On 06/02/2014 23:40, Gene Young wrote: Boilerplate refers to text that you use often or repeatedly. Yes, I understand the term. However, I

Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-07 Thread Brian/Support
I entered a problem report on this issue of the F9, 11 and 12 keys. The programmer has reported it fixed but there will be a necessary change. With the new Legacy interface he was not able to use Shift-Fn so he has made then function work with CTRL-Fn. He says he has updated the help files in all

Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-07 Thread singhals
Jenny M Benson wrote: On 06/02/2014 15:49, MikeFry wrote: On 06 Feb 2014 16:12, Jenny M Benson wrote: Where does the text come from that you are copying and pasting with the F keys, then? Help file - search for 'Memorizing Fields'. Well, you live and learn! Thanks for that, Mike. I will

Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-07 Thread MikeFry
On 07 Feb 2014 17:23, singhals wrote: Using the f-keys perhaps eliminates the need to hi-light what one wants copied? In Another Program, I could hit f-8 and copy into this NOTES whatever I had last saved in some-other NOTES. That was lots easier than hi-lite, ctl-c, page over, ctl-v. The

Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-07 Thread singhals
MikeFry wrote: On 07 Feb 2014 17:23, singhals wrote: Using the f-keys perhaps eliminates the need to hi-light what one wants copied? In Another Program, I could hit f-8 and copy into this NOTES whatever I had last saved in some-other NOTES. That was lots easier than hi-lite, ctl-c, page

Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-07 Thread MikeFry
On 07 Feb 2014 19:19, singhals wrote: True, but in that it's no worse than the clipboard. Whatever floats your boat that day. IMO, it's frequently easier to mark/dele than to bounce from pillar to post doing ctl-c/ctl-v. And then... there's the mouse. You can always mark with the mouse and

Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-07 Thread singhals
MikeFry wrote: On 07 Feb 2014 19:19, singhals wrote: True, but in that it's no worse than the clipboard. Whatever floats your boat that day. IMO, it's frequently easier to mark/dele than to bounce from pillar to post doing ctl-c/ctl-v. And then... there's the mouse. You can always mark

Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-07 Thread R G Strong-genes
You could use the split screen function and then you could have both showing at the same time. -Original Message- From: singhals Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 2:40 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397 MikeFry wrote: On 07 Feb 2014

Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-06 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 06/02/2014 01:04, Gene Young wrote: I have just noticed a serious bug in the latest build, 8.0.0.397. Whereas in previous builds you could use the F9, F11, and F12 buttons to copy and paste, in this build they do nothing. Using these functions saved me literally thousands of key-strokes.

Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-06 Thread Gene Young
On 2/6/2014 8:30 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: On 06/02/2014 01:04, Gene Young wrote: I have just noticed a serious bug in the latest build, 8.0.0.397. Whereas in previous builds you could use the F9, F11, and F12 buttons to copy and paste, in this build they do nothing. Using these functions

RE: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-06 Thread C.G. Ouimet
] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397 On 06/02/2014 01:04, Gene Young wrote: I have just noticed a serious bug in the latest build, 8.0.0.397. Whereas in previous builds you could use the F9, F11, and F12 buttons to copy and paste, in this build they do nothing. Using these functions saved me literally

Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-06 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 06/02/2014 13:51, Gene Young wrote: Yes because you would then have to have a text file open with your boilerplate text and you would have to alt-tab between the two files, copy from one, alt-tab, paste. Much faster to hit on key and move on. In any event, I located the problem and this

Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-06 Thread Gene Young
On 2/6/2014 9:12 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: On 06/02/2014 13:51, Gene Young wrote: Yes because you would then have to have a text file open with your boilerplate text and you would have to alt-tab between the two files, copy from one, alt-tab, paste. Much faster to hit on key and move on. In

RE: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-06 Thread Charles Apple
Thank you Jenny, I was wondering when someone would mention this universal option. Charles -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 8:30 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version

Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-06 Thread MikeFry
On 06 Feb 2014 15:59, C.G. Ouimet wrote: Shift-Del to cut and Shift-Ins to paste has always been so much more intuitive to me ... Yes, but they're not the 'standard' Microsoft-designated keys. Ctrl-C/Z/V are. The function keys are not. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User

Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-06 Thread MikeFry
On 06 Feb 2014 16:12, Jenny M Benson wrote: Where does the text come from that you are copying and pasting with the F keys, then? Help file - search for 'Memorizing Fields'. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp

RE: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-06 Thread C.G. Ouimet
- From: MikeFry [mailto:emjay...@gmail.com] Sent: February 06, 2014 10:46 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397 On 06 Feb 2014 15:59, C.G. Ouimet wrote: Shift-Del to cut and Shift-Ins to paste has always been so much more intuitive to me

Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-06 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 06/02/2014 15:49, MikeFry wrote: On 06 Feb 2014 16:12, Jenny M Benson wrote: Where does the text come from that you are copying and pasting with the F keys, then? Help file - search for 'Memorizing Fields'. Well, you live and learn! Thanks for that, Mike. I will now have to try and

RE: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-06 Thread Kurt Kneeland
would be of powerful benefit especially for those that want to do all from the keyboard and avoid the mouse. -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 2:24 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Installed

Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-06 Thread Gene Young
On 2/6/2014 3:24 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote: On 06/02/2014 15:49, MikeFry wrote: On 06 Feb 2014 16:12, Jenny M Benson wrote: Where does the text come from that you are copying and pasting with the F keys, then? Help file - search for 'Memorizing Fields'. Well, you live and learn! Thanks for

[LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-05 Thread Gene Young
I have just noticed a serious bug in the latest build, 8.0.0.397. Whereas in previous builds you could use the F9, F11, and F12 buttons to copy and paste, in this build they do nothing. Using these functions saved me literally thousands of key-strokes. I certainly hope that this is an error

RE: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-05 Thread Brant Gibbard
It's working exactly as usual for me with that same build. Brant Gibbard Toronto, ON http://bgibbard.ca -Original Message- From: Gene Young [mailto:n2...@cfl.rr.com] Sent: February-05-14 8:04 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397 I have

Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-05 Thread Gene Young
Subject: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397 I have just noticed a serious bug in the latest build, 8.0.0.397. Whereas in previous builds you could use the F9, F11, and F12 buttons to copy and paste, in this build they do nothing. Using these functions saved me literally thousands of key

Re: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397

2014-02-05 Thread Gene Young
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Installed Version: 8.0.0.397 I have just noticed a serious bug in the latest build, 8.0.0.397. Whereas in previous builds you could use the F9, F11, and F12 buttons to copy and paste, in this build they do nothing. Using these functions