[LegacyUG] Column widths in Assigned Sources screen

2009-09-01 Thread Paul Ramshaw
Is there a way to change the default column widths in the Assigned Sources screen? Paul in DC, a Legacy newbie

Re: [LegacyUG] Column widths in Assigned Sources screen

2009-09-01 Thread Paul Ramshaw
. It would be nice if that screen were programmed so that it would remember the column widths one chose. Is making that suggestion here the appropriate place to do it, or is there some other way I should submit this suggestion to LFT? Paul On 9/1/09, Mike Fry mike...@iafrica.com wrote: Paul

Re: [LegacyUG] Master source question

2009-09-04 Thread Paul Ramshaw
I agree, Ila. Another analogy is to think of the master source list as the card catalog in a library. A card catalog card gives you a lot of identifying information about the book (or DVD, video, or whatever) it describes, but it doesn't contain any text from the book.

[LegacyUG] No events in file imported from GEDCOM

2009-09-06 Thread Paul Ramshaw
I imported several GEDCOM files, and it looks like all the information imported appropriately, but when I go to an Individual Information screen, it shows no events (even though the birth, death, and marriage data are in the appropriate places). Did I miss an important step while importing the

Re: [LegacyUG] No events in file imported from GEDCOM

2009-09-06 Thread Paul Ramshaw
Mike, I understand. Thanks. I was coming to that conclusion on my own as I worked on it more. Paul

[LegacyUG] Events in Assigned Sources list in tree from GEDCOM

2009-09-06 Thread Paul Ramshaw
I imported a GEDCOM file. Man A married Woman B and had children with her and then married Woman C. When I look at the Assigned Sources list for man A, there are four events listed for each marriage: Marr: woman B Had No Children: woman B Did not marry woman B Mar Notes: woman B Why does

Re: [LegacyUG] Surnames With Mc Standard?

2009-09-11 Thread Paul Ramshaw
Of course, there will be other Mc's besides McDonalds. So maybe you want to search and replace Mc with Mc and Mac with Mac. (But I'd want to check that process one by one probably.)

Re: [LegacyUG] Multiple Prefixes

2009-09-16 Thread Paul Ramshaw
The other point to consider is that it is better grammatically to use the word the before Rev.: e.g., the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (So say 59% of the Amer. Heritage Dictionary's usage panel.) On 9/14/09, Paula Ryburn paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Yes. Am married to a pastor.

Re: [LegacyUG] How would you add this event? Part II

2009-10-09 Thread Paul Ramshaw
I think I would call the event Court Appearance or Appearance in Court or something like that.Paul On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Eliz Hanebury elizhg...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to remember the word I would use and as a note G but so far Testimony is the closest I can get G or Witness in

[LegacyUG] Advanced Tagging

2009-11-02 Thread Paul Ramshaw
How do I open that Advanced Tagging screen? (I've looked at the Legacy User Guide pp. 109-10 and at online help and can't figure it out. There are several options under Tools that start with Advanced, but no Advanced Tagging that I see.) Thanks, Paul Legacy User Group guidelines: