Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 and Reports

2013-06-24 Thread Sherry/Support
All the old reports will still be there and there are a few new ones. Geoff has been listing some of the new features in the Legacy News. Sherry Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 9:48 PM, Carol Booth carolbo...@yahoo.com wrote: Will Legacy 8

Re: [LegacyUG] Changing details of an LUG

2013-06-24 Thread Sherry/Support
Send an email to supp...@legacyfamilytree.com with details and we'll pass it on to the programmer who handles the website. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Carol Booth carolbo...@yahoo.com wrote: I want to change the contact details for a

Re: [LegacyUG] New to legacy

2013-06-27 Thread Sherry/Support
Only the Preferred Picture is included in reports. You need to select to include Pictures by clicking on the Report Options button on the main report window then selecting your options on the Pictures tab. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 9:58 AM,

Re: [LegacyUG] Unable to change USA to United States on ALL my

2013-06-29 Thread Sherry/Support
Please, per the Legacy User Group Guidelines, *no* attachments or inline graphics are to be sent to the list There's a link to the guidelines on the webpage where you signed up for the LUG list and at the end of every email sent to the gorup. Unless the locations are formatted with four

Re: [LegacyUG] Books ready to order

2013-06-29 Thread Sherry/Support
Thanks for asking. The list is for discussing using Legacy and the add-on programs, not for selling your published products, whether or not you used Legacy to create them nor discussing experiences with publishers. Any discussion *not* related to Legacy or Legacy add-on programs should be sent

Re: [LegacyUG] Christened Field

2013-06-30 Thread Sherry/Support
You can change the events showing on the Family View by clicking on the field names and selecting the one(s) you want to show in the Customize Display window. The fields on the Individual's Information edit window can't be changed. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On

Re: [LegacyUG] Necessary to rebuild my hard drive ...

2013-07-02 Thread Sherry/Support
Kay, PDF and RTF files can be attached in the Picture Gallery using the File button in the Deluxe Edition or a Sound or Video button in the Standard Edition. Only pictures will show in a Photo Album or Scrapbook although all multimedia files will be included in the Multimedia List created

Re: [LegacyUG] Pauper ancestor

2013-07-04 Thread Sherry/Support
Pauper means very poor, usually on some sort of government assistance. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Anne annedoutter...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: I have an ancestor who married in 1777 and had 10 children between 1778 and 1795. On only one

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing Issue

2013-07-05 Thread Sherry/Support
Bonnie, First try resetting the report options by clicking on the Reset button in the lower right corner of the main Family Group options window. If that doesn't help, with Legacy closed, go to the c:\Legacy folder and delete the FGS.usr file and then try again. A new one will be created when

Re: [LegacyUG] Photos of Living individuals

2013-07-11 Thread Sherry/Support
That's not possible. Picture are considered details. You can send in a suggestion using the form on our website www.LegacyFamilyTree.com Help Center Make a Suggestion. A link to that site is also the Support section of the Legacy Home tab. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree

Re: [LegacyUG] Split Screen

2013-07-11 Thread Sherry/Support
You can have two Family Files open using split screen. You could use the browser on the Legacy Home tab of one of the files while you work in the other one, but the browser window is going to be awfully small. Plus there's no Address bar for you to enter the URL of a website - you can only access

Re: [LegacyUG]

2013-07-11 Thread Sherry/Support
The Family View only shows the Preferred Picture from the Individual's Picture Gallery. It doesn't draw pictures from the Source, Source Detail or Events. If you have linked the picture to the Source Detail as well as to the Individual's Picture Gallery, just remove the one in the Picture

Re: [LegacyUG]

2013-07-11 Thread Sherry/Support
Legacy v7.5 will be updated to accommodate the Legacy FamilySearch update just as soon as it's ready. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 7:33 PM, Helle T. Hirschmann he...@hirschmann.dkwrote: NFS is the site we connect to in Legacy 7. ** **

Re: [LegacyUG]

2013-07-11 Thread Sherry/Support
That's a Picture Galley for that specific Source Detail. It's different from the Picture Gallery for the Individual. If you look at the very top of the Picture Gallery window, in the border, it defines the Picture Gallery you're in. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On

Re: [LegacyUG] Helpfile indicates Gedcom 5.5 and UTF-8 are supported in Legacy7, but how do you make them work?

2013-07-11 Thread Sherry/Support
Legacy is programmed in VB6 which only supports Western European fonts. The programmers hope in the future to switch to a new programming language which supports Unicode. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Anna Kopij annak...@gmail.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Name Index - No Surname

2013-07-12 Thread Sherry/Support
First back up the Family File (File Backup Family File) then go to File File Maintenance Check/Repair and run that utility. Then click on the Reset button in the lower right corner of the main Descendant Narrative window and give the report another try. If these steps don't resolve the issue,

Re: [LegacyUG]

2013-07-12 Thread Sherry/Support
Legacy FamilySearch isn't making the connection to FamilyTree yet. You're still getting into FamilySearch, which isn't allowing updating. I had thought that access was going to be completely shut down but apparently they're still letting us get in, just not update. The new build of 7.5 which

Re: [LegacyUG] Creating a report of Locations and who uses them?

2013-07-12 Thread Sherry/Support
In the Master Location List, find the location and underneath the People using this column, click on the List Options button to create a search list or tag the individuals in the list. Then from the Search List, you can print that list with the information you want to include by clicking on the

Re: [LegacyUG] Sky Drive

2013-07-13 Thread Sherry/Support
Cloud storage works well for the Legacy Family File. I've used Dropbox. You just have to have the sync folder on the computers - Legacy accesses the files through that folder and not directly from the cloud. Unless your pictures are in the C:\Legacy\Pictures folder on both computers, Legacy might

Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Center Help File

2013-07-13 Thread Sherry/Support
Bobby, From the Help file for Picture Center,under the section for The Attached Tab *Changing the Order* If there is more than one picture attached to an event for the current individual, you can change the picture order by using the *up* and *down* * Order* arrow buttons. Highlight the file

Re: [LegacyUG] Jpg vs PDF and other formats revisited

2013-07-17 Thread Sherry/Support
Emily, Any discussion on this should be related to how the graphic files and PDF files are handled in Legacy. If you want to include the pictures in reports, then they need to be in a graphic format. PDF files can't be included in reports and web pages and there's no change to that in v8.

Re: [LegacyUG] Jpg vs PDF and other formats revisited

2013-07-17 Thread Sherry/Support
Who knows what will work in the future??? g All file types can be linked in the Picture Gallery. However, only the Preferred Picture can be used in reports and web pages - and that would be a file with a graphic file extension. You can choose between all Preferred, only tagged Preferred or only

Re: [LegacyUG] Jpg vs PDF and other formats revisited

2013-07-17 Thread Sherry/Support
You can do that manually with a little HTML editing. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Syble Glasscock syble_...@yahoo.comwrote: I certainly understand that PDF files can't be printed within a report, but including them in a web page

Re: [LegacyUG] Jpg vs PDF and other formats revisited

2013-07-17 Thread Sherry/Support
If that's the option you have set! FireFox by default opens it in a new browser window I had to change the setting to open it in FoxIt. I wholeheartedly agree that images should be in graphic files and documents should be in DOC or PDF format. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 revealed - Shared Events and Automatic Sorting

2013-07-18 Thread Sherry/Support
This is true. However, the programmers add an option under Options CUstomize Data Entry to deselect automatic sorting of Spouses, Children and/or Events. There's a link underneath that customize option to explain how the new sorting works. We're hoping for a secondary sort in the future.

Re: [LegacyUG] Procedure for cleaning up a Legacy Family Tree database

2013-07-20 Thread Sherry/Support
Did you check the Legacy News blog? It's the orange icon in the upper right corner of the Legacy website or under News Daily News (I can't get my copy/paste to work right for some reason!) Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Emily Moore

Re: [LegacyUG] Apostrophe in Filenames

2013-07-23 Thread Sherry/Support
Bobby, I have just successfully linked a file with the file name O'Sullivan.jpg using Picture Gallery and Picture Center I'm not sure what the problem is that you're having. It's probably something other than the apostrophe in the file name. Are you using the latest build of Legacy v7.5.0.219?

Re: [LegacyUG] IMPORT GEDCOM?

2013-07-26 Thread Sherry/Support
I'd have to take a look at the gedcom to see what's in it and if it was created correctly by the exporting program.. There shouldn't be any problem importing a gedcom. If you could email us at supp...@legacyfamilytree.com, we'll see what's going on. We don't allow attachments to be sent to the

Re: [LegacyUG] NewFamilySearch

2013-07-29 Thread Sherry/Support
Michele, You can access it and download information, but FamilySearch and FamilyTree are no longer talking with each other so you won't get the latest entered information nor will you be able to upload anything. Nor can the LDS use it for their reservations and ordinance work. We have no

Re: [LegacyUG] install latest version?

2013-07-30 Thread Sherry/Support
Answered off list 7.5.0.219 is the latest build. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 5:45 AM, Mary Fowler Leek ml...@comcast.net wrote: I see by looking under my 'Legacy Home Tab' that v7.5.0.257 is now available for download. Is there a way

Re: [LegacyUG] Installing on a new laptop?

2013-07-30 Thread Sherry/Support
Download the current build from our website. Be sure to install per the instructions at www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/helpWindows87andVista.asp. Download the free Standard Edition and unlock the Deluxe features with your customer number at the prompt. If you don't have your customer number handy, you

Re: [LegacyUG] Error Code 507

2013-07-31 Thread Sherry/Support
Chuck, On our website www.LegacyFamilyTree.com, go to Help Center Troubleshooting Help Solution by Error Number, where you'll find • Backup Error: 507 There are two causes for Backup Error: 507. Cannot write to .zip file - The ZIP file being created exceeds the maximum size of the

Re: [LegacyUG] Fwd: Sources

2013-07-31 Thread Sherry/Support
When the church gives us an API that will transfer sources other than the basic one referencing that the information came from the FamilySearch site. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Ch howell...@gmail.com wrote: I would really like to

Re: [LegacyUG] Fwd: Sources

2013-07-31 Thread Sherry/Support
? I know it won't look the same once its transferred. Is this the API we are waiting on from the church? I am not too concerned with going the other way (FamilySearchFT to LegacyFT) Charles On 7/31/2013 4:45 PM, Sherry/Support wrote: When the church gives us an API that will transfer

Re: [LegacyUG] Surety v sources

2013-07-31 Thread Sherry/Support
Suggestions are all reviewed and logged. They just don't go into the great Ethernet void! Of course, whether or not something is implemented is totally up to the programmers - they know if something is feasible to do and how much work it would take to implement. There's not enough time in the

Re: [LegacyUG] Fwd: Sources

2013-07-31 Thread Sherry/Support
It's up to the church's programmers They have not released an API yet for any of the programs to be able to transfer sources. We can only interface with their site as they allow. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Paul Gray

Re: [LegacyUG] ? about the new shared even feature

2013-08-01 Thread Sherry/Support
No. The events you've added will still be events for the individual. Adding the same event to different people is different from sharing events. You'll see the details when you get v8. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Michele Lewis

Re: [LegacyUG] Version 8 book

2013-08-01 Thread Sherry/Support
There is no definite date for the release of v8. The new book that Geoff has released Legacy Family Tree - Unlocked is *not* the manual. It's a compilation of Watch Geoff Live videos in printed form and updated for v8 when necessary. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On

Re: [LegacyUG] Size of PDF reports

2013-08-01 Thread Sherry/Support
Did you enter a file name for the report? Sometimes the dialog box to enter the file name pops up underneath another window. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 12:10 PM, JMB jmb1...@btinternet.com wrote: I am wanting to pass on some information to

Re: [LegacyUG] LEGACY ON TWO HOME COMPUTERS

2013-08-03 Thread Sherry/Support
Joyce, The License.txt file, found in your c:\Legacy folder, states: 1. GRANT OF LICENSE. Millennia grants to you the right to use the enclosed Millennia program (the SOFTWARE). You may install it on more than one computer (such as a laptop) as long as there is no chance of more than one copy

Re: [LegacyUG] Salt Lake FHL Visit

2013-08-08 Thread Sherry/Support
This list is for discussing Legacy Legacy add-on programs. Plead take any comments to Autumn issue last Thanks, Sherry Legacy Support On Thursday, August 8, 2013, Autumn Brown autumndbr...@gmail.com wrote: I am visiting the FHL in Salt Lake for the first time as an add on to a business trip..

[LegacyUG] Purchasing New Computer

2013-08-08 Thread Sherry/Support
Legacy will run on any modern Windows computer. The only OS you can buy now s Win 7 or 8. The LUG list is for discussing Legacy the add-on programs not computer systems. Please respond to Geoff off-list if you want to discuss computers. Sherry Legacy Support On Thursday, August 8, 2013,

Re: [LegacyUG] Census event question

2013-08-13 Thread Sherry/Support
Everyone does it differently. Here's how I do it: Event: Census Description 1920 US Federal Census Date:date of enumeration PlaceCity, County, Town, State If I have a street address I would put it in the Notes, however you can use the Address

Re: [LegacyUG] FamilySearch Problem

2013-08-15 Thread Sherry/Support
A SourceWriter template was added for the just-released 1921 Canadian Census and there have been some other tweaks to Source Writer. Next update will include the Census List search for the 1921 census. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 8:26 AM,

Re: [LegacyUG] FamilySearch Problem

2013-08-15 Thread Sherry/Support
Two comments - Dave, that's true that you can't open the Family File in an earlier build or version once it's been converted, but if you really need to, you *can* create a gedcom in the most recent build and import it into the earlier one. We haven't seen any problems with this update conversion,

Re: [LegacyUG] FamilyTree data share

2013-08-15 Thread Sherry/Support
The heart symbol means living Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Bernd Hornung ber@telus.net wrote: Spent a lot of the day going through my DBs and doing some linking and updating. Two questions: 1. What does the heart symbol mean

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Slowing Down

2013-08-16 Thread Sherry/Support
Back up the Family File (File Backup Family File) then do a File File Maintenance Check/Repair. After that do a File File Maintenance Compact Family File. After doing that, please update to the latest build 7.5.0.268. That should speed things up Also, it never hurts to run a good Windows

Re: [LegacyUG] Update Unsuccessful

2013-08-16 Thread Sherry/Support
Are you updating from the Legacy Home tab? I just updated with no problem. You can always go to our website to download the update - www.LegacyFamilyTree.com Download Download Update. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Nancy Stevens

Re: [LegacyUG] Update Unsuccessful

2013-08-16 Thread Sherry/Support
That's because it's already there It's saved in a file in the c:\Legacy folder. And you shouldn't have been asked for the password either. You can view your customer number by going to Help General Information. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at

Re: [LegacyUG] Same gender marriage???

2013-08-17 Thread Sherry/Support
That's correct Cheryl. Legacy is not owned nor controlled by the church. Not only would it require extensive re-writing of Legacy's code to allow same-sex relationships, there would also be a ripple effect that would affect several of the Legacy add-on programs made by other companies.

Re: [LegacyUG] Same gender marriage???

2013-08-17 Thread Sherry/Support
LDS aka Mormon Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 8:09 AM, singhals singh...@erols.com wrote: Joshua Levy wrote: Are you sure about that? The church /WHICH/ Church, please? There are several, after all. Cheryl Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] How to remove blank lines?

2013-08-19 Thread Sherry/Support
On the main report window for that book, deselect the option Insert underlines for missing Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:42 AM, yolanda olsen olsen.yola...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, can anyone tell me how to remove blank lines, for dates

Re: [LegacyUG] How to remove blank lines?

2013-08-19 Thread Sherry/Support
Narrative report, but do not see how to do this for the Multiple lines of descent report? On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: On the main report window for that book, deselect the option Insert underlines for missing Sincerely, Sherry

Re: [LegacyUG] unattached people claiming relationships

2013-08-20 Thread Sherry/Support
You need to run Tools Set Relationships again. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Kathy Thompson kmthoms...@gmail.com wrote: I have a couple of people who had been erroneously attached to my tree in the wrong place who I have now

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate marriage - same couple, same RIN #s

2013-08-20 Thread Sherry/Support
From our website www.LegacyFamilyTree.com Help Center Tips Relationships In Legacy Tips on Fixing Relationship Problems: *Problem 7:* *An individual is married to the same spouse more than once (same spouse RIN; different MRINs).* *Solution:* Open the *Spouse List* by clicking on *View*,

Re: [LegacyUG] file name change

2013-08-21 Thread Sherry/Support
The programmers may have changed the default file name. I see it too. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Randy Clark ceddaco...@gmail.com wrote: Just did a multimedia backup and noticed a strange thing. The resulting file name no longer

Re: [LegacyUG] Custom User ID Numbers

2013-08-21 Thread Sherry/Support
By default, the MRIN is placed in the User ID field in the Marriage Information window as well when you use this feature. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Allen x...@camalott.com wrote: In Legacy Family Tree 7.5, under OPTIONS /

Re: [LegacyUG] Family Search Family Tree Interface

2013-08-21 Thread Sherry/Support
Frank, Legacy has some videos on the website www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/fs.asp. Plus there are Help files in Legacy FamilySearch as well as a link to those videos - check the upper right corner for the Watch Videos link and the access to Help is in the upper left corner (which links you to the

Re: [LegacyUG] Custom User ID Numbers

2013-08-21 Thread Sherry/Support
.** ** ** -- *From:* Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, August 21, 2013 12:25 PM *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Custom User ID Numbers ** ** By default, the MRIN is placed in the User ID field

Re: [LegacyUG] Customizing Family View Info Display

2013-08-22 Thread Sherry/Support
If you enter the Cemetery as an Event then you can select to show the Event in the Family View. Select Event in the Customize window and select the Cemetery event. I like to use a Cemetery event for my Cemetery information - there is so much more you can do with Events than the Cemetery Address

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy updates

2013-08-26 Thread Sherry/Support
You can always download the latest update from our website www.LegacyFamilyTree.com Download Download Update. Sometimes it takes awhile for the update info to show in Legacy. I've seen it show up right away when I first opened the program and I've seen it take a few hours. Sincerely, Sherry

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Event Definitions List

2013-08-27 Thread Sherry/Support
Either you accidentally created it or you imported a gedcom that had Elizabeth as an event. A quick way to see a fresh Master list would be to create a new blank Family File. I have one hanging around to double check on things! Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue,

Re: [LegacyUG] 2nd hand sources

2013-08-29 Thread Sherry/Support
You always cite from the source you saw. The person who created the database could have made a typo from the original source that he referenced. Then make a note in the Source Detail what the original source was and create a To-Do to find it to confirm the accuracy of the database. Sincerely,

Re: [LegacyUG] Photo album or scrapbook sort order

2013-09-02 Thread Sherry/Support
There is no defined sort order. This is something that's on our enhancement request list. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Paula Ryburn paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net wrote: THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR SUPPORT. I did look in Help. Can

Re: [LegacyUG] How often is Legacy Research Guidance updated?

2013-09-02 Thread Sherry/Support
I don't know how often it's updated but I don't think it's been updated for some time. If you have suggestions, please send them on to us using the Suggest a new Feature link in the Support section of the Legacy Home tab *or* the website www.LegacyFamilyTree.com Help Center Make a Suggestion.

Re: [LegacyUG] How often is Legacy Research Guidance updated?

2013-09-02 Thread Sherry/Support
Think of the To-Do feature as a Research Log. If you have a specific item to search and you know where you want to look, create a To-Do. I do know some people who have created Master Sources for sources they plan on using but haven't yet. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree

Re: [LegacyUG] Where should *.rf1 files be stored?

2013-09-02 Thread Sherry/Support
I've seen this. You can set the path to where you want the file to be saved while you're in the Save report name settings.. Most likely place is the root c:\Legacy folder. Legacy remembers the last used folder when you save settings so it should go to the c:\Legacy folder the next time you save

Re: [LegacyUG] Where should *.rf1 files be stored?

2013-09-03 Thread Sherry/Support
None of the settings files are part of the backup. Only those specific to the Family File you're backing up. Specifically, the data file, Research Guidance results file, Relationships file, Clipboard files and Focus Groups. It's wise to do a regular backup of your hard drive. If you make sure

Re: [LegacyUG] Cemetery name in Burial Location, Burial Address, or separate Cemetery event?

2013-09-03 Thread Sherry/Support
If you enter the Cemetery names as an Event (I have a Cemetery Event), you can do so much more with that in searching and creating reports and you don't have to worry with problems of sorting and using Expand/Contract Location Parts in the Master Location List. Those tools don't work correctly if

Re: [LegacyUG] Report preview: default to whole page?

2013-09-04 Thread Sherry/Support
At the top of the page where it shows Zoom, the drop-downs set the default. I see that's not documented in the v7.5 Help file - I'll ask the programmer to add it to the documentation. It is documented in v8's Help file. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Wed, Sep 4,

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports - Event Formatting

2013-09-06 Thread Sherry/Support
There's no way to change the order which the information for an event shows in the report. In a report, events are listed in the order they show on the individual's Events/Facts list on the Individual Information window. You can change sort by date or name under the Options button next to that

Re: [LegacyUG] Timelines (Under the View Menu)

2013-09-08 Thread Sherry/Support
There is no option to print the timeline (I resently sent in a request to the programmers for this), but you can do a work-around to print it out. 1. Add a new unlinked individual, add a birthdate *after* the last event in the timeline 2. Go to that person’s chronology view

Re: [LegacyUG] How to place an Acknowledgements Section

2013-09-08 Thread Sherry/Support
You can do that when you create a book in the Publishing Center. Click on the Additional tab and select one of the options - the title refers to the placement in the book. Those all appear in the front of the book. If you want the book to end with the acknowledgements, add a Special Text Entry

Re: [LegacyUG] Individual in Show List doesn't have source cited

2013-09-08 Thread Sherry/Support
Did you try running File File Maintenance Check/Repair after doing a backup (File Backup Family File) ? Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 6:25 PM, Paula Ryburn paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.netwrote: Has anyone run into this problem? I'm looking at a

Re: [LegacyUG] Chronology Timeline question

2013-09-09 Thread Sherry/Support
Because the list is in chronological order. If the spouse was born before the individual, the the spouse would be listed before the individual. The negative number represents the number of years before the main person was born. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Sep

Re: [LegacyUG] Timelines (Under the View Menu)

2013-09-09 Thread Sherry/Support
the timeline printed for? Don't see how. Sorry, I am a bit dense sometimes. Jane On 9/8/2013 3:50 PM, Sherry/Support wrote: There is no option to print the timeline (I resently sent in a request to the programmers for this), but you can do a work-around to print it out. 1. Add a new

Re: [LegacyUG] Timeline

2013-09-09 Thread Sherry/Support
There is no way to print it directly and a request has been sent to the programmers. Yesterday I posted a way to print it - did you not see that email? Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Janes Sarles sarlesinsi...@gmail.comwrote: Once

Re: [LegacyUG] Last modified date reset on update

2013-09-12 Thread Sherry/Support
I didn't have any problems with the dates changing. All my dates are as they were before the last update. Not sure what happened so it's pretty hard to respond when we can't duplicate something. I don't know if anyone contacted Support directly to work with a tech on the issue.. Sincerely,

Re: [LegacyUG] Two Computers

2013-09-12 Thread Sherry/Support
From: Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 12:34:34 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Two Computers That's not quite correct. The Legacy License (see License.txt in the c:\Legacy folder) states 1. GRANT OF LICENSE

Re: [LegacyUG] River as Place of Death

2013-09-18 Thread Sherry/Support
: Not sure why she left out the name of the Spanish province (Córdoba). On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: According to Getting It Right by Mary H. Slawson (page 145), the location should be entered thusly: name of the body of water, followed

Re: [LegacyUG] River as Place of Death

2013-09-18 Thread Sherry/Support
According to Getting It Right by Mary H. Slawson (page 145), the location should be entered thusly: name of the body of water, followed by name of the jurisdictions Rio Guadalquivir, Posadas, Andalucia, Espana Lake Washington, near Medina,King, Washington, USA Certainly some rivers are

Re: [LegacyUG] Bookmark List

2013-09-18 Thread Sherry/Support
There is no way to sort the bookmarks. They're listed in the order they're added. If you want to submit a suggestion, go to our website www.LegacyFamilyTree.com Help Center Make A Suggestion or use the link in the Support section of the Legacy Home tab Suggest a new feature and it will be

Re: [LegacyUG] Webpages

2013-09-18 Thread Sherry/Support
I have vision problems and the font sizes in the Legacy web pages have *never* been a problem for me. In the past I have viewed many other web pages that I've immediately left because the backgrounds were too busy, the colors were not contrasty enough or the fonts were too small... However, once

Re: [LegacyUG] Timelines (Under the View Menu)

2013-09-19 Thread Sherry/Support
something? Thx. --Paula snip On 9/8/2013 3:50 PM, Sherry/Support wrote: There is no option to print the timeline (I resently sent in a request to the programmers for this), but you can do a work-around to print it out. 1. Add a new unlinked individual, add a birthdate *after

Re: [LegacyUG] Charting - short location default

2013-09-21 Thread Sherry/Support
Click on the Appearance tab, select Box Items' and when a date/location field is selected, click on 'Use short locations on the right. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Paula Ryburn paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Is there a way to have

Re: [LegacyUG] Half children on Family Group Sheets

2013-09-23 Thread Sherry/Support
No. The FGR only includes the children of the family you're creating the report for. You can include all spouses and children on the Individual's Report. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Anne Picketts waipuc...@gmail.com wrote: Can half

Re: [LegacyUG] Missing Media

2013-09-25 Thread Sherry/Support
Legacy v8 will have a whole new way of working with media files - moving them, finding them, relinking them. Hang in there. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Ron Taylor doit4...@yahoo.com wrote: Ltools will assist with your media

Re: [LegacyUG] Missing Media

2013-09-26 Thread Sherry/Support
. Lightfoot br...@the-lightfoots.com wrote: Hang in there? Until when...??? It would be nice to have something like Fall of 2013 or Late 2013. I think Legacy has a lock on the award for the RSN Software of the Year. Brian in CA -Original Message- From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she

Re: [LegacyUG] Missing Media

2013-09-26 Thread Sherry/Support
Legacy v8 now has global sorting options for children and events. There have been some big changes in the way Events are handled in v8 and at this time the Event tools in LTools won't work. I haven't run a lot of the tools with a v8 database in LTools so there may be some other issues, but as

Re: [LegacyUG] reloading legacy

2013-10-01 Thread Sherry/Support
On the Legacy website www.LegacyFamilyTree.com, go to Help Center Troubleshooting Help Solutions by Error Number. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Marli Yoder yosbutter...@yahoo.com wrote: HI- I just had to wipe out my software and

Re: Descendant Report question (was: [LegacyUG] beginning legacy user)

2013-10-03 Thread Sherry/Support
Orinda, You've kinda hijacked an ongoing thread - you might not get the responses you would based on the subject line and when you change the subject, it's always best to start a new email. Are you referring to a Descendant Chart in Legacy Charting? Click on Appearances Themes. The Modern theme

Re: [LegacyUG] Solo parent adoption

2013-10-03 Thread Sherry/Support
You can change the wording on reports on the Marriage Information window Wording Options tab (for the couple) as well as the wording in the reports themselves using the wording tab (for the whole report) Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 9:21 PM,

Re: [LegacyUG] Questions about RINs and MRINS

2013-10-03 Thread Sherry/Support
RINs (Record Identification Number) are assigned by the database sequentially as you enter individuals in the Family File. The first one is #1, the second #2, etc. MRINs (Marriage Record Identification number) are assigned sequentially as you connect people in marriage If you wish to assign

Re: [LegacyUG] Notes in Legacy

2013-10-07 Thread Sherry/Support
Notes that you don't want included in reports, web pages, exports, etc can be placed between double brackets [[ like this ]]. Legacy won't include that data unless you select to include Private Notes. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 11:32 AM,

Re: [LegacyUG] Search for Death Pictures

2013-10-09 Thread Sherry/Support
You can't search specifically for death pictures, but go to View Scrapbook and select All Individuals and select to print Individual Event Media Files. Click on Print Media File List and in that option window, make sure you select to Include description of what photo is linked to. You can then

Re: [LegacyUG] Create Report based on events

2013-10-11 Thread Sherry/Support
There's an Event Report in the Deluxe Edition. Take a look at the options available for printing the report - full details are in the Help file in Legacy. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Cliff Gittens cliff.gitt...@gmail.comwrote: I

Re: [LegacyUG] Ged Families

2013-10-12 Thread Sherry/Support
Rich. This list is for questions related to Legacy and our add on programs. Gedfamilies isn't one of them Sherry Tech Support Legacy Family Tree On Friday, October 11, 2013, Richard Falzini rfalz...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello, I wanted to ask if anyone is currently using gedfamilies

Re: [LegacyUG] Create Report based on events

2013-10-12 Thread Sherry/Support
was not helpful to me as one can't get at the data to manipulate it. But I must say that I was impressed that Legacy Support did respond to my inquiry, even though it was not sent to the support group. Very good support service! Cliff Gittens On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Sherry/Support she

Re: [LegacyUG] Days of week (website recommended) ...

2013-10-13 Thread Sherry/Support
Even if you want to just see the day of the week for one date, put the date in the calculator and add a second date - could even be the same date. The day of the week for both dates show up when you click on Calculate. Plus there's no need to scroll in the calendar Just enter the first letter of

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 3314

2013-10-15 Thread Sherry/Support
Mary, There are several errors in the three-thousand range that may popup in Legacy from time to time and they can usually be fixed by doing a Check and Repair of the family file. First, as always before attempting a repair on your file, backup the Family File (File Backup Family File) 1.

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