I too loved the CDs.
michele
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Walton" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 5:13 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Former generations users
You've probably already heard this, and you'll probably hear it again.
The absolute best way to learn the program is with the tutorial CDs.
The beginner CD is free and online, but you have to buy the others.
Personally I would like to see them all as a part of the package when
you buy it, but I don't regret for a minute that I went ahead and made
the purchase. It will walk you through all the main features with
video demonstrations as you go. I refer back to them now and again
when I'm having an issue with something.
Jim
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:38 AM, S. Fry <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Judy,
I used Generations EasyTree for many years before switching to Legacy 7.
One
reason I chose Legacy was its similarites to Generations in how data is
presented (the interface.) But Legacy has so many wonderful features that
Generations never had!
The biggest tip I have for you is to learn to use the clipboards, both the
Source clipboard and the Event clipboard. These are also two of the
features
that were the hardest for me to learn how to use. I read and re-read the
help files "Clipboard, Source" and "Clipboard, Event" many times, and read
postings to this list before it finally clicked for me. But once learned,
it
makes adding the same event or source to many different people an absolute
breeze.
The second tip would be to decide early on how to organize and name your
sources as this will determine how they appear in the Master Source List,
and it will make it much easier for you to find the source again. In
Legacy
the Master Source List is displayed in numeric and alphabetic order
whereas
in Generations the Source List is in order by the number assigned to the
source when you entered it. There has been a great deal of discussion on
this list about how to organize sources -- to lump or split, to group by
state or by event (birth, death, marriage, etc.) and on and on. You can
check the archived messages at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
If there is something specific about using Legacy that you would like to
ask
about, please do. There are many people on this list who have used Legacy
for many years, who are always willing to help, and who know much more
about
Legacy than I do.
If you want to contact me off-list, that will be fine also.
Sherry
[email protected]
From Bowlegs, Okla.
----- Original Message ----- From: Judy
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 6:32 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Former generations users
I would like to exchange info with ppl who have switched from Generations
software to Legacy. I am having a hard time "learning" and wonder if
someone
there in my boat (or who has been in my boat) has any tips!
Thanks,
Judy
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