Good point, Helen. I agree that working with the program has given me a good idea of what I DON'T know and need to learn. The biggest problem that I have created for myself is in how I manage my events and my sourcing. I could have made a plan for how I was going to do this if I'd studied Legacy more before I plunged in with a huge family file. A good example of this is just deciding how you're going to enter the census data, or newspaper articles. By individual person, by date, by title? If you decide before you start, then it's easy to find the items and you have consistency for reports. I came to Legacy after using a less sophisticated program and just continued my old habits. So I revise my advice. It's a good idea to familiarize yourself with the program but before you do any _major_ entry work, it's a good idea to learn how Legacy works best. We all spend so much time and money researching, it seems worthwhile to learn to use the software so that re-doing our entry work doesn't become a another huge expenditure when it doesn't have to. Oh, and ditto from me on the embarrassment! :)
[email protected] wrote: > The problem with Help files or training videos is that they're > meaningless until you've tried out the program and get a feel for how it > works. Of course by that time, you're familiar with everything and don't > bother checking what all the bells and whistles do. > > My New Year's resolution is to try out every last entry in all the > headers (File, Edit, Add, View, etc.) across the top of the screen so I > have a good feel for what they all do. Many thanks to the person who > pointed out Picture Centre. It is excellent. I spent a couple of hours > last night going through it and saved a good amount of space on my > crowded hard drive. > > Another advantage is that it will spare you the personal embarrassment > of asking questions when the answers are in front of your nose. And > thank you everyone for being tactful enough not to mention that if I'd > explored the program, I wouldn't be asking these questions. > > Helen > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived > messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived > messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online > technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To > unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
