Re the /i codes in GEDCOMs. Those are the codes for turning on and off Italics when the title is displayed in the SourceWriter. You can turn off those format codes with a setting on the Export to GEDCOM screen. Go to File > Export to > GEDCOM On the main screen click to remove the check mark for Keep embedded formatting codes within text to have the codes removed or click to add a check mark to the sub option to convert those format codes to HTML codes (useful if you are uploading the GEDCOM to a Web site).
If you have removed the check mark and the codes are still present then please report it as a bug using the Report a Bug link on the Legacy Home Tab. In the bug report it would be useful if you tell us which Source Writer template does not remove the embedded codes when requested. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. Marvin & Angelique Welch wrote: > Hello All, > > My name is Angelique and I am just joining. I have used Legacy for a few > years (my first v. was 6.0 Deluxe) so I am still fairly new to all the > features. I just recently upgraded to 7.0 Deluxe. > > I recently purchased FTM 2010 and have been divided about what program I > like better. > > Here are my pros and cons for each: > > Legacy Pros > > * I have preferred Legacy to most other programs in the past > * Great features that FTM does not have > * Ability to create CD/DVD's using Passage Express > * Various tools such as the relationship calculator etc. > > Legacy Cons > > * Why does it have to take a separate window for EVERYTHING? I find > myself spending hours doing one task due to all the clicking > needed to get where I need to go. For example, just entering a > source and attaching it to the various individuals takes much > longer than in FTM, even using the source clipboard. (Another > example, just changing the color scheme requires one click to the > "options" tab, another to select the "colors" tab and then ANOTHER > click on the huge button that says, "click here to change user > interface colors". Now come on, is that last button really > necessary? Then you can finally select your colors, but not > without clicking some more for EACH component and change you want > to make) > * The new source templates are confusing (why is there no template > for a book without an author?). When I import my Legacy file into > anything else, the sources made with the new templates all have a > "/i" in front of and behind the title in the main source list. I > am guessing this is because the source made with the new templates > have a *bullet* in front of them in the main source list and the > export process is not getting rid of it and instead adding all > sorts of other fun characters to my source names. > * The user interface in Legacy could be a lot simpler. There is no > need to have a separate tab for the pedigree view when the family > view could be reduced to include it, along with a name index along > the right or left side (similar to FTM view). I like the views in > FTM much better because of this huge convenience. > * I have a hard time working with my file when I cannot see the > individual source citations from a main source. I see we can use > the "show list" feature to show which individuals are using a > "main" source, the source list does not detail each /individual > citation and the facts it is connected to/. I usually have to find > an individual that the source is attached to, open their source > list and see what exactly what facts the source is attached to. In > FTM, the source tab allows a view of each source title, each > individual source citation, AND the individual facts it is > attached to, very simply. > > FTM 2010 Pros > > * I love the ease of adding sources, records and images in FTM. It > is definitely not this easy in Legacy and I am not sure why. > * I love the views in FTM, allowing you to view the family page, > pedigree, index and more in one window, much easier. > * FTM's media center is the easiest way to attach images to a family > tree. In Legacy, there is no one media gallery that can be > accessed to see what images are attached to what or to modify the > caption for an image and have it reflect wherever else the images > is attached. I have used the "picture center" in Legacy, but it is > still not as efficient as the "media center" in FTM. > * I prefer FTM's layout for sources since I can view the source > titles AND what they are attached to (specifically), text, > citation detail, and more in ONE view instead of clicking around > in various tabs for the text and list like Legacy. > > FTM Cons > > * I will never be able to open my Legacy file in FTM without losing > data, even though FTM markets the new software as being able to > import Legacy files, I know from my own experience that this is > not true. I have tried importing using every format and have lost > data every time. Vice Versa, if I create a file in FTM, I will > never be able to get it into Legacy to create a CD. This is why I > am stuck on what program to use. I want to use FTM for the EASE of > working with all of this stuff (sources, images, etc.) and Legacy > for it's features and ability to create cd's. > * Technical support has not been as helpful as I would like > regarding some functionality issues in FTM such as some buttons > not working at all. > > I am slowly learning that I should not use the programs to write > reports, but I do want a program that is going to be easy to work with > when entering information and keeping it sorted. So far, my vote is for > FTM 2010 in that arena, but I dread the idea of trying to get > information back into Legacy to create CD's for my family members. Ugh... > > Anyone else in this boat? > > Angelique > 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
