This is still something Legacy could impove on and make a feature - it is hard to understand why they would remove an output option and all they need after that is an option NOT to print each month on a separate page => new feature they can market.
-----Original Message----- From: Tom Kemp [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, 13 February 2010 3:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Creating a Birthay List If you have the option to create a PDF. Your content is text in the PDF not an image. Do that. Then it is easy to copy the "text" - click on the text icon at the top .... and basically - you then cut & paste the list. Tom On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Hotmail <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jan, thanks for your suggestions. > > Unfortunately, it is a such problem. I would rather have a single > page (double sided) than have 6-12 pages to put on the fridge, or give > to other people. > > The initial query is for my uncles family but I would also like one > starting with my grandparents. > > I can not print this as a text file as the only options are > screen/printer and pdf otherwise I would let it make a text file and edit > that. > > There are about 180 people in the report and to me it it seems > ridiculous to have to write that out by hand when it is already on the > computer, although it may be the only solution. > > The report is from my grandmother to present, and for my uncles family. > BTW a double sided report with two colums can include over 200 people > per page. To me that is a pretty good birthday list. > > Even if they had the normal text file output option, you could do > something with it, but nope. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jan Roberts [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, 12 February 2010 10:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Creating a Birthay List > > Is it such a problem that each month starts on a new page? Or, if > there are so few people that 12 pages (assuming there is at least one > person per > month) is overkill (of trees :-) ) then why not preview the report and > write out the list by hand? I just did a report for everyone in my > database. It takes 28 pages for 9,128 people. If each month ran > straight on after the previous I would have saved about 4 pages. > > Cheers > Jan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hotmail [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, 12 February 2010 13:32 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Creating a Birthay List > > No one got any suggestions. I had a program from the 90's that would > do this quite easily (reunion). Sad that it seems Legacy cant do this. > > Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Hotmail [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2010 11:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Creating a Birthay List > > I am try to create a birthday list for my uncles family. > > I have cleared all the tags, then tagged his descendents. > > I then go to -reports - calender list report > > I can get the report I want EXCEPT each month starts on a new page. > This report would be spot on except for that. > > I simply want a list of all birthday etc sorted by date, not name. > > > Is this possible? > > > > > 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 > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2680 - Release Date: > 02/12/10 > 03:09:00 > > > > > 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 > > > 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
