James: What about if you provided a link on the person's name that would take you either to additional text at the end of the document or in a separate document so that the reader could have the option to discover additional information about this person? This would be like a hyperlink in a web page or perhaps in a word processing document (most have this option), or even a PDF document. You can create HTML documents that you have no intention of publishing on the internet and to be used only for distribution among those you wish to circulate it to. I used to do this all the time when I wanted to include living persons.
I haven't experimented much with Legacy HTML pages so I'm not certain if this is an option or if it can be constructed as such. As you said, having to go through 50 or more pages to learn something about a person on page one doesn't make much sense. Linking from that person's name to additional material does. You may even be able to include a popup comment when hovering over that link that tells you want the link is for. Bill -----Original Message----- From: James Cook [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 9:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Where to put life stories? I'm fine with that, but not what I was asking. I can tell I'm not being clear. I'll try again. If I do a 3-page write up of my grandfathers WWII campaigns in Saipan, I'm thinking it would be nice to slip this into something like a Descendant Narrative right after or before his details. I don't think it is very clean to be reading a Descendant Narrative for 50 pages, and then turn the page and here's something about a guy that was on page 3. So, my question is if I were to go the route of using a 3rd party app, how do I integrate that into the reports I will also be making in Legacy so that my publication has some flow to it. My guess is that those that are using the word processor and other tools have some ways they are handling this already. I'm trying to get some ideas so I can do it 'right' the first time. 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
