For all practical purposes, the size of notes is related to your storage space size. It is larger than a book, if your hard drive can handle it. Rich in LA CA
--- On Thu, 3/11/10, John S. Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > From: John S. Adams <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Where to put life stories? > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 12:45 PM > James, > > I've been trying to follow this thread and the suggestions > made to you, but > I may have missed something. > > I try to write a short biography of my direct ancestors, > including major > events and accomplishments. I put this in General > Notes. In the basic > reports--Individual & Family--these notes appear at the > end of the report. > But in the longer book reports, such as the Descendant > Narrative, the > General Notes appear immediately after the birth, death and > burial > information, and before the Events. For these > reports, you can change the > title from "General Notes" to "Biography," "Life Story," or > anything you > want. I don't remember what the size limitation for > notes is, but as I > recall, it is very large and probably doesn't impose much > of a limitation. > As I said, unless I've missed something, using General > Notes would seem to > do what you want. > > John S. Adams > Hermosa Beach, CA > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "James Cook" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:29 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:01 AM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES > > <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The 'larger write-ups done in a word processor', > deserves to become a > >> Source on its own, with you as author > >> Rich in LA CA > > > > > > > > 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
