The asterisk does show when you select the Children's setting BUT ..........I DON"T want to have to do that in order to see which child is the preferred child which in my case is my direct ancestor.
Times New Roman - I can't see the difference in bold there either. I thought that maybe this has a lot to do with the fact that I only use legacy in the upper half of my screen and am typing from the excel files in the bottom half but I just tried Legacy full screen and it is the same way - still cannot distinguish the BOLD or the asterisk after the child's name. I am running Legacy with the latest update. So, I decided to see if it was just this computer or if I could replicate it on my laptop. Both Legacy programs have exactly the same settings. The only difference is that the laptop is Vista Professional 64-bit. The computer is XP Essential for Business. Both screens look exactly alike and I cannot see the bold or asterisk. So I did another experiment. I unchecked to show the asterisk. Closed Legacy then reopened it. The asterisk now appears. So I thought maybe if that worked, I would try fixing the bold - I unchecked show direct ancestor in bold, closed Legacy and restarted - but that didn't make it appear any bolder than the other children. Connie Sheets wrote: > Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Laura, >> >> You haven't got your font set to a bold typeface, eg. Arial >> Bold, have you? >> >> Ron Ferguson >> > > My font is set to Times New Roman, regular, and while the direct line does > show in bold, it is difficult for my aging eyes to discern the subtle > difference. I'm surprised the * doesn't show on Family View; I thought it > used to, but maybe not. > > Should I forget which child is "mine," I right click on the children's area > of the screen, select Children's Settings and then can navigate from the > Children's List, which does show the asterisk. > > Connie > > > > > >> _____________________________________________________ >> >> Completely rewritten and revised: >> http://www.fergys.co.uk >> Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw >> And the Fergusons of N.W. England >> ____________________________________________________ >> >> >> Laura Johnson wrote: >> >>> Wendy >>> >>> 1. I already have the relationships set to >>> >> appear with me as the >> >>> starting point >>> 2. I already have it set to show direct line in >>> >> BOLD - not able to >> >>> see any difference >>> 3. I already have each direct ancestor appear as >>> >> the preferred child >> >>> - can't see any asterisk next to the name >>> >>> So even though I can see the relationships, I CANNOT >>> >> tell which child >> >>> is the direct descendant because they do NOT appear as >>> >> bold nor do I >> >>> see the asterisk >>> >>> So the ALL CAPS on the direct ancestor is the only >>> >> thing that appears >> >>> to make it stand out >>> >>> Wendy Howard wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Laura, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> is there any way to all CAPS on some instances >>>>> >> of a surname and on >> >>>>> others, just regular? In FTM, I had my >>>>> >> direct line in ALL CAPS. >> >>>>> All others with the same surname were typed >>>>> >> regularly. >> >>>> You've already had responses that have told you >>>> >> that yes, you can >> >>>> have Sansone and SANSONE in your surnames list, >>>> >> but they will be >> >>>> separate, unattached names. That may not be >>>> >> what you want. >> >>>> Did you know that you have other methods for >>>> >> highlighting your direct >> >>>> line? You don't have to rely on capital >>>> >> letters here. >> >>>> You can have your direct line showing in bold >>>> >> lettering. Options > >> >>>> Customize > Data Format > Indicate >>>> >> direct-line children in lists >> >>>> (bold) >>>> >>>> You can have relationships showing above the >>>> >> central couple in Family >> >>>> View. Tools > Set Relationships >>>> >>>> You can put an asterisk against a "preferred" >>>> >> child in any family. >> >>>> It's automatically applied to the first child >>>> >> entered, but it is >> >>>> quickly changed if desired. Right-click on a >>>> >> child in Family View >> >>>> and select Children's Settings; select the child >>>> >> you want and click >> >>>> on Set to Preferred Child. >>>> >>>> Hope this helps. :-) >>>> >>>> Kind Regards, >>>> Wendy Howard >>>> >>>> >> >> >> 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
