James, Try using OpenOffice.org Writer. Provided that you set it up correctly and do the contents and indexing after you have finished with all the changes, and are prepared to insert the pictures manually, although the place holders are there for you, it should work fine.
Basic details are given in the Tutorial section of my website heading "Creating Ancestry Reports" (or similar). Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ James Sweet wrote: > This is something I have wrestled with as well. I have family lore > stories, military records, and other assorted documents in PDF or Word > format that I'd like to insert into a "book." "Place Holder" pages > are fine, except you can only put them between "chapters" in the book. > I'd like the story/document to immediately follow that person's > information, not at the end of his/her generation's chapter, or worse > - in an appendix at the end of the book. > > My current method is: After creating the "book" in PDF format with > Legacy, I can place these special pages anywhere with my PDF editing > program. The problem with this is my added pages are not covered by > the Legacy-generated Table of Contents or Index. My current solution > for page numbering is to individually number my special pages as a, b, > c, etc. E.G., the special pages following page 126 would be 126a, > 126b, 126c, etc. Finally, I rewrite the Table of Contents to include > my added pages. A royal pain in the neck, but doable. Even more of a > pain when making custom books for different family members where the > paging might be a bit different. Or, if I add a new person or > information - it's back to square one! > > If anyone has a better or easier method, I'd like to hear it. > > It would be wonderful if Legacy could find a way to insert "Place > Holder" pages anywhere within a "book." (FYI - I did submit that idea > as a "suggestion" some time ago.) > > Regards, > Jim S > > > On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Connie Sheets <[email protected]> > wrote: >> PDF and Word files can be attached and viewed in Legacy (actually, >> you are viewing them in your PDF reader or Word program; you are >> just opening them from Legacy). >> >> The only way I know to print them, however, would be to print them >> from your PDF program or Word. While Publishing Center won't print >> them directly, you can insert a Place Holder where you want the >> report to be placed in your "book." If your attached file is 3 >> pages, tell the Place Holder you want 3 pages. >> >> You won't be able to imbed them in the middle of a page, but they >> can serve as a nice "Appendix." >> >> If you want the information imbedded in the middle of your data >> about an individual, best to copy and paste from Word into a Legacy >> event or note. >> >> Connie >> 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
