It seems a solution to this problem is outside the scope of Legacy and therefore outside the scope of a Legacy discussion group. The linear nature of a genealogy database is diametrically opposed to the nature of history which is circular and tangential. Try a wiki. ----- JL JLiki - creating your own genealogy wiki http://www.jgen.ws/jliki.html
On 5/17/2010 11:19 AM, 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 >> >> >> >> > > > > 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
