Maureen, Dennis Kowallek of LTools has created a new tool for his LTools program which will create the necessary TXT file for the Timeline from a list of Events It can be downloaded from:
http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/download.html ($10) And found by double clicking the List Events Button" 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 ____________________________________________________ Maureen Lake wrote: > Okay, so if I'm following the logic here, by rights I should be able > to export a new GEDCom with all the updated data. I should then be > able to turn thatinto a .txt file which I can inport into an Excel > spreadsheet, eliminate the data that refers to me, save it as a > timeline into the timelines folder, and then access through that > system? > > Does this sound about right? Or would it be easier if i just saved > the timeline out as an .rtf and added my information in manually? > > And just off the cuff, I've added pictures to several of these > events, homes I've lived in and such. Can I get those to print on the > timeline or chronology reports? > > Thanks again. > > Maureen > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 4:02:35 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Timeline help > > Maureen Lake wrote: >> I'm new to the list, so forgive me if this covers old ground (I >> couldn't figure out how to get to the archives, if there are any). >> >> I'm teaching a class on personal timelines, so I started creating one >> for myself. I figured it was a good place to start. I pulled my >> family group and four generations back of my and my husband's lines >> as background into a GEDCom and started a new file. Then I started >> adding information from my baby book and anywhere else I could find >> it to the Events/Facts box in my entry. I added my father's military >> service into his entry for kicks and grins. >> >> When I pulled it all together, it showed all my data, it showed my >> parent's deaths. It didn't show either of my parents' remarriages, >> any of my grandparents' deaths, my nephew's death, my daughter or >> son's marraiges, my granchildren's births, my graddaughter's death, >> etc. >> >> Is there any way to get Legacy to consolidate all the information >> that happened within my tree in the given timeline period to display, >> in this case, anything within those six generations from 1962 to >> present, all of which played a part in my life? Or are those all >> points I would have to add seperately into the Events/Facts area of >> the entry? >> >> Thanks so much. >> >> Maureen Lake >> > > Maureen, > > As you have found the standard timeline construction which you have > used, > and I am assuming that you are referring to the output from the > Chronology > Tab, will only include specific events which you can select using the > options button on the right. > > On clicking that button you may have noticed, at the bottom of the > Chronology Options screen a button named "Select Background > Timelines" and > if you click it it takes you to a list of timelines relating to all > sorts of > events, such as the British Monarchy, British Prime Ministers etc. > etc. > > Now I know this is not what you want, but the great thing about it is > that > you can write your own background timeline using it. Clicking the Help > Button tells you how. So, in "Maureen's Timeline" you can include all > the > information which isn't showing at present. If you want to look at the > construction of these timelines, they are contained in > C:\Legacy\Timelines\ > (assuming you installed Legacy in C:\) and they are only text files, > so you > can open them in any text editor (even Notepad!). > > If you have Open Office Calc or Windows Excel then you can treat them > as a > CSV file use "|" (no quotes) as the delimited, you will also see that > Legacy > uses {/n} as line feed/carriage return. > > If you hit any problems please do come back and I will happily take > you > through the process, probably not today - as it is now my tomorrow! > > 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 > ____________________________________________________ > > > > > 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 _____________________________________________________ *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. 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