"...Of course, you can always dump the report to RTF and use a word processor to fix it up, but that can be a tedious process."
If I wanted to add some historical details or other items to make it read more easily and be more interesting, would I do that in a word processor rather than Legacy? I will play in the publishing center today; thank you On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Dennis M. Kowallek <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:19:32 -0700, Kathy Meyer <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>Has anyone used Legacy to create a book? > > I would suggest playing around with the Legacy Publishing Center. I > certainly wouldn't use it to create a real "professional" book. But I > have used it to create a book on one family line which I donated to the > Fort Wayne Library. I sent them the .pdf and they printed two bound > hardcover copies. The library kept one and sent me the other. > > One problem with using Legacy to produce the books ... if you run across > a bug (or something you don't like) you are at the mercy of the > programmers to fix it. Of course, you can always dump the report to RTF > and use a word processor to fix it up, but that can be a tedious > process. > > -- > > Dennis Kowallek (LTools) > http://zippersoftware.com/ltools > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools > > > > 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 > > > > -- Kathy Meyer "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done." --Richard G. Scott, "Finding the Way Back," Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein 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
