Kathy,
Unless there's a big 'something' I haven't thought of, I've decided to use
Legacy for creating my reports and charts to a book in Publishing Center,
saved to a pdf file and then finishing my 'books' in Adobe Acrobat.
KISS is what I'm looking for (Keep It Simple, Stupid). :-)
Most programs can now save files to PDF format and of course, PDF files can
be read easily on any computer. You can create pages of photos in a
wordprocessor or a publishing program, saved to PDF or scan pages of photos
or documents to PDF file(s), that can then be inserted in the properly
titled placeholder in your Legacy 'book'. I believe the finished PDF file
can be printed at a commercial site (Kinko's, Staples or Office Depot) to a
hard copy, retaining all of the formatting styles. Titled placeholders will
be included in the Table of Contents. For instance, you could have pages of
family photos titled Frank Smith & family, Jeff Smith & family and if you
wish to include copies of documents, those could be titled Documents or be
more specific with types or which family they belong to. The table of
contents would reflect the titled placeholders and their location in the
book. If you share your book in pdf format with computer literate family
members, you can also quickly set and use bookmarks to navigate through your
book if it's going to be read on a computer screen.
If you don't own Adobe Acrobat, you can usually pick up an older version of
Adobe Acrobat on eBay for much less than the latest version and they work
just fine for combining and saving groupings of PDF files.
For now, this is my plan. I have no interest in publishing a book for anyone
other than family so cannot comment on what would work well for a
professional project. I've always entered my information with an eye on how
it looks and reads in one of the narrative reports, so other than my book
extras, my reports read fairly well without any additional editing.
I quickly threw some titles and reports into a 'Book' in Legacy Publishing
Center and saved the Table of Contents. If the formatting holds at all, this
should give you some idea of what you could expect.
　
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
History of the Family 3
Joe Black "Our Earliest Ancestor" 5
Descendants of Lester Jackson "Jack" Leek 7
Descendants of Lester Jackson "Jack" Leek 9
First Generation 9
Second Generation 13
Third Generation 17
Source Citations 20
Documents 21
Leek Family Photos 23
Name Index 28
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Meyer" <[email protected]>
Has anyone used Legacy to create a book? I have put this project off
for quite awhile, not wanting to duplicate my efforts due to an
insufficient program. I need to create some sort of book for about 5
different lines for different people and I want to include all the
usual information - pedigree, timeline, photographs, documents and
more personal notes and details about the individuals, families & the
areas & lives they lived. I don't know if I can use Legacy for the
entire project, or if I should use it partially and paste pages into
another program or if I should import Legacy data somewhere else for
this type of project. I have a lot of pictures that I wouldn't
necessarily import into Legacy but might use in a book; then again,
maybe I should? I might have dozens or more pictures of a particular
individual or family that would be nice in a scrapbook/album type
format.
Thank you for your comments & suggestions, Kathy
--
Kathy Meyer
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