Paul Gray wrote: > Hi, > > When I load a photo in the Picture Gallery, the "Description" field is > populated with the "Windows Photo Gallery Caption" that I previously > entered in Windows Photo Gallery (specifically the contents of the > EXIF metadata field "Image Description"). > > The other two Legacy fields "Caption" and "Date" need to be entered > manually. I am trying to determine if that is the expected behavior > (i.e. Legacy never tries to populate these fields from data in the > picture file), or whether I am not populating the fields that Legacy > requires in my multimedia management program (currently Photo > Gallery). > > Has anyone seen Legacy fill in these two fields automatically, or in > your experience do they always require manual input? The Help file > suggests that all three fields need to be manually input, it makes no > mention of even the description field importing data from the picture > file. > > Thanks for your assistance. > > Paul >
Paul, I believe that it has to be entered manually, and I have never thought otherwise. Since most of my images are, by far, censuses, BMDs etc. I would not expect Legacy to even try and find data for Caption and Date. 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
