Re Settings don't stay. I may be wrong on this but my setting seem to stay very well. I would prefer someone from Legacy to come in on this but if I go to the Index settings, Set the columns the way I want, right click on the header row, then click on Customize (which brings up Index View Columns) and Save (as) - it works every time. I have several "types" under Save as - one for General, one for Wives, one for Parents - saves trying to get lots of coumns on one page to view. As I said it works for me but perhaps someone else may have a comment who maybe has tried the same.
On 2 September 2010 19:42, Eileen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 5:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Settings don't stay set - a pet peeve > > > Gary A Crull wrote: > > I have 2 pet peeves that bug me no end. Hopefully someone will be > > able to explain why I have this aggravation. > > > > The first is when I set the column width on the columns displayed on > > the INDEX tab they don't remain at the width I set them. The next > > session I open may or may not see them remain the same. This is > > especially true when I've shut down Windows 7 and restart the next > > day. The width will revert to a default width - meaning plenty of > > white space in the columns with fewer showing than when I narrow the > > width. (I have 9 columns defined for display. By manually defining > > the width by grasping the column marker and making the columns more > > narrow I can see in total all but the 9th one. Only a part of it > > displays - which is OK. > > > > The 2nd pet peeve is when adding a picture to an individual. I always > > have to redefine the path for Legacy to find where my photos are > > located (I keep them in a folder within DropBox app). Once it's > > redefined there's no problem UNTIL I shut down Windows 7. Then I have > > to go back and redefine the path again. Photos that have been > > attached show up on the individuals show up normally, it's just when > > I get ready to add something new. > > > > I don't understand why these situations occur. Anybody got any ideas > > or need more (better) explanation of the situation? > > > > Thanks > > > > gc > > Gary, > > I have not yet installed Legacy on my Win7 machine, which I only got > yesterday, so if your 2nd peeve is something specific to that o/s then I > have yet to find it! > > However, I have never bothered with what is set in the Locations, in fact I > have just had a look and I have some 20+ paths shown there, some are > current, some are not. When I fill up a folder with images, I just start > another and Legacy adds to to my list. I do not have them in Dropbox, and I > am not certain that I will ever put them there, probably not because I > prefer not to pay!! But I cannot see that it would make much difference if I > did. > > So, basically, what I am saying is, why bother about defining the paths? I > have never lost images by using my total lack of technique BTW. > > 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 > > > 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
