Thanks for the explanation. That does seem to be a bug to me - just an annoyance, I guess, since there's no way to change it. I just started noticing these on some (not a huge number, but a significant number) and I don't think I ever selected them as preferred. I remember only doing it in one particular instance. I guess when I upload them to my TNG website, it won't matter because I don't think that will come across on a gedcom anyway, as far as I know. It just seems very odd there should not be a way to change that. Thanks again --Jerry
On 11/7/2010 8:16 PM, Robert E. Carneal wrote: > There isn't a way to change a child so that s(he is not the preferred > child. That sounds bad, but consider: Legacy has to know a preferred > child is preferred so it can generate drawings, I think. Legacy is > not saying "this" child is more important than that child, just > indicating which child you are placing emphasis (for whatever reason) > on. I use "preferred" to alert me to which child I am currently > researching the descendants or ancestors of. > > I tried a case with six children, added one child, and made the > seventh preferred. Previously, the third child was "preferred." Saved > it, shut down, and rebooted. Went back to the family, deleted the > seventh child, and the child preference went back to the third child. > This is what it is supposed to do. > > Thanks. > > Robert > > On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Jerry<[email protected]> wrote: >> Sorry, but along with this, can I ask how I can change a child so he/she >> is no longer the preferred child? I know I can select another child, >> which will cause the first child to no longer be selected, but I don't >> see an unselect preferred child function. I even added a test son, >> marked him preferred, then deleted him and the preferred designation >> just came right back to the first son. But I didn't try to see what >> would happen if I had more than two children involved - maybe I'll have >> to try that. --Thanks, --Jerry >> >> On 11/7/2010 6:45 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote: >>> On 07/11/2010 23:28, Jerry wrote: >>>> Can someone tell me what it means when there is an * preceding a child's >>>> name in the family view? So far, I couldn't readily find it in the >>>> help files. >>> It indicates the "preferred child" - you can select to have any child as >>> the preferred one (right-click and select Children's Settings). In some >>> cases no one child is more "significant" than the others, but sometimes >>> it's useful, for example, to know at a glance which one of a set of >>> siblings married into your family. > > > 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
