It's ok - I just never knew about the * appearing there because I never had that part turned on in the display until I started experimenting with the customization settings. While it might not be a bug per se, it can be an annoyance for some, knowing that not every family has a "preferred child." I don't know what they could call it instead, but I'm just a perfectionist that way and it bothered me, so I turned off that part of the display. Legacy is a great product, just not perfect, but no product is. --Jerry
On 11/7/2010 8:39 PM, Ron Ferguson wrote: > Jerry, > > I do not see this as a bug, nor do I see any reason to have the option to > get rid of a preferred child. > > The default is that the first child entered (this does not mean the eldest > btw) is the preferred child. You can change this, for whatever reason you > may wish, to any other child in the family. It is only there for you own > personal use and is not shown on web pages nor in reports. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry > Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 1:22 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] * Next to Name > > 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
