Ludie, From the help file: The "preferred" child is generally the child in your direct line and is indicated by an asterisk in the left column of the grid. Knowing who the preferred child is makes it much easier to move down your line from one descendant to the next. Laird
On 11/7/2010 8:28 PM, Ludie wrote: > Jerry, according to the Legacy manual you can change the preferred setting to > another child by in any of the views of list of the children in a family by > highlighting the preferred child and clicking on the *SET TO PREFERRED CHILD > *in > the lower left hand corner of the window. (actually it's more in the bottom > center). > > I was curious about my own database and there is no child set as preferred so > it > must be a setting someone has to select. I don't see the point so just as > happy > mine didn't come up that way. I don't need more bells & whistles to confuse > me. > > Ludie Tollar > > > > 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 > <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
