Elizabeth, If you have been backing up regularly, you could go open up yesterday's backup, for instance, and the information should be there, right? I hope anyway. You will find a way to fix it; I'd say do not close that program or turn off your computer until you have figured a way to "undo"; I'm not familiar enough with reports and all that to know if they actually have some sort of "undo" button. Kathy
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > Elizabeth, > > OK, You created an RTF file using Legacy Descendant Narrative Report, so > this will still be in Legacy and the settings will still be the same, > provided that you have not changed them since you produced your "base rtf", > so you should be able to recover up to that stage at least. You imply that > you had already made many additions/changes to this file, if so what > software did you use in order to do that, did it auto-backup anywhere and > can you go back to the last version by using it? It may just be stored in a > temp file, although I must admit that I am clutching at straws a bit here!! > > Which Windows operating system are you using? > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > From: E. Wolfe > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 9:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Report with multiple lines? > > Hi, > > The work I had done was an rtf file. > > Here is what happened.... > > I had created an .rtf file using the Legacy Descendant Narrative report. It > was all the descendants from my earliest ancestor up to those who are > living. It was good enough for me to use as a base. I made it an .rtf file > so that I could add commentary to it such as obituaries, family stories, > histories of how the counties were formed, my own thoughts/questions, etc. > > It was pretty much finished for the most part but I still wanted to add in > the families of some of the spouses, as I had indicated in my other email. > > You suggested trying the tagging so I did. But no matter which tagging > option I chose (everybody, family, entire family line), the report came out > looking the same. I could not see any differences. The reports all had the > same people in them. I tried all sorts of tagging variations and could never > get the ancestors of the spouses to show up. > > BUT, the dumb thing I did was to save all those tagging reports right over > top my .rtf file!!! > I other words, when I had tagged and created a report and went to save it, I > just clicked the file name of my .rtf file and saved and > "replaced/overwrote" my original .rtf file without even thinking about what > I was doing! I should have created a new file!! I did that with a bunch of > different tagging reports.......alas. > > Hope I have explained it better. > > Elizabeth > =========================================================== > > > --- On Fri, 12/3/10, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Report with multiple lines? > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, December 3, 2010, 5:31 PM > > > Elizabeth, > > I'm afraid that I cannot really understand what you have done. I appreciate > that you will be distressed at the moment, but perhaps you can clarify. > > 1) Were your narrative comments done In Legacy, if so did you create a > back-up when you closed after a day's work? > 2) By tagging Report, I assume you mean the list of names who you tagged > after finding the descendants and ancestors as suggested. > 3) If 1) and 2) are correct they will have (at least) different file > extensions, so the latter cannot overwrite the former. > 4) If the above are based on inaccurate assumptions, please explain in great > detail exactly what and how you set things up and your filing system. > 5) Meanwhile don't touch anything which stands a risk of making things > worse!!! > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > From: E. Wolfe > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 5:11 PM > To: wlmailhtml:/mc/[email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Report with multiple lines? > > I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT I JUST DID!!!!! I think I'm going to sit here and > cry!!!!! > > I have been working for WEEKS on writing the narrative comments to insert in > the report I want to do (mentioned below).But today, while I was trying out > the tagging, I saved the tagging report to that file......which wiped out > everything I had done. > > I can't believe it. I can't believe I did something so DUMB!!!! I was > working so hard to have this done to give to my family for Christmas. They > are all so excited about our family tree. > > I give up (for now anyway). > > Sad Elizabeth > ============================================================= > > --- On Fri, 12/3/10, Ron Ferguson > <wlmailhtml:/mc/[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Ron Ferguson <wlmailhtml:/mc/[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Report with multiple lines? > To: wlmailhtml:/mc/[email protected] > Date: Friday, December 3, 2010, 11:56 AM > > > Elizabeth, > > I would look at Advanced Tagging to do this, which I think is available in > the standard version - let us know if you have a problem. > > First tag the descendants of you oldest ancestors(s), then go to the spouses > whose ancestors you wish to include, and using Advanced Tagging, tag the > ancestors of that person with the same tag. Then select only to print the > tagged people. Not having tried this I cannot say where they will appear in > the report! > > I do not know what you mean by messing up the numbering. If you mean the > RINs, then they will not change. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > From: E. Wolfe > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 7:42 AM > To: > wlmailhtml:/mc/compose?to=wlmailhtml:/mc/[email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Report with multiple lines? > > I can't find my answer in the help files, so here I am again :-) > > I want to create a report (and eventually a family web site) that will show > the following--- > > the 'complete' line of descent from my earliest known ancestor of my own > line (my surname) > and include > "some" of the spouses and parents of certain couples in my surname line > > Hope that makes sense, but here is an example of what I want to do---- > > Lloyd Emerson ZEIGLER8,21,31,32,33,65,66 (Solomon B. 3, Martin Jr 2, Martin > Sr 1) was born April 13, 1886 in Perry County, Pennsylvania,8,21,32,65 was > baptized _____/_____/_____ in __________, __________, __________, died > October 27, 1918 in Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, > Pennsylvania8,32,65 at age 32, and was buried November 02, 1918 in Newport > Cemetery, Newport, Perry County, Pennsylvania.8,32,65 The cause of his death > was influenza-pnuemonia.8,32,65 Another name for Lloyd was Loyd .8,21 > > > > Lloyd married Zella May CRIMMEL,8,29,32,34,41,62,65,67,68 daughter of John > R. CRIMMEL and Laura Luella ERNEST, in _____/_____/1914 in Mifflintown, > Juniata County, Pennsylvania.8,32,34,65 Marriage status: death of one spouse > October 27, 1918. Zella was born Monday, March 21, 1892 in Mifflin, Juniata > County, Pennsylvania,8,29,32,65,67,68 was baptized _____/_____/_____ in > __________, __________, __________, died Tuesday, June 07, 1982 in Masonic > Home, Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,8,32,65,68 and was > buried in June/_____/1982 in Rolling Green Memorial Park, Camp Hill, > Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.8,32,65 > > > > at this point in the report I want to insert Zella Crimmel and Laura > Ernest's direct family lines, then I want to go back to my own Zeigler line > after that. > > > How can I do that at various points in my report? I don't want to do it for > every couple though, just certain ones. > > > How messed up would the numbering of each person be and is there a way to > make it right? > > > I use Legacy Free Version 7.4 > > > Thank you, > > Elizabeth > > > > > 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 > > > > -- Kathy Meyer "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done." --Richard G. 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