I think you are skipping one step, after selecting the individual you dont say you are selecting a number of generations to include.
Eliz On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Jane Sarles <[email protected]> wrote: > I have version 7.4.0.45 > > 1. In family view I go the the "View" of the main menu bar and choose > "Focus Group" > 2. In Focus Group " Window, I select "add an individual and & his > descendants" button. > 3. That takes me to "Descendant Options". I click the button for > "Enter descendant line" (My person's name and ID number is in the > current individual box.) > 4. I click "OK" and it goes back to "Focus Group Window." I click "Save". > 5. Then I close the remaining window which is "Focus Group" > 6. Then I go to "File" on the menu bar and select "Export to Gedcom" > and get the Gedcom Export" screen. On that I click "record selection. > Then in "Gedcom record selection" I select "selected records contained > in the focus group. > 7. Then I click the button for "Select focus group" > 8. I highlight the correct focus group & click "record selection" > 9. Then I click "select file name and start export" in a window titled > "Export Gedcom File" > 10. It says only "This folder is empty." > 11. Then I cuss a lot. > > Jane > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Dennis M. Kowallek <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:38:56 -0500, Jane Sarles >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>I believe I did exactly as you suggest. I still get a message "folder >>>empty" when I click to do the gedcom. >> >> Please enumerate in detail the exact steps you are performing ... and >> tell us the version of Legacy you are using. >> >> -- >> >> Dennis Kowallek (LTools) >> http://zippersoftware.com/ltools >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools >> >> >> >> 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
