I have spent the better part of the day today trying to create my first 1 page, 5 generation ancestor chart using both Legacy Charting 7 and Legacy Deluxe 7.4 Reports menu. I am disappointed to say the least. Other charts I’ve done in Legacy Deluxe 7.4 Reports Menu have worked out pretty well. The pc is Windows XP SP 3, fully updated, 2 GB ram, 140 GB hard drive.
In Legacy 7.4 Reports Menu, the ancestor chart looked like it was intended to print on a roll of toilet paper. Nothing I did in the chart settings changed anything. In Legacy Charting 7, every time I would get one formatting element how I wanted it, one click in another formatting area and it was “boom” right back to the standard template, 2 x 2 pages. I would get all the boxes re-positioned, then decide to tweak the font, and click ok, then whoopsies, it’s 2 x 2 pages again! I think I re-positioned the boxes no less than 5 times. Then, finally it is all arranged how I want it, so I print it, everything on my screen is black & white in the chart window and in the print preview. But guess what, in the printout, every box is shaded yellow! So, I finally do get the darn thing all set up, black & white, 1 page, save and print. Is this a feature or a bug? I haven’t found anything on this list addressing this issue. I can think of absolutely no good reason why the box shading colors did not show in the chart window. I can think of absolutely no good reason for the chart to bounce back to “default” paging just because you tweak the font size or the size of the boxes. And, no, it isn’t just adding page area to the side or bottom because the chart expanded, it is exploding into 4 pages and putting the chart smack-dab in the middle with box spacing back to the default settings. 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
