Not sure about a reason to "not upgrade" but I'd rather see the effects myself too.
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 2:08 PM, CE Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > A reason to not upgrade if you have not yet. > > Programmers and "experts" may find the codes useful rather than distracting, > but ordinary users do not, which is why word processing programs do not, for > instance. > > > CE > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian/Support [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 12:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Bold text not showing bold > > There was a discussion on our test list recently about when and where > codes should be displayed vs the effect those codes invoke. The > consensus was that the codes should be shown rather than their effect, > except in reports where the effects are displayed. This resulted in a > change in the way Legacy behaves. When viewing an event in the list of a > person's events, the codes and not their effects will be shown. In other > words when you have the person open for edit, if their are codes in the > notes for the event these codes will appear in the Desc/Place/Notes > section of the list. Before this most recent update the notes would > appear in bold. > > This change in Legacy behaviour may be what you are seeing. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > We are changing the world of genealogy! > When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. > Thanks. > > On 02/04/2011 2:07 PM, Dave Keeney wrote: >> Good thought, I just loaded it from the old drive. >> Same result. >> >> Maybe we headed down the wrong road since I don't normally import gedcoms >> either. >> >> BUT, maybe if you (or someone) could do a test for me. >> >> 1. Create a new event (Census) for someone. >> >> 2. Put a couple of Bold "test' texts in the notes field. Cntl-B test >> Cntrl-B, Bold button test Bold button. For me now the "test" fields show as >> bold. >> >> 3. Export - in my last test I exported to a Legacy file (not gedcom), only >> the person in question. >> >> 4. Open the newly exported fdb file. Shouldn't the "test" fields be bolded >> in the Census event? For me it now shows<b> test</b> for both fields. >> >> And sorry for the previous bad statement. I can see how you would have >> thought I had a new machine since I said "a new machine" LOL. I was thinking >> "new" just because it appeared new with Win7. >> >> My wife's machine is still XP, maybe I'll install Legacy there and see what >> happens. >> On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Ron >> Ferguson<[email protected]>wrote: 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
