On 4/15/2011 8:36 PM, Brian/Support wrote: > During the current session when you first performed the merge: If you > decide to abandon the changes, you can Undo them all by choosing 'Undo > Merge of (15/04/2011 8:30:22 PM)' from the Edit menu. > > That will restore the file to the state before you started. > > Here is an extract from Help File: > > "Making a backup copy of your Family File before doing a Merge is a good > practice. The merge process changes the Family File, creating new links > and destroying others. If you merge two individuals who are not really > duplicates, it is impossible to retrieve the deleted record unless you > have a backup. > > Legacy makes a temporary backup copy of the Family File automatically > when you begin a merge but this backup is only available during the > current session. When you quit Legacy, the temporary backup file is > deleted. If you discover later that you want to restore an earlier > condition of your Family File, you can only do so if you have made a > permanent backup." > > If you have exited the session where you started the merge then the > temporary backup has been deleted. You will only be able to restore the > file from any backups you have from before the merge was started. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
As I said in my original post, I read the help file. If you re-read the section you quoted above you will see that no-where does it mention "Undo merge" or "Edit menu" (I did check under the Edit menu and saw no reference to undo merge by the way) The point is that the Undo Merge directions NEED to be in the help file or the back up is useless. For anyone else who may not get the "Undo merge" option in the edit menu, I saved the file I was working on with a new name, restored the original from a back up that was only a couple of hours old, then in split view I dragged the people I had newly edited in the current session into the restored file then merged them. It only took about 15 minutes and I had a "restored" file. (I had only edited three people.)It still would have been faster with the "Undo Merge", although having the directions in the help file wouldn't have helped in this instance with the missing "Undo Merge" selection. Now I have something to play around with in my sample file to figure that one out. Thanks, -- Gene Young Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada With Legacy Family Tree http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm 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
