You need to first click on the "Event" field. It will then pop up the list of events from which you can select Alt Birth.
Geoff -----Original Message----- From: Richard Van Wasshnova [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 3:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Tip: How to Display Conflicting Information Geoff, I have plenty of Alt. Birth, Death, Marriage, etc. in my records. Some people have 3 Alts. I looked and looked and still don't find Alt. anything. I'm perfectly happy with the 5 default events though -- Richard Van Wasshnova On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Geoff Rasmussen <[email protected]> wrote: > Richard, > > At the end of the article there is an important paragraph: > > "The conflicting information will only appear as I've described above if you > actually record the conflicting data as an "Alt. Birth" event. I've written > about this a couple of times in past articles: click here and here for the > instructions." > > Yes, for an "Alt. Birth" event to appear you would have had to add an Alt. > Birth at some point. I think at some point, maybe at version 7's release (or > before) the Alt events were added as defaults to the master event list. They > could be removed if you use the Purge Unused option in the Master Event List. > > Happy researching, > > Geoff > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Van Wasshnova [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 8:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Tip: How to Display Conflicting Information > > My drop down list does not contain ANY alt events either, It doesn't really > matter to me since such changes are global I would never surrender any of the > 5 primary fields globally. Geoff should have mentioned the fact that such a > change is not local. I liked someone's suggestion of an * when an alt birth > or death event exists. > > -- > Richard Van Wasshnova > > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Cathy Claycamp <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi >> >> I read (and listened to) the the Legacy tip How to Display Conflicting >> Information. >> When the customize display box comes up. The five field items are: >> Birth/date/place; christening date/place; death date/place; burial >> date/place cause of death appear. >> I would like to change the Christening to Alt Birth like the tip says. When >> I clicked on the ... button on the christening field I get a list. However >> alt birth is not one of the options >> According to the tip page it should be one of my options. How do I get the >> list to show the alt birth? >> >> I am using Windows 7 (64 bit) as my operating system, Legacy Deluxe version >> 7.5.0.77 build date April 26 2011. >> Thanks for your help. >> >> Cathy Claycamp > 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
