Hi Mary If you add a pdf to Legacy does it display when you create a book or the descendant narrative?
Kim On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 1:39 AM, Mary Fowler Leek <[email protected]>wrote: > Joan, > > If you have a ton of these attached as graphic images, then my suggestion > might not have value but if you have only a limited number, I would suggest > using the free graphic viewer from Faststone to convert your graphic images > of certificates into PDF files, then reattach as a file. This will avoid > attached documents being displayed on your family view as a photo. > > I've used this utility for several years and convert all of my genealogy > certificate images to PDF files before attaching. After this, one click in > Legacy and the PDF file will open into Adobe Reader, where you can easily > study the document. About the only images I regularly attach in Legacy that > are graphic files are people photos and tombstone photos. > > One image this works beautifully with are the Texas Death Certificates, > offered online as a graphic file. I just convert them to PDF files and > attach. So easy to go back and review them, or email a copy to another > researcher. In Adobe Reader, you can increase the size on screen, to bring > up close, details on the certificate. > > To convert, just open your image in the viewer, do a 'save as' and select > PDF. Your original image is untouched, leaving you with the graphic image of > the document plus the same document in PDF format. > > http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm > > ~Mary > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joan Kemp [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Is there any way to prevent pictures showing in miniature on the main > Legacy tree? > Many of my pictures are of certificates... > > Joan > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<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<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog > (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com<http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/> > ). > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<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
