Thank you very much, Leon. This is very helpful and the type of information I am seeking from those who have already produced books. I am going to go through the steps slowly because I know it will take some time although some of it will not be possible due to the cost. When our book is finally finished, each family who wants a copy has said they will pay for a copy to be printed for them. I am familiar with Lulu and it will not work for us.
Elizabeth =================================================== On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Leon Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: > Elizabeth: > > Here is how I have published 3 large books using Legacy. It is > probably more detail that you want, but maybe you can try out some of > the ideas. The plain text messes all of the indents below -- if you > want a Word Document of this, email me. > > > > How to Publish a Book using Legacy > > By Leon D. Chapman > > [email protected] > > There are several ways of publishing a book in Legacy Family Tree. > Here is an example of how I published three family books of over 300 > pages each that worked for me. > > 1. Pre-book creation steps. > > a. Be sure to update all your events and people with as many old > photos as you can. (It is best to attach photos to the Events for > individuals and to marriage events for family pictures.) > > b. Write an Introduction Section for your book that tells > something about yourself, your family line (particularly the oldest > family member in your family line), and a brief overview of what the > book includes and how it is organized. Normally, this could be done > is a few pages using your favorite Word Processor. I found that I > needed to make changes to this section several times before my book > was finalized, so keeping this in a Word processing file is the > easiest was to make changes and copy it back into Legacy with the new > changes in place. > > c. Create any Legacy charts or other material that you want to > include in your book and save these into a Word Processing file (e.g., > Microsoft Word). I placed these at the back of the book before source > pages began. You will need to count these pages and insert blank > pages for these when producing the book in Legacy. I had anywhere > from 10 to 70 additional pages that I had to account for in my books > by using blank pages in Legacy. You will need to enter the Chapter > Header for each of these blank page Chapters in your book. Examples > of these were 1) Fathers Ancestry Tree (2 pages) starting with my > grandson, 2) an Ancestry Chart starting with my grandson (9 pages), 3) > Some Descendant charts for great grandfathers (these are normally 2-6 > pages each –I just went back generations where I had pictures and did > descendant charts for 4 great grandparents), and 4) leave pages for > Famous Ancestors of you and your spouse. In one of my books, I had to > leave about 70 blank pages that I later inserted using a Word > processor. > > 2. The steps for Legacy Book publication are as follows using the > Publisher: > > a. Start report by going to Reports, and then Publishing Center. > > b. Create the following Chapters in your book: > > i. Descendant for your oldest ancestor in your primary family line > (Chapman) down to and including the youngest generation. You could > include Descendants of other Ancestors, but the book will get very > large quickly, so I would suggest sticking to a one or two family name > book. > > 1. In the Descendant report options, include Event information, > Event pictures, birth and general notes for everyone. > > ii. Picture Scrapbook of a family – start about 3-4 generations > above yourself in the primary family line (Chapman) – the generation > would depend on having old pictures of gggrandfather/mother. > > 1. Use 2 or 4 pictures per page and include Description and Date > as part of picture in report options > > 2. Select the specific individual and spouse for Picture Scrapbook > > 3. Include individual pictures, individual event pictures, > marriage pictures and marriage event pictures. This is a nice chapter > of just pictures of the couple and their family and the event pictures > in their life. > > iii. Family Group Record > > 1. Use same couple as in ii above > > 2. Include pictures of husband and wife and children > > iv. Family Picture Tree > > 1. Use male person say at your 3-4th generation – same as in ii above > > 2. Use 4 generations > > 3. This chapter will help you determine which generation to start > with – you will need at least a picture of this person and maybe the > prior generation father and mother > > v. Chronology Report > > 1. Include individual events, marriage events, children and death > of children, wife and parents > > 2. Include some timelines to make this interesting > > a. US Wars > > b. US Presidents > > vi. Repeat Chapters ii thru v above for each primary male > descendant from where you started in Chapter ii above. (Note: You > may also want to use a particular family and create these chapters for > father and mother, and then each child. These chapters will be the > most interesting and will include lots of pictures of many of the > living people in your family.) > > 1. This will normally be about 4 generations, since you will run > out of pictures for the family and the chapters are less interesting > without pictures > > 2. Include Chapters for your children since you will have lots of > pictures of them > > vii. Create / Insert any Blank pages for a Legacy Chart, famous > relatives or whatever you want to include that is not part of the > standard Legacy Publishing center > > 1. You will need to Create a Title for each of these Chapters in the > book > > 2. You may have several of these Chapters but I would suggest you > keep this to a minimum – 3-6. > > c. In the Publisher, Additional Tab, you will want the following > Sections: > > i. Title Page > > ii. Copyright Notice Page > > iii. Maybe a Dedication Page > > iv. Maybe a Preface Page > > v. An Introduction Section (your will copy this from your Word > Processing Document into this Section) > > vi. A Source Chapter > > 1. As endnotes at end of all chapters > > 2. Include master source pictures > > vii. An Index Chapter > > 1. Include Name, birth & death years, Uppercase SURNAMES > > 2. Use Two Column format > > 3. Use leaders …… > > 4. Start Index on Odd page (do this on all Sections & Chapters) > > d. Page Setup might be as follows: > > i. Top & Bottom margins – 0.7 inches > > ii. Left Margin – 1.1 inches > > iii. Right Margin – 0.8 inches > > > > 3. You will want to create a PDF file after you have reviewed > your draft electronically using Legacy to produce the entire Book. > > a. Legacy will place Headers and Footers on each page if you desire > and sequentially number all the pages > > i. It is important to account for the blank pages you want to > insert charts, famous relatives, etc. due to the sequential page > numbering that Legacy will use. > > ii. Suggest a Footer to include your name, > address, phone, and email > > b. You have to create a PDF as the primary output from Legacy to > include all the pictures and charts – an RTF file will not work. > > > > 4. Final book assembly (This is the tricky part) > > a. In my case, I had to purchase a PDF to Word > (RTF) converter > > i. I have found the best one is > Smart PDF ConverterPro > > 1. > http://www.pdftodocconverterpro.com/ > > 2. Cost $70 – > must have the Pro version > > ii. I have tested many converters > and this one works perfectly > > 1. The charts, > pictures and text of your report are very complex to convert correctly > and this software works > > b. Using Smart PDF Converter Pro, convert your PDF > book to Word (RTF) and then Save as a Word Document > > c. You will now manually insert the Chart pages > and Famous people pages into the blank pages that Legacy created in > your Book. > > i. Be sure to keep the page > numbering and footers aligned like other pages > > ii. You may also have to delete a > page or add a page at the front of the book by using PDF Converter Pro > to break your document into two sections and then recombining them – > hopefully, you will not need to do this step. This is to make each > chapter start on right hand facing page of the book. Legacy sometimes > has problems and be sure to check if all new Chapters start on a new > page. > > d. The last step is to convert your Word Document > to a PDF file using PDF Converter Pro. > > i. This is the final PDF file that > you will need to upload to a publishing company for printing your book > > 5. Printing the Book > > a. Suggest you use the site: www.Lulu.com > > b. They will publish books very economically and > will also help market and sell your book if desired > > c. The steps are easy to follow on their site for > publishing > > i. Create an account > > ii. Go into their Publisher > > iii. Create name of your book > > iv. Upload your PDF file > > v. Create Book Cover > > 1. Front & Back > > 2. Suggest you > use a picture on both front and back > > a. > Review carefully how the book cover looks with the pictures > > b. > The back cover is great for a large family picture > > vi. An example of pricing – 370 > page book, 8x11, Color front and back hardback cover and black and > white pages inside book costs about $25. A 785 page book costs about > $35. > > vii. Books are printed and shipped in > about 5-7 days by www.Lulu.com > > > > These were the steps that I used in published three books, the > smallest was 370 pages and the largest was 785 pages. I hope these > steps may help you in writing a book. > > ___ > Leon Chapman > [email protected] > ----- > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:58 AM, elizabeth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thank you, Ron. I think my concept of what Legacy does has been wrong. I > have focused on the narrative book features thinking I could produce an > actual book but am finding that is not the case. I do think Legacy is a > great product and appreciate it very much. > > > > It isn't what I thought it was as far as making a family book but it is a > wonderful way to organize and store information. I know I will need to > continue with my .rtf file for the book, although I had hoped to find an > easier way in Legacy. > > > > I'm really hoping for ideas/suggestions from people on this list who have > actually created family books, using Legacy features, since I haven't quite > figured it out yet......... > > > > How did they enter their info into Legacy in such a way that it was quick > and easy to copy/paste into a .rtf file? > > > > How did they organize their book so it was understandable and easy to > follow? > > > > Where do they enter photos so that they would appear with the person's > data in a book? > > > > How did they include 'branches' that are not part of their direct line? > etc. etc. > > > > I would never even attempt to create a family book without all the help > found in Legacy. > > > > Elizabeth > > ================================================ > > > 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). 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