I got to the Descendant's link and it took me to the page with the Coat of Arms. I couldn't find a PDF file. Maybe because I would need to sign in?
I'm trying to follow your information. You can add place-holder pages to keep numbering intack and then replace the blank pages with the pdf files. By "blended families" do you mean families where two branches intertwined because of cousins, or step cousins/etc marrying. For a book, I would likely redo the whole part and use the report information, but edited. Does Legacy add any text files as media? such as extracted obits or stories? If I thought a pdf creator with Legacy was the answer (if my open source program didn't work) I would purchase one. Then would you cut and paste the legacy report into it before editing? For my first small book, I used Word Perfect. It was frustrating, because sometimes the photos or images would get pushed pages away from where I put them. Eventually I got it finished, but wouldn't want to do a large book that way. And now I use open office, not Word Perfect. A desktop publishing program that didn't cost a fortune might be the way to go. I think I used one in the distant past, but it too had it's quirks. For my second small book I used Photoshop but obviously that's not ideal for a book. So many options and none are perfect. But Legacy will be the base for any final program so it will have to work with reports. I hope I don't sound too confusing; if I do it's because I'm confused. ;) >________________________________ > From: Jan Roberts <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:20 AM >Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Link to a site that has a nice way of presenting the >family info > >If you’d like to have a look at a ‘book’ I’ve generate from Legacy go to >http://www.branchesandtwigs.wikispace.com >Scroll down the left hand side until you get to a link to Descendants of >Thomas SULLIVAN. Click on that, then click on the link to Descendants of >Thomas SULLIVAN.pdf. That will take you to a report I generated in Legacy. I >quite like the pdf output from Legacy - I guess the only drawbacks are that >all of the images are in a line down the right hand side, and some of the >images are too small to read the text. >Legacy doesn’t print other ‘media’ files attached to your report, for example >pdf files. You would have to print and add them separately for your book. I >haven’t used the publishing centre in Legacy, but I believe you can add >place-holder pages which keep page numbering intact and you can replace the >‘blank pages with your pdf files. Another drawback is that in the case of >‘blended’ families, which I like to include because I am more a family >historian than a true genealogist, people who are included in two (or dare I >say more) marriages have all of their information printed twice (or more) even >if you have selected to not include duplicate lines. As I don’t have a pdf >creator program I can’t edit my Legacy generated pdf’s and remove the surplus >entries. I tried using rtf format, but found that removing great chunks of >text messed up pagination and image placement among other things so I have >opted for pdf and leave the duplicate info. Because I publish as a wiki rather than an actual book I am able to add extra photos, pdfs etc. to my wiki site. > >Cheers >Jan >From: Marg Strong [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2012 14:46 >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Link to a site that has a nice way of presenting the >family info > >Actually, I was looking at it more from the viewpoint of printing out a "book" >than as a website presentation. I liked the interspersing of images with text >since I think the average person not into family history might find that more >interesting. I would make changes, but it added to my ideas for presenting a >"book." I'm not sure how legacy prints out the media files with reports >because I am far from learning that as yet. > > > > > > >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
