Peggy I produced a PDF from Legacy and used PDF software called Nitro (it’s much less expensive than Acrobat) and I can then do further editing, adding text, pictures etc. This is not the PDF reader software which is free, this is software that you have to purchase (there is a 2 week free trial period) for about £60 sterling (guessing about $100 US) that lets you work within the actual PDF. That is exactly how I produced that sample book, but I have to be honest and say that I normally use a desk top publishing program called Quark Express, although the cost is not justifiable for the average person (about $1,000 US). As far as the content of the book goes, just using Legacy can restrict you a bit to more or less the historical aspect, my sample was to throw some other ideas into the publication. The finished article will then have much more appeal to others, almost a book to leave on the coffee table! I would always start by making a “Legacy Report”, it still does most of the work for you. Les PS Did you like the montages?
From: Marg Strong Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Link to a site that has a nice way of presenting the family info I really enjoyed looking at your book example and it's encouraging that it was produced mostly with Legacy reports. As I looked it over, other ideas came to mind and I jotted them down. I'm not sure what you mean by learning more, but not on PDFs. I have open source software that produces PDF files, but at this point have so much to learn about legacy that it will be awhile before I am at the place of using it. Did you mean more tips on how you enter information into legacy? I am always interested in that, since I still have so much to enter. Peggy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Les Williamson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:53 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Link to a site that has a nice way of presenting the family info I have mentioned my website before and don’t want to appear to be promoting it again, however there is a lot of tips and help in it that is worth absorbing. Here is a link to a PDF on the site http://www.familytreebooksandcharts.com/products/family-tree-books/example-content/ The book was almost all produced using the “Legacy reports”. Some seasoned users will spot some of the “Legacy” deficiencies, and in fairness to Legacy, if I spent more time mastering all of it’s features, I could probably overcome many of them. If anybody wants to learn more (and is prepared to spend a little money buying PDF software) I am more than happy to give you full instructions (not lessons on PDFs). Les Bonnie Scotland From: Marg Strong Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:46 AM 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sherry/Support <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Link to a site that has a nice way of presenting the family info Definitely more contrast! A lot of us have vision problems which require good contrast. If I had found that site through a google search of my surnames, I would have immediately backed out of it because it's too hard to read and, if I could find your contact info, send you an email to that fact! Check out www.WebAim.org for information on web accessibility for those with vision and other disabilities. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Paula Ryburn <[email protected]> wrote: > That certainly is nicely done, though I would have more contrast between > background and font color. 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