I have such a problem with Legacy Help! I wish that some of you who are apparently able to understand their instructions will read the following and tell me what I am doing wrong!!
For example, I want to tag the ancestors of a particular individual (Susan Berry McChesney). So I go to her screen in the family view & click “Help”> “Index.” I enter “Tag” as the keyword > & click “Display”. In the right-hand box the first entry is “Ancestor Options.” So far, so good. However. . . ., The first paragraph says: “Make sure the person you want is displayed in the Current Individual box at the top. (Use the Change button to select a different individual.) Using the up and down arrows on the spin control, set the number of generations that you want to include. “ Here are portions of the above paragraph and my questions associated with each: 1. “Make sure the person you want is displayed in the Current Individual box .” QU. WHAT is the “Current Individual box”? STEPS I take to find out: Go to Legacy Help Click the "Search" tab. (Actually, I try the “Index” tab first but there are no entries.) Enter “current individual box.” Click “Display.” Click “List Topics” Are the topics in alphabetical order?? No way! Is the first topic ”Definition of term”? No way! The first topic is “Legacy Features.” I highlight “Legacy Features” and click “Display.” There seem to be zillions of Legacy features! so I click in the right hand box, I do a ctrl “F” (for "Find") and in the search box I type in “current individual box.” I am told “No matches found”! I do a search on “current individual” and look at everything highlighted. No help. (By this time I’ve totally forgotten what I’m trying to do anyway.) 2.” . . . at the top.” QU: At the top of WHAT? 3. “ (Use the Change button to select a different individual.) ” QU: “Change button” of WHAT?” STEPS I take to find out: Go to Legacy Help Click the “Search” tab. Enter “Change button.” Click “Display.” Click “List Topics” Are the topics in alphabetical order?? No way! Is the first topic “definition of term”? No way! The first topic is “Legacy Features.” I highlight “Legacy Features” and click “Display.” There are zillions of Legacy features so in the right hand box I do a ctrl “F” and type “Change button”in the search box. I am told “No matches found.” 4. “Using the up and down arrows on the spin control . . . .” QU: WHAT on earth is “spin control”? (I thought that was for politicians.) So AGAIN I go to Legacy Help and go thru the usual routine. But this time--I think--I’m lucky! Only 7 topics!! And one is “Ancestor Options”! “Aha,” I think, “At last!! I’m getting somewhere!!” Eagerly I click ”Display.” And what do I read in the first paragraph?? “Make sure the person you want is displayed in the Current Individual box at the top. (Use the Change button to select a different individual.) Using the up and down arrows on the spin control, set the number of generations that you want to include. “ So, after ALL that time I’ve just gone around in a circle!! I MUST be doing SOMEthing wrong, but I surely don’t know WHAT!!! Suggestions are VERY welcome!!!! Thank you! Pat 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
