I'm guessing that rather than family view you need to first be at the tagging screen (Ctrl+T).
On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Pat Hickin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > 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
