I was a little puzzled about the answer here, namely that the preferred spouse needs to be listed at the top of the sort order. A quick check of the Legacy Help System says "A Preferred spouse is the spouse automatically shown when their husband or wife is selected or displayed on the Family or Pedigree View as you navigate through your ancestors and descendants.". Note that there is no mention of the requirement to move the preferred spouse to the top. I always thought that the "Spouse List" was merely a means of keeping the chronological order correct as it would show in various reports and in the human brain.
So, I played around in the sandbox a little. Went to somebody that was married several times. As I re-designated a different spouse as the "preferred" one, I jumped elsewhere in the file and then came back. Each and every time, the preferred spouse is the one that would automatically display regardless of the sort order. Not surprising because, after all, that's just what "preferred" is supposed to do. So back to the OP's message. He claims he has changed the preferred designation but Legacy is not following its own rule. That indeed would seem to indicate that something is wrong. I suspect the OP is not following the procedure correctly to designate someone as a preferred spouse. Maybe a little more follow-up from the OP would be in order. Brian in California -----Original Message----- From: Gene Young [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 3:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] preferred person displayed within a marriage On 2/26/2013 5:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I have been married twice and have both marriages entered into my family > tree. My issue is that my first wife always displays first when I open > the program. I have selected my second wife as the preferred person and > followed the help file, but it doesn’t work. There must be something > simple that I have missed here. Could anyone advise? > > Thanks, > > Wes Smith In Family View, click on the spouses icon and move the preferred spouse to the top position. -- Gene Young Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada With Legacy Family Tree http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm 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
