Wendy, I beg to differ You said "*It bears no connection to what relationships are set in your file,** as* *suggested previously. Its purpose is to determine which spouse will appear next to the individual you navigate to."*
If you use the "Set Preferred line" that WILL change an ancestors spouse to preferred if it wasnt already. And then if you navigate back to someone who is not a descendant of the couple to whom the preferred setting was changed, it will stay that way, until you manually change it back, or until you select a descendant of the original preferred couple and set preferred line. Does that make sense? Jay On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Wendy Howard <[email protected]>wrote: > The Preferred Spouse is set to the individual, the person whose spouses > you are looking at. > > Click on the spouse icon (in Family View that's the single person of the > opposite sex at the left-hand end of the icons in the husband and wife > boxes) and another window will open up listing the spouses for that person. > > One of the spouses listed will have an asterisk (*) in the P column - > that's the "preferred" spouse for this particular person. By default it > is the first spouse attached to that person. > > If there is more than one spouse, you can choose which spouse will be > the "preferred" one - that means that when you navigate to this person > (not the spouse), this is the spouse who will appear next to them. It > has no bearing on which is the first spouse or how they will appear in > reports, that is determined using the Order arrows to sort them as you > wish them to appear. > > It bears no connection to what relationships are set in your file, as > suggested previously. Its purpose is to determine which spouse will > appear next to the individual you navigate to. > > I don't know what the problem is that Howland isn't getting the result > he should be seeing. Howland, I presume you've closed down Legacy and > rebooted your computer since this all started? It's sounding to me like > you need to contact Support for this, if you haven't already. > > Kind Regards, > Wendy > > > David Abernathy said the following on 18/08/2013 12:33 p.m.: > > > > To whom is the setting “Preferred Spouse†set to? > > > > Thanks, > > > > David C Abernathy > > > > Email disclaimers > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com > > > > == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == > > > > *From:*Kathy Thompson [mailto:[email protected]] > > *Sent:* Saturday, August 17, 2013 5:02 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse > > > > Howland: > > > > Logically, yes - so why it's not working, I'm not sure. > > > > Hopefully someone more techy and Legacy knowledgable will have or find > > the answer for you > > > > Kathy > > > > On 18 August 2013 09:26, Howlanddavisii <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Kathy: > > > > Yes it makes sense. But I am the root person for the direct line so > > that should mean that I can make decide which wife is the preferred, > > right? > > > > Howland Davis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kathy Thompson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected] > >> > > To: LegacyUserGroup <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > > Sent: Sat, Aug 17, 2013 6:56 pm > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse > > > > Hi Howland, > > I'll try to explain a bit better but using one of my own blended > > families as an example > > > > Under Tools > Set Direct Line as Preferred ...... when I set myself as > > the root person for that, then I have my Dad & my Mum correctly > > showing for my Dad's marriage. > > > > However, if I was to use a child of one of my half-siblings from my > > dad's first marriage, and set them as the root person for the Tools > > > Set Direct Line as Preferred... then when I look at my father's Family > > view, it shows his first wife, not his preferred wife, because it is > > showing the direct line of the designated person. > > > > Hope that makes sense. > > > > Kathy > > > > On 18 August 2013 00:00, Howlanddavisii <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Kathy: > > > > It may be doing that; I don't know. 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