#1 response - you need to set that bookmark to you and your third wife. Delete the one you have, then go to your third wife with you and save it as your bookmark I have my third relationship set as preferred and when I click the bookmark it always goes to that one. On 8/18/2013 9:18 AM, Howlanddavisii wrote: > Jay: > I am not sure that I understand what you were saying but it makes > me want to add information and to try something. > Maybe that is my problem. My tree is basically a descendancy tree > coming down from the 1650s to my grandchildren but I am the root > person for the preferred line (none of my children or grandchildren > are in bold type). After I confirm that my third wife is the preferred > spouse, I go away from that husband and wife screen under two scenarios. > 1) I go back to my great grandfather, etc., and then I click on > my name which is one of the three bookmark names at the > bottom of the screen. I and my first wife are shown; this is > not as I want it. > 2) I go back to my great grandfather, etc., and then I come > back down through my grandfather, then to his daughter > and then to me. I and my third wife are shown; this is how > I want it. > Why don't the two methods end in the same result? > Howland Davis > -----Original Message----- > From: Jay 1FamilyTree <[email protected]> > To: LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Aug 17, 2013 9:19 pm > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse > > 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 wasn't 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] > <mailto:[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 > > > > > > *From:*Kathy Thompson [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] > > *Sent:* Saturday, August 17, 2013 5:02 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[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]> > > <mailto:[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]> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > To: LegacyUserGroup <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[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]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > wrote: > > > > Kathy: > > > > It may be doing that; I don't know. Would you explain > further and > > in more detail? > > > > Howland Davis > > > > > > > > > > > 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
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