Ward, Maybe I'm just more tired that I think I am. Clearly, I'm not following your line of thought.
So I think I'll just go back into my little cave and play with my mental blocks a while. Cheryl Ward Walker wrote: > Cheryl, as I said in my posting after the one below, Jay's evidence shows > that what you say is true (and on up the ancestral line). > > The unusual situation arises if, for example, you set a direct line from a > half-sibling or from a half-cousin. > > My only point is that if I have gone to the trouble of explicitly setting a > preferred spouse, and then I later set direct line relationships, I would > expect the software to either honor my explicit setting or else warn me that > it is undoing it. > > Ward > > -----Original Message----- > From: singhals > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 5:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse > > Since I wasn't sure I understood what the OP was trying to > do, I've stayed out of this one, but this one caught my > attention, so -- I would have thought if *you* are the root > person, and so marked, then your biological parents would > become one another's preferred spouse, regardless of how > they may or may not feel about that. > > And, further, I don't see why anyone would want it differently. > > What I HAVE wanted is a way to list all bio-children of > Person "A" (male or female) regardless of the other > bio-parent's name. Be nice if the list were differentiated > so I could TELL which set, but I have more than one family > where HE married 3 times and SHE married 4 times, and I get > really frustrated clicking through 7 marriages to see > whether Billy-Joe is his kid or hers. :( > > Cheryl > > > Ward Walker wrote: >> I am having trouble following this, Jay. The Help text is >> not very clear, but the focus is on preferred child, not spouse. >> When you set direct line ancestors as preferred, my >> understanding is that it marks individuals. This allows >> these individuals to appear bolded in certain situation, >> like in the name list and in the children list shown in >> Family view. >> Are you saying that setting direct line ancestors also marks >> preferred spouses, overriding any explicitly marked >> preferred spouse of an individual? Likewise, does it mark >> preferred parents, overriding any explicitly set preferred >> parents? (Even if so, if the explicit settings are made >> after setting the direct line, then they should stick, I >> would think.) >> We’ve established that when you navigate from a child to a >> parent, you get the preferred set of parents for that child, >> regardless of which spouse is set as the preferred spouse. >> But that should be the only case. When you navigate from a >> couple to a child, you should always see that child’s >> preferred parents and preferred spouse. Same if you navigate >> to an individual from the name list. >> Ward >> *From:* Jay 1FamilyTree<mailto:[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Saturday, August 17, 2013 9:17 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> *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 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]<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 >> > >> > 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] >> <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]> >> > <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]>>> >> > >> > 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. 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