Thank you for responding. I appreciate you taking time to respond. Sharon
> On Nov 19, 2013, at 6:42 AM, "Randy Clark" <[email protected]> wrote: > > File|Restore Family File > > >> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Sharon Burns <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> I do all of my data entry on one computer which includes my family and my >> husbands family. I have not entered photographs etc. yet. Transferred the >> data from another program by GEDCOM. >> I backup, copy and paste the backup to USB flash drives. I have the >> program installed on my husbands desk top computer. >> I then copy and paste the backup file into the data file in the program >> on his computer. >> Have read the manual and cannot find the last step to get the program to >> read the backup file. Would appreciate information about the last step. >> Thanks, Sharon Burns >> >> Sharon >> >> > On Nov 18, 2013, at 10:57 PM, "Wendy Howard" <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > Hi Dee, >> > >> > That depends entirely on the recipient, and what they've got at hand, >> > and how much you want to share with them. >> > >> > If they are readily online and are using Legacy, and you want to share >> > the whole contents of your Legacy file*, put you can put your .fdb file >> > (or a backup) into a Dropbox folder (or some other cloud storage >> > facility) and either share the folder or a link to it with the other >> > person. >> > >> > (Dropbox makes it easy to share a link to a file or folder with another >> > person - who does not need to be a Dropbox subscriber - which gives them >> > the ability to view and download the file, without giving them the >> > ability to make changes to that file, which would then affect the copy >> > on your own computer.) >> > >> > * You can, of course, make a copy of your original file and edit it to >> > remove data that you don't want to share with that person, then share >> > that edited file with them. >> > >> > Since the Standard edition of Legacy is free, the only impediment to >> > sharing the .fdb file is the other person's willingness to download and >> > install the program. >> > >> > If they don't use (or want to use) Legacy, then you'll need to export a >> > GEDCOM file and send/share that in some way so they can import it into >> > whatever program they use. >> > >> > If you want to also share all the photos and documents, etc, that you've >> > linked to in your database file, you will probably want to run a full >> > Legacy backup (including multimedia files) and share that with them in >> > some way. >> > >> > If the other person doesn't use the internet, or has a slow connection >> > or limited data allocation, you may be better off burning it all to a CD >> > and sending that to them. >> > >> > I haven't covered everything here, but I'd need to know more about what >> > the other person has at their end to be more specific. >> > >> > Hope this helps. :-) >> > >> > Kind Regards, >> > Wendy >> > >> > >> > Dee Ziegler said the following on 19/11/2013 5:36 p.m.: >> >> What's the easier way to share a Legacy file, data only, by gedcom or >> >> on a CD? Or is there another way, as an attachment? Should the >> >> recipient download the standard version of Legacy first? I tried to >> >> read the instructions (which emphasize multimedia) but am confused. >> >> Thanks. 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