Gather Media and Media Relinker are supposed to fix just those problems. Once you start playing with it, you will see what a great improvement they are over what we had in L7.5.
Headstone pictures are a problem. I publish my research two ways: With Legacy Book reports and on the web by exporting a Gedcom to TNG. With TNG, attaching a picture to a burial vital event is no problem as its publishing format is more like a Family Group sheet than a Register report. A Register (or Book) Report does not intrinsically have an effective format for including photos with vital events, like it does for Custom Events.
In general, I have moved to using custom events to attach any vital event pictures to my Family File. AND, using the Media Gallery's Clipboard facility, have been able to easily move the media from one event to another easily.
john.
PS: Speaking as a tester and not an employee of Millennia, I think you made a mistake installing L8 in C:\Legacy8. I know of no tester who has done that or tested Legacy installed anywhere but the default location. Prior to L8, you would have been correct to install in a root folder. One of the key reliability upgrades in L8 is moving to make use of the Microsoft standards for data and program separation and getting the protection afforded by the same. It is likely going to limit you moving forward and you may have bugs we did not see because little or no testing was done in your configuration. When you have a support issue, you will need to tell them you are not installed in standard location. I cannot stress enough how important the L8 new install structure is.
At 10:22 AM 11/28/2013, William Boswell wrote:
I've had problems finding image files in Legacy 7. I'd put grave photos under Burial Pictures (the plus sign to the right of Buried on the Individual's Information). Then when I go to the place where I linked other photos of the person, the grave photos are not there. I got the feeling that I had photos all over the place hidden then ended up attaching them again and entering facts that go with the photos.
I haven't experimented with the new photo features in version 8 yet, but I hope it has been improved.
I was always at odds with attaching grave photos with a burial since it has nothing to do with the actual burial. I do have a few photos of actual funerals, but mostly grave stones taken maybe 100 or more years after burial. I was never sure where the grave photos belong. It would be nice to have all photos in the same place so they don't get lost.
I'm very happy with version 8 and I consider this a major release and improvement over Legacy 7/7.5. I also like the interface. Since I use Microsoft Office 2007 and am used to the ribbon, there is no learning curve for me. There was when I first got Office 2007 years ago so those not used to the new interface may find it strange at first until you get used to it.
Bill Boswell
From: John B. Lisle [ mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 11:59 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Delete 7.5?
Bryan,
I do not know if you are one who is adding a lot of media to your Family Files, but the new tools for media are going to make life much easier dealing with any media.
Start by setting 6.2 to define for each family file what folder you want to use as your default folder for media.
Then check out the tools Gather Media and Media Relinker. Some folks used those tools to find photos buried who knows where on their PC and move them into organized folders to make moving your family file from one computer to another a dream. And the Media Galleries where you add new media to your family file have much more functionality.
I was able to add 100s of media to my Family File in an afternoon.
This is just one of the features we gained with the new user interface.
john.
At 11:03 PM 11/27/2013, Bryan Pratt wrote:
Tut, tut, Ron. Do you begrudge the work (as a software/web man) spent by many on any work as âÂÂmere additional functionsâÂÂ? You seem to be damning with faint praise.
Quote: âÂÂAs it is, V8.0 does give this, especially with Event Sharing, the return of the 5 sourcing
options, the loss of which was lamented by many of us, the improved Family
Search option (although I recognise the caveats with family trees) and I
really do like the new design options, and much more.âÂÂ
ThatâÂÂs err, 4+ reasons I think, at last count, that you might want to part out a few pounds.
Bryan in NZ
Sent from Windows Mail
From: Ron Ferguson
To: Legacy
Carl,
Whilst I agree with your praise for the Legacy program, and I am sure that
Legacy will be delighted with your undoubted loyalty, you have not given me
one reason why I would spend money to upgrade.
For me, I need to see technical improvements, and/or, additional functions
which I need - not the same as mere additional functions!! As it is, V8.0
does give this, especially with Event Sharing, the return of the 5 sourcing
options, the loss of which was lamented by many of us, the improved Family
Search option (although I recognise the caveats with family trees) and I
really do like the new design options, and much more.
Are there things which I would have liked which are not there? Sure but
there is sufficient there to raise my interest.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
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