On 05/03/2014 10:07, Genealogy wrote: > Can someone please explain why there are two levels of customisation? > > The help says: > > *User-Defaults Settings* > > You can change any of the option settings to however you want Legacy to > work and look. Some of the options you set apply only to the current > family file you are viewing and have *(ff)* at the end of the option > title. Others are global options that apply to all family files and the > user interface of Legacy and have *(gbl)* at the end of the option title. > > Why do users need two levels, previous Legacy versions only had one and > that was great and worked with all files new or old, now every time a > new, or previously unopened existing file is opened in Legacy8 that file > has to be customised to suit the users preferences. This may be in the > form of changing each setting to suit or using the Options for Default > Setting IF the user has previously saved their ALL current settings as > user defaults. > I would have thought it was obvious. It gives the user the option to have different settings for different family files if that's what suits them. Those that want everything the same can select the same options for all files.
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