But for what I need to do I need to have two active menus, ie, two versions of my source list so I can see what I am doing in changing and don't totally screw things up.
The silence on the subject of an easy way makes me think there isn't one. :-( On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Ron Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > You don't need 2 menus with split screen. The "active" database will have > the title bar colored so it is obvious and the other open database window > title bars will be dimmed. Prior versions of Legacy allowed for up to 9 > databases to be open simultaneously even though it was pretty crowded on > screen. The current help file for version 8 states that up to 6 databases > can be open at the same time. > > The "active" database is the one that the menu will affect. You can't > execute more than 1 menu at the same time anyway so just click the title > bar of the window you want to use and then whatever menu commands you want > for that window. > Ron Taylor > > On Friday, May 23, 2014 12:59 PM, Cheryl Rothwell < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > With the split screen view you don't get two menus. Legacy will not allow > you to open two menus in the same instance of the program to compare > anything. I hate that about Legacy actually. > > > 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
