You cannot modify the male female indicators when a person is married or linked in a similar relationship. To change gender in those cases you can use the swap husband and wife on the Edit menu to change the gender of both participants.
Living = No will also be set and cannot be changed if you have entered anything in the death or burial fields. Those red exclamation marks are showing potential problems, if you do not want to see them on screen Go to Options > Customize > 8. View and turn off section 8.11 Monitor Potential Problems. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 25/11/2014 5:58 PM, Charles Brasell wrote: > recently upgraded from Ver 7.5 to Ver 8 for the family file which hasn't been > used > since 2003, apart from occasional updates. > I now find the the Living indicators and the M, F, ? are grayed out for for > practically > all persons and can't be accessed. Most living people show a dot but the M > and F is > unselectable, being grayed out. > Operating Vista on this desktop, and struggling to remember all of Legacy's > little > intricacies when every page is peppered with red exclamation marks! > > It is very comforting to see some familiar names answering questions after 10 > years, > perhaps I will knock down some brick walls this time, and find a passenger > list. > > Charles Brasell > South Pacific 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
