I polly outta stay out of this, but I won't. After following the thread here, sounds to me as if you don't really need *colors*, all you really need is a way to distinguish the 23 John Smith or Benedict Beek one from the other.
In the name fields, Legacy has both a prefix and a suffix, both of which will display in the Name List as well as the family-view and pedigree view. Pick one of 'em, and assign your color-lines a number -- me, I'd assign the line with the most people the #1; but you could assign Amber as #1 and Yellow as #25; or your own line as #1, etc. The possibilities probably rival those 256 million colors 90% of the population can't distinguish anyway. If this knots up your undies, no need to say so, you can just ignore me. Lots of people *DO*. Cheryl Who still not-so-secretly prefers PAF 2.31. Dawn Beeks wrote: > Barbara, > > Thanks for your input. > > Because I have 10 different lines of “beeks”, when they pop > up, I really need to see what line they are in, so I don’t > have to follow the line until I see someone familiar and > say, oh it’s this line. And people have said, create 10 > projects but that doesn’t allow me to move the person easily > to the supposedly correct line/project. So the color is the > big clincher for me, especially when I have 5 or 6 Johns > and Williams all born in the same timeframe. J > > When you did your transfer, did your colors roll over or > disappear? > > I’ve tried doing the colors, but I can’t get it to stay or work. > > I will go ahead and buy the deluxe and play some more before > I make that final decision__ > > Dawn Beeks > > 653 Pampas Place > > Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 > > 520 249-5595 > > [email protected] > > *From:*karenhappuch [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Sunday, November 30, 2014 8:01 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] TMG looking for new home Legacy vs > RootsMagic 7 > > Dawn, > > I've migrated from TMG to Legacy over the past few months. I > looked at the same programs that you have, but chose Legacy > as my main program. At first the lack of flags (Legacy calls > these "tagging") and the lack of accent colors bothered me. > While improved tagging would be great, I no longer miss the > accent colors. > > The free version of Legacy has only 3 tags, but the full > version has nine. Mine were assigned very quickly and I want > more, more, more. > > IMO TMG users considering Legacy should buy the full > program. That's the only way that you'll see all of Legacy's > functions and options. > > Barbara 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
