Legacy 8 allows you to set two lines and use 8 colours rather than the original 4. There's more in the Help file than what Sherry has quoted.
This is not doing what you've been using colours for in TMG if I understand you correctly. To bring over the TMG colours you need to use some alternative such as a code in privacy brackets in the Suffix field or the extremely complicated tag system suggested. Since you need tags available to do complicated searches, I wouldn't assign too many tags to keep track of things. Much better to add a Private Event that you can search for and create a Search list when you need to concentrate on that particular thing. Cathy Dawn Beeks wrote: > > So you are saying I can have only 4 colors and I must use the ones > listed below. Or can I use more colors. > > Dawn Beeks > > 653 Pampas Place > > Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 > > 520 249-5595 > > [email protected] > > *From:*Sherry/Support [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, December 01, 2014 7:35 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] TMG looking for new home Legacy vs RootsMagic 7 > > From the Help file for Ancestor: Color Coding > > Accredited genealogist Mary E. V. Hill developed this color-coding > system used in Legacy. Adding color-coding to your organizational > system helps keep your ancestral lines straight and promotes effective > genealogy research. > > The idea for color-coding began when family researchers finding lots > of collateral genealogy information felt a need to concentrate > direct-line great- and great-great-grandparents going back for many > generations. > > As they worked on large pedigree charts it became overwhelming until > they divided the chart up into four quarters by color. > > Color-code your pedigree by the lineages of your four grandparents. > All the ancestors of one grandparent will be organized under the same > color: > > Grandfather's lineage on your father's side: BLUE > > Grandmother's lineage on your father's side: GREEN > > Grandfather's lineage on your mother's side: RED > > Grandmother's lineage on your mother's side: YELLOW > > As you navigate through your family file in Legacy the color code for > the current individual is shown on the /Family /and /Pedigree Views > /letting you quickly know what line you are looking at. > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Dawn Beeks <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Are you saying you can only have two colors in one project? So if I > have 4 lines of Beeks in one project, I can’t start with the ancestor > and give each line a different color? I would want something like the > Beeks of VA to be Blue, Beeks of PA be green, Beeks of OH be yellow > and Beeks of SC, be red. > > I find that strange, with the huge color palette you can choose from. > Or am I not understanding something. > > You can put me down for testing too > > Dawn Beeks > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 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
