Since most of us /aren't/ expert TMG users, we don't know what your TMG box looks like, acts like, or does. Makes it more difficult to communicate meaningfully.
Try the HELP file; click on HELP from the ribbon just under the name of the database. Then click on INDEX and enter Customize. Then click on COLORS then on Customize-View. Scroll down to 8.3. And if it insists on having an ancestor or descendant create Fake_Ancestor and/or Fake_Descendant and color-code from there. Outsmarting the computer is a game and extra points for creativity while playing. Cheryl Dawn Beeks wrote: > Okay please bear with me on these color questions, as my > mind is trained in TMG JWe now have to think outside the > box. I have bought both Legacy and Roots Magic 7 and > playing with the features. > > Below CE Wood said I can use 8 colors. If I pick a > person/ancestor and color code him, say red, will it go down > that particular line and color code all the descendents? > (Even if I had to do manually, I’d do it. It would be > worth it) The system isn’t going to know if it’s my > ancestor, is it? That’s all I need to do, just pick 8 > people and give them a color. What am I missing in doing > this function. If I can do this, then all is good. I > actually needed 9 colors but I can adjust a line. > > If that can be done, where are the instructions to do the > coloring? I tried to do color a person but nothing > happened. I tried it on a couple of people but they all > stayed the same color blue, that system used when you input > a person. Or would it not work because it wasn’t my > ancestor line but again how is the computer going to know > who my ancestor is anyways. > > I do like Legacy a bit more over RM7 because it > operates/look more like Windows. > > OMG all this binary talk, I’m lost on that. I’d probably > have to attend a class to figure that one out. > > Hopefully someone can explain this to me, as to why I can’t > just pick 8 people. > > Tks again > > Dawn Beeks > > [email protected] > > *From:*CE WOOD [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, December 01, 2014 9:10 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [LegacyUG] TMG looking for new home Legacy vs > RootsMagic 7 > > I can see why she is hesitant about Legacy in re the colors, > since Legacy uses color only to identify 8 ancestral lines > of one person. > > It is soooo much easier to identify family groups by color > rather than by number or code; it involves no searches, and > that family group is always immediately obvious. > > This is something that should be entered as a suggestion for > Legacy, although I am not sure she can do that since she is > not using Legacy. > > It is a marvelous idea to use colors to identify specific > families rather than merely one person's ancestral lines! It > would be immensely helpful to those who have many medieval > families with myriad branches that are very difficult to > keep straight. > > > CE > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 12:36:51 +0800 > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] TMG looking for new home Legacy vs > RootsMagic 7 > > 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 B eeks > > 653 Pampas Place > > Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 > > 520 249-5595 > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > *From:*Sherry/Support [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, December 01, 2014 7:35 PM > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[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 th e 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] > <mailto:[email protected]%20%0b%3cmailto:[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 s tart 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]> > 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
