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Sent from my iPad > On Dec 2, 2014, at 8:58 AM, singhals <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > 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). 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