Ancestry.com does not have a color capability for its family trees. Here is what one of its users came up with to overcome this lack of capability. In the individual picture area, she used a blank colored background for a picture. This is a method that could be used in Legacy. One could make the preferred picture a colored background and it would be visible on the family view and the pedigree view.
The limitation I see here would be searching. There is no capability to search using the preferred picture as a parameter I personally would not like this method because I would prefer to see a headshot of the individual on the family view and pedigree view instead of a color blotch. However, it might work for someone who is primarily interested in showing DNA proven lineages. Bobby From: Dawn Beeks [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 9:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] TMG looking for new home Legacy vs RootsMagic 7 Okay please bear with me on these color questions, as my mind is trained in TMG :) We 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] <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
