Hi John, I'm not sure whether you are just wanting to check for missing media in your current family file or whether you wonder whether other data may be missing.
Concentrating on the Media. Have you discovered on the Tools Ribbon the Media Relinker and the Gather My Media Tools? These are both new to Legacy 8. The Media Relinker will both tell you what broken media links you have, give you a list, and a way to fix the links IF the media is actually on your current computer with the same file name. It's the paths it's fixing. The Gatherer then gives you a way to consolidate your media in one place if it is scattered across your hard drive. If some or most of it is in sub-folders of one folder, it can be set to leave them alone and only gather those not in the sub-folder structure. Legacy 8 in Options - Customise - 6.2 gives you a place to say where the media should be (or the top folder if you use a number of sub-folders). The Test All Media Files button there will also produce a list of missing media. For comparing files, you can have two files open at once with View - Split Screen. Also on the Tools Ribbon there is a Compare Two Files for Duplicates Tool. I'm not familiar with how this works. There is context sensitive help buttons on all screens. Cathy Hannigan Family Research wrote: > > Over the years, I have worked with various versions of Legacy Family > Software. I am currently on Version 8 - with the latest build (sorry I > don't have it open right now to check the exact number). > > I have noticed with Version 8 that I am having a problem > merging/reviewing old files with my current data. > > Some years ago, I spent a lot of time working with media and sources for > data. Many computers later, to include portable devices (thumb drives, > SD Cards, external HD) I am trying to check to make sure that I have all > my data, media, etc. correct. > > Of course, over the years I have added the date (YYYY) to the end of my > data file and have placed a lot of my research time on hold for other > work related and family related time. > > Is it still possible to merge two files - or at least compare the two > files - so that I can clean up the number of 'Legacy Data Files' that I > have stored on my new computer system? Is it possible to print/save a > list of media errors so that I can link them under the new file > structure that I am using? > > My dad is now 80 years old and wants to have some material published in > a book format to safeguard our almost 60 years of combined work. > > Thanks for your help. > > John Hannigan > Houston, Texas > Searching Hannigan, Gillman in New York City > Searching Donohoe in Boston > Searching Clark, Ratliff in Missouri 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
