Sorry. Thanks for the correction. I was answering too many emails at once. I create a copy of my Legacy 7 file and convert the copy to into Legacy 8. It's for MyHeritage that I must use GEDCOM.
CE > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant list names are not bolded > Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:45:46 -0400 > > Why import a GEDCOM when Legacy 8 can open the 7.5 file directly and > convert it to Legacy 8 format? The GEDCOM import process is going to > cause data changes you may be blaming on Legacy 8 as bugs. > > Make a backup in Legacy 7 then open Legacy 8 and use File > Restore to > restore the Legacy 7 file into a Legacy 8 copy. Just make sure that your > Legacy 8 file is not in the same folder as your Legacy 7 file so it does > not overwrite your Legacy 7 version. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > On 15/07/2015 12:23 PM, CE WOOD wrote: > > That is exactly what I do. I import my 7.5 created GEDCOM into 8, every > > three or four months to see if 8 is usable yet. Yesterday was one of those > > times, and so, I must wait longer. > > > > I really don't like using beta versions, which I consider 8 still to be. > > Every bug fixed seems to create one or more new ones. Sigh. > > > > > > CE > > > >> From: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant list names are not bolded > >> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:33:50 -0400 > >> > >> A better method, if you want to run both 7.0 and 8 in parallel, is to > >> use 7.0 as your master file and do all your updates in that version. > >> Each time you want to update your Legacy 8.0 version restore the most > >> recent 7.0 backup into Legacy 8. That will preserve all your Legacy > >> specific data structures such as SourceWriter style sources and date > >> modified etc. which are lost when transferring data between versions > >> using a GEDCOM. > >> > >> Brian > >> Customer Support > >> Millennia Corporation > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > >> > >> On 15/07/2015 9:38 AM, Michele/Support wrote: > >>> Jerry, > >>> You can run both Legacy 7.5 and Legacy 8 at the same time no problem. > >>> They install into different directories and they don't interfere with > >>> each other. Having said that, you can't share files between the two. > >>> You can open Legacy 7 files in 8 but you can't open Legacy 8 files in 7. > >>> You will have to create a gedcom in Legacy 8 and then import that into 7. > >>> > >>> > >>> Michele > >>> Technical Support > >>> [email protected] > >>> www.legacyfamilytree.com > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Gerald E Boor [mailto:[email protected]] > >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 8:51 AM > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant list names are not bolded > >>> > >>> With all the bugs reported in Legacy 8, how easy will it be to have both > >>> Legacy 7.5 and Legacy 8 running on the same computer, when both were > >>> purchased? Jerry Boor, MerriamFamilyTree.org 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
