Thanks, Cathy. The Ctrl + F6 did not work on my computer. I like to view the files at full screen, but also appreciate that for some purposes it's useful to view side by side.
Barton On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 10:41 PM, Cathy Pinner wrote: Hi Barton, You don't have to maximise the windows unless for some reason you want to work in one file for some time. You have both files open side by side. Bob says you can use CTRL + F6 to move the highlight from one file to the other. And you can have further views open if you have the screen room to make that viable but only 2 files open at once. Cathy Barton Lewis wrote: I had unsubscribed when going on vacation and when I got back, re-subscribed, but because of the ongoing problems with posts going to new subscribers, did not get the other messages (that you refer to, Cathy) responding to my post. I only started getting messages again after contacting Support. So, it appears you can open 2 files, maximize one, then go back to 2 on the screen (per the Restore button that Bob references) and maximize the other one. A little clumsy, but it works. Thanks, Barton -----Original Message----- From: Robert57P_gmail [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 6:36 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] viewing multiple files And, actually, you can have 6(?) files/views open at once. 'course you need a big screen to make all 6 big enough to be able to be practical. Once you have set up the split screen(s) - if you maximize one of them into Legacy's main window, you can get back to the split screen by clicking the RESTORE icon that's on the SECOND row in the top right corner. (The main RESTORE icon in the very top right - if you hover over it the pop-up says "restore down". The second row restore - if you hover over it the pop-up says "Restore Window"). And Legacy apparently honors the MS-Office (Windows?) standard of CTRL-F6 to switch between "split screens". Not real fast, but it does work in Legacy. (On my screen it is having some "repaint" issues when I use CTRL-F6 - but that could be my video drivers for that big screen.) Bob On 08/31/2015 23:54, Cathy Pinner wrote: Perhaps you could read the responses you got before. You can't TAB between two files. You CAN view two files and move between them with a mouse. Cathy Barton Lewis wrote: I want to tab between 2 files. I am not finding the instructions on how to do so at Help. I typed “Multipleâ€Â� in the Help index and selected “view multiple family files.â€Â� The instructions tell you to go to View and Split Screen, and to maximize if you want to do so for one of the files – but can’t you just tab back and forth between 2 different files somehow? Thanks, Barton 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 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
