Hi Charlene, I'm not quite with it today and hadn't read the whole thread.
Having your file in Legacy 7.5 and his in Legacy 8 will probably simplify your issues of comparing files and adding relevant data. In his file, you could have tags for different things verified and a tag when you finished comparing someone. eg tag 1: verified birth tag 2: verified death ... tag 9 done You can label the tags on the Advanced tag page. You might want similar tags in your file - at least a tag = I've finished checking this one against Dad's. Cathy Cathy Pinner wrote: > > Charlene, > > Just to add to what Chap has said. > > You just need to install Legacy 8 to the defaults. It doesn't > overwrite version 7 etc. It installs to the Program Files whereas > earlier versions by default installed to C:\Legacy and if you changed > it, you had to avoid the Program Files folder. > Earlier versions of Legacy had a default Data folder under the program > folder: C:\Legacy\Data > Legacy 8 has default Data folder in Documents. It sets up a folder: > Documents\Legacy Family Tree\ > In this folder is a folder for Data (which you don't have to use but > might as well). > However there is a vital folder in this Legacy Family Tree folder. > It's called _AppData and it contains your settings. You can't move it > or rename the Legacy Family Tree folder. It will just be recreated > with defaults when you reopen Legacy 8. > > Cathy > > Leon Chapman wrote: > > Charlene: > > You can have both version of Legacy installed on 1 PC. They can be > open at the same time looking at different files. > > Good luck. > Chap > > ___ > Leon Chapman > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > ----- > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 7:17 PM, Charlene C <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Now to further complicate matters.... > > Dad had sent me his revised data files. Then he upgraded to v8 and > I didn't. Then he kept updating the database with legitimate data. > He's snail mailed a data DVD to me. > > I don't plan to update Legacy at the moment, but obviously I'll > need v8 to open his new files. So the question is: Can I have two > versions of the software running on the same mac hine? If so, can > they both be open at the same time (using different data files)? > Otherwise I can try installing v8 on my laptop which doesn't > currently have Legacy, but it's getting old and the Windows 10 > upgrade is causing problems. > > Thanks, > Charlene > > > 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 > > 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
