Itzhak
You are not the only one who would like the ability to change the
Christening field.
It's possible in the future that some options could be added for other
near birth events as this is a special field which is used as a birth
alternative when birth information is not available. There are certainly
suggestions officially logged for that.
However, Events like Occupation and Residence belong in Events/Facts
section where there are default sentences provided or you can write your
own.
As you know these can be displayed on the Family View screen if desired.
If you use the Christening field for different purposes, you'd either
have to always edit your reports in a Word Processor or leave that field
out of reports as it wouldn't make sense as Ron has discovered. But this
is not a program fault as Legacy provides perfectly good events where
this information is supposed to be entered.
Cathy
Bob Austen wrote:
Hi Itzhak and Ron,
Maybe I am missing your point…
You can change ‘Christened’ to another one of many choices, including
‘Occupation’.
By clicking on the ‘event title’ brings up a screen where you can
‘Customize Family View Information’. Then clicking on the box with the
three dots in it you can change the event to one of many.
You can change ‘Christening’ to ‘Occupation’
Click on the ‘Christening’ title
Click on the box (with 3 dots) on the appropriate title (Christening)
to be changed
Scroll down to ‘Event’ and then ‘Select’
Then choose ‘Occupation’ from the ‘Master Event Definition List’
And you now have ‘Occupation’ in place of ‘Christening’.
You may also have different scenarios saved and can load them to suit
your changing needs.
Ron, I haven’t checked on how this prints out on reports but suspect
your point is well taken.
Bob Austen
*From:*LegacyUserGroup
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ron
*Sent:* Monday, May 1, 2017 5:26 AM
*To:* Legacy User Group
*Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Data Entry Default Events
Hi Itzhak been a big pain with me also I have printed about 6 books on
family trees, I just put in the christening spot; Occupation; Sleeper
Cutter. for example looks badly out of place but it get the
information I need, just say to people its the way the program is set-up
would-be very nice if more options were available
Ron
On 1/05/2017 4:10 PM, Itzhak Epstein wrote:
Dear all,
I posted the message below four years ago.
Legacy v. 9 was released recently but it does nor appear to have
addressed my concerns below, or am I wrong?
I am impressed with Legacy but have not made it my primary
genealogy program.
Itzhak
At 04:05 PM 5/15/2013, I wrote:
I use Legacy 7.5 Deluxe Edition,
Its basic data entry (Individual's Information) window seems to be
hardwired to four initial events -- born, christened, died and
buried. Other events have to be selected from a menu. Hardly
anybody in my database was baptized, and even their circumcision
dates are not particularly important to me. Similarly, burial data
is not that important to me. On the other hand, residence and
occupation data are important to me. How do I replace "christened"
and "buried" in that window with other events?
The Family window started with the same four event plus "cause of
death" and I replaced three of the events in it. This deals with
display but not with data entry.
Itzhak Epstein New York, NY
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Itzhak Epstein New York, NY
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