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--- Begin Message ---Thanks for all your insight! The work around will the do the trick. I will need to move the spouses apart a bit to make room for "div". What is the method to do that without moving their whole line? Thanks!! > On Jun 16, 2017, at 1:27 PM, Michael Feldman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've just completed a set of descendant charts for a reunion of my mother's > extended family. The event -- the first such in 50 years -- took place last > Saturday in Philadelphia with splendid turnout, and everyone had a wonderful > time. > > Many in attendance were wowed by the 20-page booklet showing the 5 > generations starting with my grandparents who arrived in the US in 1907. My > mom was the youngest of their eight children. Using v8, I was able to control > the chart content on each page by adjusting its starting point and number of > generations displayed. This allowed me to produce a very attractive set of > sub-family charts (one or a few pages for each of the eight). A number of my > relatives made clear that this would be a tremendous resource for them and > their kids. > > I handled the divorce issue by inserting a little text box with "div" just > above the double line that connects spouses. (See the "Insert" tab -- 3rd > item in the chart menu.) Luckily there weren't too many of these. I also > confirmed with divorced family members whether or not they wanted the "div" > to be published in the chart. Some did, some didn't. I made a policy decision > to prioritize family harmony over genealogical precision -- this was > definitely the right choice for the circumstances. > > I found the ability to hand-edit a chart -- move boxes to better fit them on > a page, add text boxes, etc. -- to be a useful feature. I do wish the chart > were better integrated with the database; as it is, even a slight change to a > box's content (correct a typo or whatever) requires the chart to be > regenerated from scratch, so any hand-editing is lost and must be re-done. > I'd like to see a Legacy chart work more like one in a spreadsheet -- the > chart is dynamically linked to its content so a change in the database is > automagically reflected in the chart. > > I'd also like to be able to specify that a date be displayed as year-only. In > this era of privacy concerns, one's birth date has become an important > identifier (especially in health care). I'd like to be able to flip a switch > to suppress month and day, so as to show the approximate age of a relative > without exposing their full birth date. Perhaps I'm missing something, but > with v8, I found no way to do this except to physically delete month and day > from their record in the database. > > I'll put these in as suggestions. All in all, I was satisfied with Legacy as > a vehicle for this. For now, my project is complete; we'll see what the > future brings. > > Michael Feldman > Portland, Oregon > > Linda wrote: >> Done --- suggestion entered! >> >> >> Linda York In God I trust ! >> >> >> On Friday, June 16, 2017 9:05 AM, Sherry <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Charley, >> >> Showing the marriage status on charts, both in Legacy Charting and on the >> charts in Legacy, is something that's been requested for years. Sadly, this >> request has been ignored. >> >> Please go to the Legacy Home tab and in the Support section, click on the >> link "Make a Suggestion". >> >> Let's keep bugging them for this very important piece of data!!! Without it, >> it looks like the people in our tree are a bunch of bigamists!!! <g> >> >> Sherry >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Charley Foell <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 08:47:21 -0400 >> >> Subject: Divorce in Legacy Charting >> I am doing a family tree for my wife's family reunion. Several have >> requested that divorce show on the Legacy chart. >> I don't see a means to do that. >> >> Thanks, Charley >> >> >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> >> >> > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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