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----- Original Message ----- From: "Elsie Saar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Hourglass report? > Hi Benoit, like you, I'm a week-long user of Legacy, coming from FTM. > I like the feature of linked photos instead of imbedded photos but I'm > sure not everyone does. I have discovered that an add-on program > called Charting Companion for Legacy does bow-tie charts, similar to > hourglass ones. Hope this helps. > Elsie Scharpf Saar > > Genealogy research > American: Parks, Avann, Bulson, Soden, Menkens > German: Wienecke, Storz, Scharpf, Saar, Stelzer > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Benoît Bousquet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: January 14, 2006 5:18 PM > Subject: [LegacyUG] Hourglass report? > > > > Greetings. > > > > I am a new user of Legacy 6.0 Deluxe. I had been using Family Tree > > Maker for years but was frustrated by some of its shortcomings > > (mainly regarding data management). > > > > After spending the last 3-4 days getting acquainted with Legacy, I > > must admit that it has great features (love those master lists, the > > Geo DB, US county verifier, tagging features, etc.). I am, however, > > a bit disappointed with two things: > > > > 1. Pictures. There doesn't seem to be a way to embed the pictures > > into the family file. Therefore, I have to manage a separate > > "database" of picture files, which clutters my data folder (or > > whichever folder I designate as such). I know this was documented on > > the site but I still would qualify this as an annoyance. > > > > 2. The customization level offered by some of the charts is > > insufficient. I have yet to find a way to generate a vertical > > descendancy chart and I haven't seen a way to generate what FTM > > called an "hourglass chart". This is basically a descendant and > > ancestor report on the same page, for a selected individual. Is it > > hidden somewhere or is this specific chart just not available in > > Legacy? > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
