Patricia: The key to the phrase "radio buttons" is that when you select one, all of the others are automatically unselected.
In the old days on car radios, as you remember, when you pushed one in, the one that was already in popped back out. This is obviously a useful concept, and so it is implemented in different forms on screens. As I recall, the one you were working with was the Gender set of butttons on the Individual window. You can (obviously) be M, F, or Unknown, and so when you select one, any one already selected is unselected. A good example of a concept from way back in our youth that is still valid! Jennie --- Patricia Hickin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Brian, That worked fine, though I surely did > have a hard time > finding those tiny M F buttons on the Edit screen, > especially as they looked > sort of grayed out. The Help directions called them > "radio buttons" -- what > on earth is a RADIO button?? or why on earth are > they called radio buttons?? > > I was afraid I wouldn't be able to open legacy or > the file but had no > problem with either. > Thanks so much!! > > Pat > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 11:12 AM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] File maintenance, gender > > > > To change the gender of a person you have to first > unlink them from a > > marriage so they are single. > > > > Go to your first cousin and the incorrect gender > husband. Note any > > information you have on their marriage (this will > get lost and you will > > have to re-enter it). > > > > Right click on him and select Unlink from spouse. > > > > Now in the name list find him and select him. > > > > On his edit screen you can now change him to a > male. > > > > Now you should be able to link him back to his > spouse and all will be > > well. You will have to re-enter any marriage > information though. > > > > To Link him to the spouse find the spouse (if > there were children she > > should still be linked to them so it is better to > start from her than from > > him) right click in the spouse area and select add > spouse, when offered > > use the link to existing person, select the > husband from the name list > > that opens and then fill in the marriage details. > > > > Brian > > Customer Support > > Millennia Corporation > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > > > We are changing the world of genealogy! > > > > When replying to this message, please include all > previous correspondence. > > Thanks. > > > > > > Patricia Hickin wrote: > >> On my lapstop, on which I have not yet upgraded > Legacy from Deluxe 6.0__? > >> to the latest version, I did a Potential problems > check ca a week ago and > >> have been correcting everything I could since > then. Last night I did a > >> File Maintenace check and only got one error -- > namely a first cousin's > >> husband on his parent's family page showed him up > as female (i.e., in > >> red--my women are red, not black--I don't know > why). This is a file I > >> imported several months ago as a gedcom from an > FTM 10 file and having > >> been using without problems since. He was in the > correct (I.e., husband) > >> position when I did an edit. > >> > >> I used Help but could not understabnd the > directions for gender change. > >> So I simply put him in again as a new son and > entered the little data > >> that I had. Then I deleted the original (red) > husband/son. But after > >> that when I did an edit he and/or the new son > showed up in the WIFE > >> position and I couldn't link him to a wife. > >> > >> So I used the View, Name list and went to my > first cousin (Bessie) and > >> there she is showing MULTIPLE husbands (she was > only married once) and > >> when I clicked on the husbands icon, it wouldn't > open and I got some kind > >> of message about individual #1523 (not the MRIN, > which was 414 I think). > >> I can't remember if I attempted to edit her -- if > I did the husband field > >> was blank, though the husbnd icon showed multiple > husbands, > >> > >> By this time Legacy was totally frozen and I > could not maneuver around in > >> it. I couldn't even exit it, though I was able > to click on File, Exit -- > >> but nothing happened. I could click on the x in > the red box and close > >> it -- it didnot ask if I wanted to back up. > >> > >> Fortunately I had backed up the file before I did > the File Maintenance > >> Check/Repair. > >> > >> So my questions: > >> 1. what should I do next? (please just tell me > what to click > >> on--otherwise I simply cannot follow the > directions--sorry!) > >> > >> 2. how do I change the gender (again, please tell > me what to click on)? > >> > >> 3. why on earth did deleting somebody cause such > problems and why was he > >> still there (apparently) in my first cousin > Bess's files? > >> > >> 4. Why did he not show up as a potential problem > instead of on eht File > >> Maintenance Check/Repair. > >> > >> THANKS FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME! > >> > >> Pat > >> > >> Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to > Alaska or a FREE research > >> trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open > to users of Legacy 6 > >> Deluxe. 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