Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Unable to copy scanned documents into Legacy events or Notes

2009-05-09 Thread Dede Holden
Bill, I've been following this thread with interest. I must say I agree with Janis. Transcribing the documents, even just the essential parts, has helped me more than once to put some pieces of the puzzle together that I might not have seen if I were simply scanning and saving. Just my FWIW.

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Unable to copy scanned documents into Legacy events or Notes

2009-05-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On 5/8/09 3:42 PM, Bill Rhodes wlrho...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to all who responded to my request for help and advice. I have spent the last day or so checking them all out. To Ward Carl - no, OCR is not included in my Scanner which is an Epson Perfection  4490. To JLB, the

Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer Legacy files to reformatted computer?

2009-05-09 Thread ewinpa
Hello, Thanks to all who replied to my request for help. I ended up just getting a newer computer instead of reformatting my old oneit was old!! I will soon be putting Legacy on this new computer and will try to follow the instructions you all have given me.but I'm wondering if I can

Re: [LegacyUG] Publishing Center Descendant Book Report

2009-05-09 Thread Alastair Lack
I've decided that the downsides of using the book are greater than the upsides. You've highlighted one. However, I also want to put in fan charts - otherwise multiple lines of descent are difficult to understand. And I want to put in one or two word.doc files. So I've got round all the problems by

Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer Legacy files to reformatted computer?

2009-05-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 9 May 2009 10:00:00 -0700 (PDT), ewinpa ewi...@verizon.net wrote: I'm wondering if I can just drag my entire old Legacy folder to my new hard drive (C:) since my old hard drive was installed on this newer computer as drive E:. Or do I still need to install Legacy on C: and move all my

[LegacyUG] Any unusual Events with their sentence structures?

2009-05-09 Thread Cathy
Dear Legacy group, Does anyone have a listing of out of the ordinary events along with applicable sentence structures? For example, I found a reference to the registered ear marks used to brand an ancestor's cattle but am unsure how to add it to my database. With city directories, I can

Re: [LegacyUG] Any unusual Events with their sentence structures?

2009-05-09 Thread Connie Sheets
Cathy chorn0...@verizon.net wrote: Does anyone have a listing of out of the ordinary events along with applicable sentence structures? For example, I found a reference to the registered ear marks used to brand an ancestor's cattle but am unsure how to add it to my database. With city

[LegacyUG] Re: Unable to copy scanned documents into Legacy events or Notes

2009-05-09 Thread Bill Rhodes
Many thanks to all who responded to my second request. Lots of great suggestions! For the time being I think I will stick with FreeOCR recommended by GeneY which seems to work fine for my use. One question, Gene - is a tutorial available somewhere for FreeOCR? I'm figuring out a few things by