Re: [LegacyUG] Keyboard shortcuts

2013-11-29 Thread Virginia Blakelock
William - I expect Legacy is just keeping up with the times, but it will be a loss in productivity for some users. You can still find used Avant Stellar keyboards - a classic and probably the best keyboard for a professional typist ever built (function keys on left!). My Avant Stellar is about

Re: [LegacyUG] Keyboard shortcuts

2013-11-29 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Message- From: Virginia Blakelock [mailto:vblakel...@gmail.com] You can still find used Avant Stellar keyboards - a classic and probably the best keyboard for a professional typist ever built (function keys on left!). My Avant Stellar is about 13 years old and still in perfect condition. See

[LegacyUG] Change font color of male and female names in Index et al.

2013-11-27 Thread Virginia Blakelock
I find the reference to this in the Help index but cannot find the specific place to change those colors. ?? Virginia Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 - It's Now Available!!

2013-11-26 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Jemima - That sounds like the step where they asked for your _customer number_ from your existing copy of Legacy (assuming you were upgrading). That customer number is in your existing Legacy Help General Information Customer Number. Virginia On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Ardenholme

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Charting problem

2013-11-03 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Cathy - Note you can only 'Save' the chart in the Legacy chart format, but must' Export' it to get it into another format - like pdf. This is the sequence I used: Create the chart click on Publish on top menu tick export to PDF press Calculate button and select 'View after Exporting.' The

Re: [LegacyUG] Produce a Tree Chart/Report with specific events

2013-10-26 Thread Virginia Blakelock
comes out (and I get all my data straight and entered in relation to these things) On 26 October 2013 10:53, Virginia Blakelock vblakel...@gmail.com wrote: Kathy RM allows all events, including custom, up to 8 data lines in a box. TMG - which uses the same underlying charting software as TMG

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 3314

2013-10-15 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Mary - See the list archive message below: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/msg33799.html Note I found this by Googling for Legacy Error 3314. Virginia On 10/15/2013 1:02 AM, Mary LeClerc wrote: I've checked the online error list and don't find this. Was

Re: [LegacyUG] reloading legacy

2013-10-01 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Marli - Google for 'Legacy runtime error 339'. That will take you to the solutions. Virginia Marli wrote: HI- I just had to wipe out my software and replace it. The guy thought he had saved my programs, but I have not been able to get into some of then. Of course Legacy is the first and

Re: [LegacyUG] ? about the new shared even feature

2013-08-01 Thread Virginia Blakelock
. There are *no* Shared Events in V 7.5 as Brian said. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Virginia Blakelock Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 6:56 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] ? about the new shared even feature On Thu

Re: [LegacyUG] ? about the new shared even feature

2013-08-01 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Kim - Exactly - thank you. Virginia On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Kim kim.mi...@wightman.ca wrote: I think what Virginia means is with a program such as RootsMagic it does export the shared facts in the GEDCOM, but other programs can't understand/import them. The shared facts are not a

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Family Tree 8 Revealed - Q/A, new Tagging options, and other surprises

2013-06-16 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Ron - Designating someone as a candidate for a relationship is common practice in gen research - and having the ability to include that info in the software in a standardized format can be helpful to the serious genealogist. Where I have seen that option in gen software, there is little chance

Re: [LegacyUG] Editing reports in Microsoft Word

2013-06-15 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Barbara - As you probably know you would want to first convert your rtf to Word format using' File / Save as .doc' in Word to convert. Alvy Ray Smith also published Word macros to accompany the article.If you can find them, they might be more useful than styles. I assume you have his

[LegacyUG] V8 preview

2013-06-09 Thread Virginia Blakelock
See the Genea-Musings blog / SCGS Genealogy Jamboree - Day Two for some v8 preview details: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/06/scgs-genealogy-jamboree-day-three.html Virginia Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

Re: [LegacyUG] Backup Error: 530

2013-05-28 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Kathy - Rightclick on the Legacy icon and 'run as administrator' (note this is not the same as logging in as administrator) If that works, you should only have to run it as administrator that one time to fix the license key. Another program had the same problem in v8 and this was the

Re: [LegacyUG] Handling large charts

2013-05-27 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Dave - Can you download the driver for that specific plotter, make it your default printer, and print the file to that plotter instead of a PDF file? Your friend could then use that file to print the chart. An alternative used in several of the other genealogy software programs for large

Re: [LegacyUG] Handling large charts

2013-05-27 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Ron - JPG is extremely poor quality for chart output and not recommended. Photos and text will be grainy - particularly noticeable in a large chart. The genealogy software native chart output is best quality; second is PDF to a virtual printer or to a plotter. If Dave has the plotter driver,

Re: [LegacyUG] Establishing a Word Processor

2013-05-07 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Jerry - That is a Windows fix, associating a file extension with a particular program. Rightclick on any .rtf file from Legacy, click on Properties / Opens with / Change button. Select WPX5 as the default. That will be a permanent fix for all future .rtf files. Virginia On Mon, May 6, 2013

Re: [LegacyUG] Establishing a Word Processor

2013-05-07 Thread Virginia Blakelock
As Jay said: From the Menu OptionsCustomize Launch Word Processor, you have the correct path for Legacy to find the exe file for your WordPerfect?? You will want to navigate to the .exe file in Windows Explorer to get the full path. The path will be similar (mine is Win7) to the one for WPX11

Re: [LegacyUG] charts and adopted children

2013-05-02 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Laverne - There is an example of a chart showing both the biological family and the adopted family here: http://www.familytreemagazine.com/upload/images/pdf/adoptiontree.pdf This is similar in appearance to a bow-tie chart in Legacy. You could create one side from your Legacy bio data and

Re: [LegacyUG] How to join family files in Legacy

2013-05-02 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Wendy - I'll be the dissenting voice. I have 4 separate projects - my parents and my husband's parents. The families lived in different parts of the country and there is no overlap. Our children's records are with my husband's surname. I've been doing this for about 20 years and never had a

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy won't start - nvdxgiwrap.dll

2013-05-01 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Google for nvdxgiwrap.dll to find more information on the problem, possible causes and solutions external to Legacy. Virginia Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

Re: [LegacyUG] Irritating aggravation!

2013-04-26 Thread Virginia Blakelock
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 7:28 PM, gcr...@juno.com wrote: I have my Legacy7 data files sync'd between desktop and laptop computers using SugarSync (similar to Dropbox). I've found doing the same operation (opening/closing WORD, PDF, Text files) on the laptop version does NOT result in the error

Re: [LegacyUG] PDF Error

2013-04-25 Thread Virginia Blakelock
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:27 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot br...@the-lightfoots.com wrote: In preparation for an upcoming family reunion this summer, I’ve been creating some reports to distribute (digitally) as PDF files. I’ve always disliked the “ComponentOne PDF Generator” that is the built-in PDF

Re: [LegacyUG] Irritating aggravation!

2013-04-22 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Gary wrote: For some time now almost every time I open a source document I have affixed to an individual in the Picture Gallery located on the FAMILY tab this happens. Doesn't seem to make any difference what type document (WORD, PDF, TIF) I have the same problem. When you are in the Picture

Re: [LegacyUG] Panic!

2013-04-10 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Barbara - The MS Fixit program can often fix the problem with the installation software in a Windows environment. The problem is almost certainly with Legacy not with Windows. Virginia Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21

Re: [LegacyUG] Panic!

2013-04-10 Thread Virginia Blakelock
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:33 PM, BK Ford pastors...@gmail.com wrote: Virginia, in order to use the MS Fixit program, do I uninstall everything first, delete the Legacy Folder on C, or at what point do I use this program? I would not uninstall or change anything. Download Fixit and follow its

Re: [LegacyUG] Panic!

2013-04-09 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Barbara - You may also want to try Microsoft's Fixit Program for Install and Uninstall Problems. I have used it successfully several times with various programs. http://support.microsoft.com/mats/Program_Install_and_Uninstall/ Virginia Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Panic!

2013-04-08 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Barbara - The Legacy Help site has detailed instructions for handling Installation problems. Perhaps you will find some suggestions there: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/helpWindows87andVista.asp Virginia Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

Re: [LegacyUG] Font control

2013-03-30 Thread Virginia Blakelock
- On 29-Mar-13 2:43 PM, Virginia Blakelock wrote: John - Did you try changing the font in the Font options? There is an example in the link below of an event report using Liberation Mono. (Click on Full Size at top of that screen to view): http://screencast.com/t

Re: [LegacyUG] Screen font size

2013-03-30 Thread Virginia Blakelock
John - On the top menu: Options / Customize / Fonts / Screen fonts. Or Ctrl-Z takes you directly to Customize. Click on Change to change the font; if you just want to change the size, go to the right side of that window where you have a minimum and maximum font size when resizing the window.

Re: [LegacyUG] Font control

2013-03-29 Thread Virginia Blakelock
John - Did you try changing the font in the Font options? There is an example in the link below of an event report using Liberation Mono. (Click on Full Size at top of that screen to view): http://screencast.com/t/lRhsJlYT1vJw Virginia Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestors Report

2013-03-21 Thread Virginia Blakelock
Sherry - The Legacy Charting Companion web site (link below) shows a chart with Ancestors with siblings. Is this different software from the chart feature in Legacy DeLuxe? I can't find an option there to include the siblings. http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LCom-Charts.asp Virginia On Thu,