Re: [LegacyUG] Reports - which would be appropriate?

Ian, I think you have to play with the reports and charts and also think about what the group is interested in and how much they are interested. I work with Descendant Charts from the relevant grandparents and then ancestors with grandparents in the second generation. To do this I have a fake

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in Color

Barbara, You can colour some parts of chart reports. On the main Report screen look for the Colour text and boxes button. Cathy Barbara Schwarting wrote: Help would be greatly appreciated.  I can't get a Pedigree Chart Report to print in color.  I've done it in the past, by accident -- that

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

Can you give us some idea of what the problems were. Maybe we can figure out what went wrong. Brian Kelly On 03-Jun.-20 9:07 a.m., Roberta Schwalm wrote: I tried using Excel as suggested by Brian Kelly (and others previously) but it didn't work for me even if I am a long-time Excel user.

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

Odd. Worked perfectly for me. All I had to do to get the data I wanted was to sort by column B. See attached for a screenshot. Gary On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 9:18 AM Roberta Schwalm wrote: > I tried using Excel as suggested by Brian Kelly (and others previously) > but it didn't work for me

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

I tried using Excel as suggested by Brian Kelly (and others previously) but it didn't work for me even if I am a long-time Excel user. Roberta Schwalm On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 8:22 AM Gary 'n Mic McFall wrote: > Thanks for the follow up. I was able to get the counts I needed with the >

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

Thanks for the follow up. I was able to get the counts I needed with the suggestion from Brian Kelly. I'm going to keep your suggestion, though, as it may come in handy for related needs. Gary On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 7:22 PM Roberta Schwalm wrote: > Let me know if it works for you. And if

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

When I was researching my early Powell family history, I found a Powell family that I thought was my ancestral family [later found to be otherwise]. When I did, I found a Richard Powell from New Jersey. He was married to Charity Chew. She had 21 children, so such do happen, although they are

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

Let me know if it works for you. And if you have any questions, just let me know. Roberta On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 5:47 PM Gary 'n Mic McFall wrote: > Thanks for the idea/suggestion! > > Gary > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 3:28 PM Roberta Schwalm > wrote: > >> Have you tried doing a descendants

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

I have known a couple of families who had that many children. Both had twins (some of them 2 or 3 sets) so it is entirely plausible that they did have that many kids. And don't forget: no TV, no contraception back then!  On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 5:58 PM Sherry H wrote: > Are you *sure* they

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

Positive, 21 kids, single births, w/ the same mother/father. My wife's father is one of the 21. :) On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 4:58 PM Sherry H wrote: > Are you *sure* they had 21 children? I've worked on families that I > thought were really large, only to find out that some kids were called by

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

Are you *sure* they had 21 children? I've worked on families that I thought were really large, only to find out that some kids were called by either their first or middle name, even in census records, and found out there weren't as many kids as I originally thought! And some were crazy like Peter

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

Thanks for the idea/suggestion! Gary On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 3:28 PM Roberta Schwalm wrote: > Have you tried doing a descendants chart, starting with the couple? > > Select the couple with the 21 children and click on *Reports* and select > *Descendant > Book* > > Click on *Options* and check

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

Have you tried doing a descendants chart, starting with the couple? Select the couple with the 21 children and click on *Reports* and select *Descendant Book* Click on *Options* and check at the bottom if the name of that couple is there Under Options, select which Option you want (there are

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

Perfect. Thank you so much! Gary On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 11:56 AM Brian Kelly wrote: > Not directly but this might work: > Select the couple who had the 21 children > Tools > Set Relationships to one of them > Reports > other reports > Relationship report > Select all individuals > with

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

Not directly but this might work: Select the couple who had the 21 children Tools > Set Relationships to one of them Reports > other reports > Relationship report > Select all individuals with relationships. Select CSV as the report destination. Make sure you know where the report will be

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

Thanks, I will give them both a gander. Ian On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 6:21 PM Leon Chapman wrote: > The Family Dictionary report will report on all people in your database > > > > Hit’em Long & Straight! > > > > ++ > > Leon Chapman > > chap...@gmail.com > > + > >

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

The Family Dictionary report will report on all people in your database Hit’em Long & Straight! ++Leon Chapmanchap...@gmail.com+  From: Ian MacaulaySent: Friday, January 31, 2020 2:10 PMTo: Legacy User GroupSubject: [LegacyUG] Reports Did anyone find an efficient

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

There are only two reports that can be prepared for all people in a database. The Individual Chart Report can include all individuals. The Family Group report can be set to include all families (marriages). You might be able to use the multiple lines of Descent (MLD) report by including all

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports for General Notes

Thank you everyone. I finally figured it out with all your help. Debbie On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 7:06 PM Cathy Pinner wrote: > Debbie, > > PDFs should be included in the Media File List provided you have checked > to include the items they are linked to. For example, if they're linked > to Source

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports for General Notes

Debbie, PDFs should be included in the Media File List provided you have checked to include the items they are linked to. For example, if they're linked to Source Detail, then make sure Source citation detail is checked. They are listed after the Image files are listed under a Header Document

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports for General Notes

Hi Debbie You need to be aware about the differences between .JPG and .PDF files, since they are designed for different tasks. A JPG file is simply a scan of an image, from a camera or a scan. As such it is easy to include it within a report since all that is needed is to convert it to a

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports for General Notes

On 2020-01-05 3:49 p.m., Debbie Medeiros wrote: I'm having problems with the media files. Some of my files are jpeg and others are pdf. It doesn't look like the pdf files are showing up on the print preview. Under the picture scrapbook options, I have checked off include picture files and

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports for General Notes

Cathy, I was able to get the general notes done with your direction, but I'm having problems with the media files. Some of my files are jpeg and others are pdf. It doesn't look like the pdf files are showing up on the print preview. Under the picture scrapbook options, I have checked off include

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports for General Notes

Debbie To see all General Notes. Do a Detailed Search (Search > Find > Detailed Search tab for Individual    Notes-General    Not equal to    [enter nothing] That will create a Search List of everyone who has General Notes. In the Search list click the Options button then Print if you are using

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports question

Hi Yes, this does seem to be settings on the Descendent Book Report. Looking at the report options, there is a flag for Children of Each Spouse which is disabled, so it must be an option in one of the reports - the Descendent Narrative Report does have the ability to include the spouses'

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports/Publishing Center

Evelyn, In the Publishing Centre, Sources aren't controlled from the Individual chapter settings but from the Additional tab. Cathy Evelyn .. wrote: Go to the Publishing Center Highlight the chapter you want to change (Pedigree Chart) and click on the button at the bottom "Edit Settings

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports/Publishing Center

Go to the Publishing Center Highlight the chapter you want to change (Pedigree Chart) and click on the button at the bottom "Edit Settings for Current Chapter" Select the TAB for the chapter you want to change (Pedigree) Report Options > Sources tab > uncheck box "Print source citations" &

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports/Publishing Center

Thanks, Chap! Good suggestions! I appreciate your thoughtful assistance! Gene On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 1:29 PM, Leon Chapman wrote: > Gene: > Normally, I would think you would only want to print one set of sources at > the end of all chapters rather than after each chapter. >

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports/Publishing Center

Gene: Normally, I would think you would only want to print one set of sources at the end of all chapters rather than after each chapter. In the Publishing Center form where you have selected the 3 chapters to include, there is a Tab at top of window called "Additional". Click on that Tab and then

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

There is an option on the Check Repair screen about checking and reporting of same-sex marriages. If you turn that off you will not get reports for same-sex marriages. I leave it ON so I can see if there are any same sex marriages which should not be in my file. Brian Kelly On 22-May-17 5:56

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports for Couples who **Had No Children**

Florence, Provided you have ticked the box for This couple had no children on the Marriage Information screen, then when the marriage is reported in Book Reports, it goes on to say: They had no children. Cathy Florence B wrote: > > Has the issue from the post regarding no issue (children) in

Re: [LegacyUG] reports converting from pdf to word processor

Google Docs (free) can do all kinds of conversions - to and from - PDF files. MS Word 7 - has a great Insert picture menu command. I like to format a picture in a picture program before I insert it in word, Resize, crop, clarify c. Just make sure you have the needed options checked in the Word

Re: [LegacyUG] reports converting from pdf to word processor

I'm using  MS Word 2007 and it can open the pdf, but the photos are excluded.   I also have Open Office and it's not the answer either. The rich text doesn't include the photos either. Thanks anyway.Syble On Friday, June 5, 2015 9:12 PM, Cathy Pinner genea...@gmail.com wrote: Syble,

Re: [LegacyUG] reports converting from pdf to word processor

Syble, The rich text can include the photos IF you choose the right option. They won't be as nicely set out as in the PDF and will need repositioning and probably resizing. Look on the Pictures Tab of the Report Options for the option to Embed the pictures in the rtf. And do read the Help from

Re: [LegacyUG] reports converting from pdf to word processor

Cathy, thanks for your suggestions. Yes, I tried several things and finally used MS Word after creating the rtf in Legacy.  It was an all day project that should have been simple, but at least I have it so I can use it at a family reunion.    I'm sure there must be a simpler way than what I

Re: [LegacyUG] reports converting from pdf to word processor

Syble, Current versions of Microsoft Word will open a PDF. I'm not sure how much editing you could do before you mess up the Table of Contents and especially the Index beyond what you'd want to manually fix. You can save a Book report to .rtf (rich text format) which can be opened in word

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports using d'Aboville Numbers

Thanks, Brian.  I will get that all organized and sent along.                  Priscilla From: Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 10:30 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reports using d'Aboville Numbers If you want

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports - Event Formatting

I'm not sure I made myself quite clear - but if the only way to rearrange the format of the data output is the sentence construction, I won't worry about it too much. I'd just like to be able to print a basic, almost summary report, that presents just the bare facts, with no sentence envelope at

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports - Event Formatting

Based on Sherry's response and my experience, there is no way to change the order of the columns. On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 4:31 AM, Kathy Thompson kmthoms...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure I made myself quite clear - but if the only way to rearrange the format of the data output is the sentence

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports - Event Formatting

Thanks Bruce Kathy On 08/09/2013, at 5:41 AM, Bruce Jones juicebo...@gmail.com wrote: Based on Sherry's response and my experience, there is no way to change the order of the columns. On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 4:31 AM, Kathy Thompson kmthoms...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure I made myself

RE: [LegacyUG] Reports - Event Formatting

Kathy, You can get something like what you want by altering ONE event sentence for the event. The example I used was the Immigration Event and the entered information will read in the order you requested … Event Name - Date - Location - Description I altered one sentence

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports - Event Formatting

Good idea there Mary, the only problem with that for me is that I have (or will have) notes for almost every event, and I have my sentence definitions set up in specific ways to capture all 5 fields. There are times though - like when I'm doing specific research at a library - that I need a

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports - Event Formatting

Sorry, that odd sentence in the third paragraph should read that I'd LIKE to be able to MOVE the date to the left Kathy On 08/09/2013, at 8:50 AM, Kathy Thompson kmthoms...@gmail.com wrote: Good idea there Mary, the only problem with that for me is that I have (or will have) notes for

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports - Event Formatting

to use less paper.   --Paula  From: Kathy Thompson kmthoms...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2013 6:31 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reports - Event Formatting I'm not sure I made myself quite clear - but if the only way

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports - Event Formatting

@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2013 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reports - Event Formatting Good idea there Mary, the only problem with that for me is that I have (or will have) notes for almost every event, and I have my sentence definitions set up in specific ways to capture all 5

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports - Event Formatting

. I've seen other small bugs in that section of logic in the FGR. --Paula -- *From:* Kathy Thompson kmthoms...@gmail.com *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com *Sent:* Saturday, September 7, 2013 5:50 PM *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Reports - Event Formatting Good

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports - Event Formatting

There's no way to change the order which the information for an event shows in the report. In a report, events are listed in the order they show on the individual's Events/Facts list on the Individual Information window. You can change sort by date or name under the Options button next to that

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports - Event Formatting

If you use the List Style formatting, you can't change the order, per Sherry. I have done something similar to what you are asking for using the Sentence Style formatting. It doesn't put things in columns, but I have fiddled with the sentence definitions to add spaces to approximate a column for

Re: [LegacyUG] reports

Well, you may have to go in manually and (after sorting events by date) on the Individual window, highlight the event that you want moved, and then on the lower right, in the Set Order box, click either the up or down arrow to move the event to the position you want it. Pat On Sun, Oct 7, 2012

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports that don't follow my instructions!

On 12/09/2012 16:07, Pat Hickin wrote: Why is it that (in an ancestor report) I get an entry like this: Property: Real estate: $2500, 1870, oodson Twp., WASHINGTON, VA when, if I edit the event, the sentence that appears under the Notes box reads, as I want it to, like this: .Property: 1870,

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports that don't follow my instructions!

Jenny wrote: Can't answer most of your questions but just check that you haven't accidentally got an override in force. Jenny, I've looked everywhere I can think of and the only override options I've found have to do with source citations. So I don't think that's the problem. What is

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports print RIN and other #'s

On 21/04/2012 00:19, ch1212 wrote: I have the Deluxe 7.5 Legacy, and am generating ancestor reports. I have unchecked the boxes for RIN, User ID, etc. because I don’t want any numbers showing in the report. But the system continues to show all the numbers for every name under each name,

RE: [LegacyUG] Reports print RIN and other #'s

To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reports print RIN and other #'s On 21/04/2012 00:19, ch1212 wrote: I have the Deluxe 7.5 Legacy, and am generating ancestor reports. I have unchecked the boxes for RIN, User ID, etc. because I don’t want any numbers showing in the report

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports print RIN and other #'s

On 21/04/2012 18:22, ch1212 wrote: In regards to question 2, is there a way for Legacy to generate a full report that includes everyone in the tree? I'd use Multiple Lines of Descent. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF

/ -Original Message- From: Gociao Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 1:18 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF Thank you, Ron. The using the reset button didn't do the trick. However, when I opened the file in Open Office, I was able to more easily make corrections

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF

: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF Jerry, As I understand it, the difficulties arise from differing interpretations of rtf syntax. I am not well up on this, but I believe that there is no specification for this, and/or any specification is read differently by different compilers of the format. Bob, Libre

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF

On 8/31/2011 4:11 AM, Ron Ferguson wrote: Jerry, As I understand it, the difficulties arise from differing interpretations of rtf syntax. I am not well up on this, but I believe that there is no specification for this, and/or any specification is read differently by different compilers of

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF

-Original Message- From: Gene Young Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 12:42 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF On 8/31/2011 4:11 AM, Ron Ferguson wrote: Jerry, As I understand it, the difficulties arise from differing interpretations of rtf

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF

On 8/31/2011 10:13 AM, Ron Ferguson wrote: Gene, I was obviously unaware of the change of ownership from Oracle to Apache Foundation, as I have not visited there website for some time. I just tried and see that is now like picking a needle from a haystack. I guess my next move will be to

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF

-Original Message- From: Gene Young Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 3:21 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF On 8/31/2011 10:13 AM, Ron Ferguson wrote: Gene, I was obviously unaware of the change of ownership from Oracle to Apache Foundation

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF

On 8/31/2011 11:02 AM, Ron Ferguson wrote: -Original Message- From: Gene Young Didn't spot it did I? Did you spot my bad there not their as well? Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Thats OK, My entire reply was stripped. I was saying that LO is actively being developed.

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF

-Original Message- From: Gene Young Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 4:29 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF On 8/31/2011 11:02 AM, Ron Ferguson wrote: -Original Message- From: Gene Young Didn't spot it did I? Did you spot my bad

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF

Jerry, You give insufficient information to identify your problem, but I would suggest that you first update to the current version as the one you are using is well past its sell by date. Then try again. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Gociao Sent:

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF

Ron hit the nail on the head, The current version is 7.5.0.112 and is a free download. Why would anyone want to run an old version? What gets messed up? The Font? Font size? Spacing? Page breaks? What word processor are you using? There are over 100 possible setting changes one can make

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF

Ron, Ok, updated Legacy to 7.5.0.112 and ran an RTF of an ancestor book report. The result is the same. Word processor is WordPerfectX4. The problems: 1. The list of children is not indented the same as in the Screen/printer view. RTF version: the first line (with the roman numeral) is

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF

Jerry, this might not have any bearing on this problem, but I'll throw it out just in case it does. I also loved WordPerfect and I believe it was a superior product to Microsoft Word - sorry it didn't keep its prominent position. But I would think about trying different formats. I believe that

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF

Thanks for that suggestion, Jerry. Unfortunately, the results are the same. There seems to be some hard formatting in the RTF file that doesn't make it easy. Jerry On 8/30/2011 10:13 AM, Jerry wrote: Jerry, this might not have any bearing on this problem, but I'll throw it out just in case it

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF

Maybe download OpenOffice (or one of the other free ones) and see if that 'plays better' with the .rtf files? On 8/30/2011 1:54 PM, Gociao wrote: Thanks for that suggestion, Jerry. Unfortunately, the results are the same. There seems to be some hard formatting in the RTF file that doesn't

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF

/ -Original Message- From: Gociao Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 5:19 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF Ron, Ok, updated Legacy to 7.5.0.112 and ran an RTF of an ancestor book report. The result is the same. Word processor is WordPerfectX4. The problems: 1

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF

!) Ron Ferguson, http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Gociao Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 5:19 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF Ron, Ok, updated Legacy to 7.5.0.112 and ran an RTF of an ancestor book report. The result

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports in RTF

There's also LibreOffice ... which I have no personal experience with, but it seems to be well-regarded. On 8/30/2011 8:21 PM, Gociao wrote: Thanks for that suggestion, Bob. It seems that Open Office gets along better with an RTF file better than WordPerfect. Jerry On 8/30/2011 11:34 AM,

RE: [LegacyUG] Reports

Thanks Brian for your help on descendants reports From: br...@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reports Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 16:46:10 -0400 Sally, 1. The Descendant Narrative Report is NOT organized by generations. To have a report

RE: [LegacyUG] Reports

Thank you. Seems complicated but will give it a go. Sally From: alfer...@earthlink.net To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Reports Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 09:40:41 -0500 My suggestion is to print the report in .rtf format without any pictures. Use photo

RE: [LegacyUG] Reports

Thanks Cathy-o I will give that a try. Sally Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 08:30:47 -0400 From: chorn0...@optimum.net Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reports To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sally, Try the Modified Register Report instead and you can get what you want. Select the Descendants

RE: [LegacyUG] Reports

Thanks Lester. Sally From: les...@davison.org.nz Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 21:56:38 +1200 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reports To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Word does allow you to resize pictures. Cheers Lester On 8 April 2011 21:24, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

Sally, It is not possible to insert automatic page breaks from with Legacy for the Descendant Narrative Report. I suspect that this is because the report does not really lend itself to such formatting. I cannot help you with WORD, as I use OpenOffice which allows one to adjust the size of the

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

Word does allow you to resize pictures. Cheers Lester On 8 April 2011 21:24, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Sally, It is not possible to insert automatic page breaks from with Legacy for the Descendant Narrative Report. I suspect that this is because the report does not

RE: [LegacyUG] Reports

My suggestion is to print the report in .rtf format without any pictures. Use photo processing software to resize the picture and set the pixels per inch to 300. Then use tables as follows: If the picture will be at the top of the page press enter once. TableInsertTable; # of Col1; # of

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

Sally, 1. The Descendant Narrative Report is NOT organized by generations. To have a report by generations use the Descendant Report not the Descendant Narrative. 2. When Legacy exports pictures to a Word Processor, using the rtf file format, it makes no effort to size the pictures like it does

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports

- Original Message - From: Lester Davison les...@davison.org.nz To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Friday, April 8, 2011 5:56:38 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reports Word does allow you to resize pictures. Cheers Lester However, the DPI or quality of a photo in Word

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports icon

The 3 arrows  will restart the last report for the 'new' person. The 2 arrows scroll the search list. They cqan be placed wherever on the tool bar so may not be next to someone elses. Rich in LA CA --- On Fri, 1/28/11, Kathy Meyer kmeyer2...@gmail.com wrote: From: Kathy Meyer

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports icon

Thanks everyone! There are these fun little tricks to learn about and I've been using Legacy for quite awhile; I haven't used a lot of reports but that should be helpful! Silly me, not bothering to hover over the icon; I should know to do that! Kathy On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Wendy

RE: [LegacyUG] Reports icon

If you mouse over the three downward facing arrows you will see that this brings up the last report you have created. The book icon opens up all the reports, from which you can choose which one you want. Boyd -Original Message- From: Kathy Meyer [mailto:kmeyer2...@gmail.com] Sent:

Re: [LegacyUG] reports and page numbers

Las, It is worth knowing that for every report the help pages are context help, which show the functions of the options available for that page. To answer your question, all reports have a tab called “Report Options” and where applicable have a tab “Header/Footer” which includes the option for

Re: [LegacyUG] reports and page numbers

It would be nice to have a Legacy webinar on the types of reports that can be prepared and some of those hidden gems that most of us overlook. I'm just sayin' Geoff :-) I have lots of webinar topics I'd like to see. Oh and I totally forgot about today's webinar and I'm SO upset! When will that

Re: [LegacyUG] reports/books

I just did a family history for a family reunion. I put it on Lulu.com for family members to purchase. To make the book, I did a report from Legacy and then edited in OpenOffice (chosen because Lulu prefers a pdf and accepted Oo's version better than Word's). By doing this I was able to put in

Re: [LegacyUG] reports/books

@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] reports/books I just did a family history for a family reunion. I put it on Lulu.com for family members to purchase. To make the book, I did a report from Legacy and then edited in OpenOffice (chosen because Lulu prefers a pdf and accepted Oo's version be

Re: [LegacyUG] reports/books

Hi Helen, Further to our off-list correspondence, I will check the wording of my page which lead you to use SAVE rather than CREATE, and revise accordingly. I will continue the detail discussion off-list, as the use of OOo is off-topic for this list. Ron Ferguson

Re: [LegacyUG] reports/books

On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:19:32 -0700, Kathy Meyer kmeyer2...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone used Legacy to create a book? I would suggest playing around with the Legacy Publishing Center. I certainly wouldn't use it to create a real professional book. But I have used it to create a book on one family

Re: [LegacyUG] reports/books

...Of course, you can always dump the report to RTF and use a word processor to fix it up, but that can be a tedious process. If I wanted to add some historical details or other items to make it read more easily and be more interesting, would I do that in a word processor rather than Legacy? I

Re: [LegacyUG] reports/books

Kathy, If I wish to add items additional to that which Legacy was designed for I would use a wordprocessor. As Dennis implies, Legacy can build very presentable reports and books of a simple construction, but for more than that it does have limitations, and rather than play around trying to get

Re: [LegacyUG] reports/books

On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:09:10 -0700, Kathy Meyer kmeyer2...@gmail.com wrote: If I wanted to add some historical details or other items to make it read more easily and be more interesting, would I do that in a word processor rather than Legacy? You can do it in Legacy. If the details pertain to an

Re: [LegacyUG] reports/books

Perfect. Thank you for the explanations; I feel like I have a good understanding of the process now and how to work within Legacy's parameters. As I've played with it, I've come across another question. My reports (Ancestor report, for instance) includes blank lines for information that I do not

Re: [LegacyUG] reports/books

I've tried the word processor route and it's sheer torture. I've tried changing Legacy's .pdf file to text and ends up looking like a dog's dinner. Part of the problem is that I've entered all the censuses for everyone in the Events section with the name and date of the census in the blanks then

Re: [LegacyUG] reports/books

On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:50:54 -0700, Kathy Meyer kmeyer2...@gmail.com wrote: My reports (Ancestor report, for instance) includes blank lines for information that I do not have; I cannot for the life of me find where I can turn that option off. On the particular report's Options tab, look at the

Re: [LegacyUG] reports/books

ci...@treadles.ca wrote: I've tried the word processor route and it's sheer torture. I've tried changing Legacy's .pdf file to text and ends up looking like a dog's dinner. Part of the problem is that I've entered all the censuses for everyone in the Events section with the name and date of

Re: [LegacyUG] reports/books

I do not understand why you are saving to a PDF before you convert to text and put it in a wordprocessor. Simply save as an RTF. I tried it first as a PDF and didn't like the look of the report. Then I tried it as an RTF file and it didn't look any better. I'd hoped that my converting a .pdf

Re: [LegacyUG] reports/books

Saving as an RTF worked very well; it opened in Word perfectly and I can edit it as needed. The Table of Contents did not transfer but it gave me a little note explaining about that. No big deal since with changes I make, the pagination will change. I am still trying to figure out how to

Re: [LegacyUG] reports/books

Hi Kathy - did you try Report/Options/Format/Blank Line Removal? Cheers, Brett BMcL Robinson, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand - Original Message - From: Kathy Meyer kmeyer2...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 9:38 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] reports

Re: [LegacyUG] reports/books

On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:38:01 -0700, Kathy Meyer kmeyer2...@gmail.com wrote: I am still trying to figure out how to eliminate the blank lines in the report though; Go to Reports Books/Other Ancestors By default you will have the Options tab selected. Look in the upper left corner. It says

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