I agree with Dennis and others on this matter. Under no circumstance should "sort by date" be automatic or the default. For those who want this, it should be an option that has to be selected. -- Ron Bernier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 06:50:23 -0700 (PDT), J S, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Although I'm really new to Legacy, I love the event section and > would find it most helpful to have the default sorted by date of > the event. With that said, once you go to options and change to > sort by date and save it, it's done. Yes, its a pain to have to do > that each for ech individual, each time we add another event, but > we do have the capability of sorting by date. It would be a > wonderful enhancement and for someone who has a "ton" of documents > to enter into Legacy, it would be a great timesaver. > > Joan > > Arnold Sprague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dennis, >> I believe that Janis Gilmore raises a good point. Legacy, by >> default, as you noted, arranges Events as they are entered. >> However, one does have the option of reordering Events by Name or >> Date for each individual. >> If the default ordering can be undone on an individual basis, >> then why not allow us the option of selecting the default by Date >> instead of when entered? >> Yes, I know that you are going to state I should send this in as >> a suggestion, but I believe this needs to be discussed here more >> to see how many Legacy users would like an automatic sort by >> date. Or at least that option. >> I, for one, find it hard to understand why the order of censuses >> under Events do not sort automatically by year, so that the >> earliest census is on top, instead of in the middle as is often >> the case. Again, this can be an option under Options/Customize. >> Arnold >> >> >> At 07:18 PM 6/24/2006, you wrote: >>> On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 16:11:31 -0700, "Janis Gilmore" wrote: >>> >>>> Is there a way to set the Individual event screen to sort by >>>> date, by >>>> >>> default? >>> >>> No. Not all Events/Facts have dates. They are added in the >>> order you enter them. It is up to you to arrange them. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Dennis M. Kowallek >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/[email protected]/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
