Loran, I agree completely with your advice about playing around with any new program to see how it works, and you are quite right, most are very hard to "break". I would just add a couple of things which may help newcomers: 1) Included in the Legacy download is a sample file which is well worth playing with 2) In Legacy the help pages always give the most uptodate advice and are easy to search.
Good luck with your explorations. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *Use Legacy Search - see My Blogs* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ ______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ > Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 09:29:22 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Learning to Use Legacy > To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > Regarding learning to use Legacy (or any computer program) now getting some > focused attention in Legacy News, etc. I offer the following. > Many people (including folks like me over the age of 70) are hesitant to test > their computer program functions for fear that they will damage something. I > am using a 4 generation copy of my Legacy primary family line data. I call > this file copy "MyLearningFile". Because MyLearningFile is clearly a copy > that can be easily replaced if needed, I feel entirely comfortable to > experiment with any Legacy function without fear of damaging the program or > my important data. > I just received my order of the Legacy training disks that I am anxious to > use soon, so I expect to get even more ideas of how to try the many functions > in Legacy in MyLearningFile before applying my new skills with my "real" > files. > I am encouraged to mention this here because several folks I have encouraged > to do this have told me that it really helped them get going with Legacy. Of > course, this idea is aimed mostly at people who are just beginning to use > Legacy better. > I do appreciate watching the ideas and discussions from others about using > Legacy more efficiently, so to them I say thanks. Hopefully I can be as > helpful to others when I see something I might contribute (always easy to > delete it, if not) > Loran Ralph Braught > [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (812) 535-3618 > 8380 N. Crestwood Pl > West Terre Haute, IN 47885 > Researching mostly Braught/Braucht, Bruner, Ruggles, Riley > Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features > not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp>http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp</a>.</p> > <p>Legacy%20User%20Group%20guidelines%20can%20be%20found%20at:%20<a%20href=> > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
