If you are only wishing to tag a handful of people, and you know who they are,
I would do it through the Index window. Find them by their surname or given,
and then the boxes on the far right are tag boxes (in the list view). Double
click an unused tag.
(Shooting from memory as I'm on holiday and not at my pc.)
Jess M
Proud to be Single Mom to
CJ-9
Jo-7
----- Original Message ----
From: Pat Hickin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: LegacyUG <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:11:08 AM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Tagging a family
Dear Listers --
Once again I am unable to understand directions in Legacy Help.
(I am using Legacy Deluxe 6.0.0.155--28 July 2007 build -- because although
I have attempted to download the latest version, and click on download
UPDATE I am eventually taken to a Download Legacy 6.0 screen, which has no
options to download the update and I certainly do not want to download 6.0
again -- so I keep giving up on downloading the latest update.)
At any rate, I just imported a very small .gedcom (consisting of one couple
and their ten children -- no spouses of children) into my main database and
performed the necessary merges with no problems.
I do want to add a source to show that the mother's name and all the
children's names were found in the father's will. (I would have done this
in the .gedcom, but I didn't have the source, which was very complicated, in
the .gedcom -- just in my main database.)
So, I thought "Aha, I will import the .gedcom and then use Advanced Tagging
and Advanced Sourcing to add the source to the Name field in the children's
names.
And SO after the import I checked the Name List and removed all tags from
the entire database, as I didn't need any old ones.
Then from the father's Family View screen I clicked on >
Edit
Tag Records
(the "Advanced Tagging" window opened with the father's name in the
box)
Tag
Make changes on #4
Family
(the "Spouse List for" <father's name> window opened with the father's
name in the box)
I unchecked all the little boxes as I did not want to include any spouses,
etc.
There was NO WAY to "save" these choices so I clicked the "X" to close the
window.
I was now back at the "Advanced Tagging" window.
There was NO option saying "Apply," "Proceed," or "Next," etc., so I
clicked Family (again, which took me back to the Spouse List AGAIN [with
some check marks I DID NOT WANT back in the boxes, so I unchecked them
AGAIN] and again clicked
X which took me back to the "Advanced Tagging" Window AGAIN so I clicked
Close (not seeing anything else to click on, see above).
Then to check to see whether the family had somehow gotten tagged,
I clicked
View
Names
and, contrary to what I wanted, NONE of that Family had ANY tags on Tag 4
(Tags 1,4, and 9 were shown) -- or anywhere else!
Can somebody please tell me what on earth I failed to do this time!!??
(Legacy Help simply says
"A family is considered to be the selected individual and his or her
spouse(s) and all the children from the spouse(s). To tag (or untag) a
family, click the Family... button. The Spouse List for the current
individual appears. If this is not the individual you want to add, click
the Change button to the right of the name and select the desired person
from the Name List. If the individual has more than one spouse, you can
select one of them or all of them by clicking the appropriate button on the
right side."
I cannot see that it says anywhere in Help how to actually apply the tags!)
At any rate if someone can tell me how to actually tag a family I'll very
much appreciate it!! Thank you so much!
--
Pat
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