Did you run a Standard ancestor chart? LeRoy > Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 07:46:13 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New Legacy wall > charts - A few observations> > Leroy,> > While I am not very experienced in > this field, I did run a small chart> just to see what one> would look like. > My boxes for each individual did adjust to the amount> of information I> had > for that individual.> > I did not try to adjust or check or uncheck anything. > I just selected> the individual to start> with and brought up the chart and > printed. All of it looked very good.> > Marilyn> > On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at > 5:09 AM, Leroy Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > I am very impressed > with the new Legacy wall charts, especially the Standard> > Ancestor. But I > am also disappointed that the program, at least in Beta> > form, doesn't > allow us to edit individual texts on screen (I don't mean the> > > specially-created text boxes). This option, as I imagine it, would mean> > > universal charts that can be edited to any Western language.> >> > For people > like me who are running out of time waiting for the Spanish> > version of > Legacy to break out of Beta, this is crucial: we must change> > b,d,m,c to > other letters. Other languages still not incorporated into> > Legacy, of > course, face the same problem.> >> > TreeDraw Legacy, although tough to > learn, so far is the most versatile in> > this respect. It allows both > direct, onscreen editing and "replace text"> > changes for imports and > updates.> >> > That said, I'll also note that I cannot control the box sizes. > The program> > will not obey my choice to uncheck "make boxes the same size"; > they continue> > coming out all one size, leaving large wasted spaces in the > older generation> > boxes for which less data is known. Must be a bug.> >> > > One further observation: Bow Tie charts come up only in portrait size for> > > me, which means a very tall frame for my proposed ancestor wallchart. I'd> > > prefer a landscape size which can fit over a sofa or table. Although> > > printers choose this option, it seems that the program itself has to first> > > tilt the data that way as well.> >> > I recognize that their may be > workarounds for all this that I have missed,> > and I'd delighted to hear > about them.> >> >> >> > ________________________________> > Express yourself > instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN Messenger> >> > Legacy User Group > guidelines:> > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp> > Archived > messages:> > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/> > Online > technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp> > To > unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > -- > What > sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but> trifles, to be > sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good> they do is > inconceivable.> ~ Joseph Addison (1672-1719)> > > > Legacy User Group > guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp> Archived > messages: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/> Online > technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp> To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
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