Kirsten, I just tried my first Descendant Report, 2 generation, RTF, opened with Word 2000. First time checked sources as footnotes. Beautiful, perfect. Second time I checked sources as endnotes. What a mess. The notes are all mixed in with the report, in no particular order. It didn't seem to make any difference whether the sources were written with Source Writer or not. Has support mentioned if this is a bug that will hopefully be worked out in an update in the near future or is it a bug that we'll have to wait for a while to be fixed? Marie
--- On Tue, 9/2/08, Kirsten Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Kirsten Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy bugs To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 1:28 PM Ron: Yes, I'm using the Descendant Report produced as an rtf but viewed in Word 2000. I most often produce a 1-generation report with sources as endnotes and no digital images involved. With that combination I get different results depending on whether SourceWriter was used or not--and neither is satisfactory. With no SourceWriter-created citations: The preview in Legacy looks fine. Once converted to rtf and opened in Word, the number of source citations increases (in one instance from 27 to 39) and much of the formatting is lost. (I won't describe the sorry details; you will surely see the same thing.) A report for a different family *with* SourceWriter-created citations goes from 22 in the Legacy preview to 41 in rtf. If I save this as a Word document and reopen, there are then 43 citations, and in both rtf and the .doc version the source formatting is bad. It's my understanding that under v.7 and with reports viewed in Word, if the same source was cited 12 times (perhaps a census with name and dob for each family member), then the full source will print 12 times--each with a different source number. That's what I'm referring to as "source repetition." As your main focus is your web page, mine is producing reports in Word that can be sent to co-researchers and being able to update posted trees via GEDCOM. The reports are unusable now, and editing is impossible (I've tried it). Theoretically these problems shouldn't affect a GEDCOM but with the results I'm seeing in reports, I'm afraid to update any posted trees; I shudder to think what else might be lurking there. As I said earlier, if you have any suggestions for a way to produce a decent Descendant Report as a Word document, I'd love to hear it. Thanks for your response, Ron, and I do hope you don't find a mess with the event sources on your web site. Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 3:11 AM To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy bugs Kirsten, I have largely left comments in written reports to others as I am not a regular user of them. However, I have had a look at the Descendant Report produced as an rtf and viewed in Open Office. One thing stands out and I would ask you to clarify what you mean by "Source Repetions" - is it the same as my comment about "no ibid" ? The Family file was almost a new one comprising 7 generations with only 3 generations recorded using the old style sourcing. Descendant Report: No pictures: "If an event has multiple citations" - checked. 1. Sources as Footnotes: I don't like this style - but that is personal taste. Seems OK but no ibids hence the same consecutive sources quoted in full. Old style sources - ibids were used. 2. End Notes after each generation - start a new page: No sources at all 3. As end notes at end: No ibids (as above) 4. Bibliography: Tried this and it seems OK. If necessary I would be happy to send you copies of my results off-list for your comments. Also if you are using a different report please let me know, Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ *New* Insert Pictures Into your Web Pages - Blogs http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy bugs > Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 18:54:50 -0700 > > Ron: > > I know your main focus with Legacy is in maintaining your web page, but just > imagine how frustrated you would be if you hadn't been able to do that since > "upgrading" and didn't have the expertise to go back to v6. That's the > pickle some of us are in now. I would love to know a workaround for the > source repetitions in RTF reports and if you have one I'd be extremely > grateful because right now Legacy is worse than useless for me. > > Kirsten 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 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
