Linda, Your last paragraph is good advice for anybody using Legacy for the first time, even without downloading an existing database - and not just left clicking either as there are many functions available with right clicking. It is worth remembering that the Help Files are usually more up to date than the manuals since they are generally changed when updates arise. A Sample File is provided for this exercise.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ *New* Improved User Interface for OpenOffice.org Database 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/ _____________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 09:53:49 -0500 > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Has anyone > From: lindafmccau...@gmail.com > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > Toni, > I switched from FTM to Legacy over a year ago and no one can make me > go back. I had a slight problem when I imported my FTM created GedCom > the 1st time - I ended up with spaces in the middle of words in notes. > That was long before I knew about this group so I e-mailed support > (thinking I was just advising them of a problem they had). Imagine my > surprise when less than 24 hours later I had a response from Sherry in > Legacy Support advising how to correct my problem with some options in > the import window. I had contacted FTM many times over the years but > never got a response to anything. I had also spent years wishing I > could get certain reports or find certain groups of records in FTM. > Those days are over with Legacy. > > One thing I did that I found helpful was to import a file and just > play with it for a couple of months. I clicked on everything in Legacy > to see what happened or what that option could do for me and tried out > all sorts of options in reports. Once I felt like I had a good handle > on it, I threw away that file, imported a clean one and actually went > back to real work. > > Linda M. > > > On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 7:04 PM, toni evans wrote: >> >> >> Has anyone else had converting problems that I am experiencing with FTM >> gedcom sent to Legacy De Luxe prog. >> >> I knew that there would be more problems the like of which I have never >> struck in 20 yrs. of genealogy. >> >> Right now would like to feel I am not alone in this and so I wonder is the >> prog. worth it especially reading all the problems showing on the list which >> I have not started on. >> >> Toni _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Messenger just got better .Video display pics, contact updates & more. http://www.download.live.com/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
