Elizabeth, It might help if you gave baby steps as to exactly what you are doing - in particular how are you dragging and from where to where. If you start off correctly then as Evert says the Option Screen pops up.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ *New Tutorial* Create Standards Compliant CSS Pedigree web pages 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: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 17:26:03 +0100 > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Drag & Drop > From: roobee...@googlemail.com > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > I am using Legacy 7, most recent build. > > I have tried again to do what you suggest here, but where do the > Options come from? My interpretation of Drag & Drop is just that - a > manoeuvre done with the mouse, clicking and dragging. > > I don't see any Options to select, let alone a Start, copy message. > > Thanks . . . > - - - - - - - > Elizabeth > researching ALLAMBRIDGE (Dorset, Somerset and anywhere else they might turn > up) > > 2009/4/7 Evert van Dijken : >> 1. Drag and Drop an individual to the other family file. >> 2. Select an option, I've selected Just the Individual Above (it seems >> nothing happens). >> 3. Click START COPY >> 4. Assign or Don't Assign a Source >> 5. I selected Continue with Drag and Drop >> 6. Sometimes you get the window to Keep or Overwrite an Earlier Backup >> (if you have done a Drag and Drop before) >> 7. Import is Complete >> 8. Merge Two individuals form opens. I don't want to merge because I >> just want to add this individual that's why I clicked the Close >> button. >> 9. Looked at the Name List to see if this individual was added to the >> file (he was). >> >> I left out some obvious steps. But I think the problem is Step 3. You >> have to select an option and next click START COPY. >> Evert >> 2009/4/6 Elizabeth : >>> I have a recurrent problem - I cannot 'drag and drop' individuals from >>> one database to another, using the split screen mode. I have tried >>> again and again, it just does not work for me. >>> >>> Can anyone suggest what I might be doing wrong, please? _________________________________________________________________ Share your photos with Windows Live Photos – Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665338/direct/01/ 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
