Thanks Ron for expanding on Brian's original point. Mike
In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus autem caritas. In essentials unity, in doubtful things liberty, but in all things love. St. Augustine (A.D. 354 - 430) ________________________________ From: ronald ferguson <ronfe...@msn.com> To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 7:28:16 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Adding DOCUMENTS to an individuals record Mike, Sharon, GC, To be clear, whether or not a file (of the types we are talking about) can be viewed in Legacy is nothing to do with Legacy. As Brian says it is dependant on whether on one's PC the software is present to be able to read it. For example, a .DOC file will only be read if one has Word or OpenOffice (or a couple of other programs) installed, *and* the file types are associated in Windows with those files. The one exception being that Legacy does not like four character extensions such as .JPEG (always use .JPG which is exactly the same). Yes, programs such as Irfan view can change one image format to another eg. .TIFF or .BMP to .JPG but the reason for so doing is due to other considerations, of which file size is the main one. Thus it is common, and good practice IMO, use the .TIFF format for permanent use and .JPG for use in applications. The reason being that constant saving will degrade a .JPG but not a .TIFF. There are better ways of doing this but I am simplifying. Which brings me to Legacy and the question of file size. When one clicks on a picture image on the Assigned Sources Screen, I have known Legacy to baulk at displaying the image when the file size is too large (I do not know the tipping point), which is why it is much better to use the smaller file sizes for images, such as .JPG or .PNG rather than .TIFF or .BMP. One should also reduce the physical image size to something that is realistic for the proposed use eg. there is no point in having a picture which is 2000px x 1500px when it will never be displayed at that size. Also, as Jenny has pointed out on several occasions, Ancestry.com saves its images as RBG and lots of bytes can be saved by converting to greyscale. These GC, maybe associated with your problems, but you give too little information to be sure. Sharon, I cannot answer your question as you do not say what the file types are, nor even whether you can read them with your currently installed software, which as you will see from the above is the important consideration. You may also have a defective file (Irfan View will tell you), or one with an incorrect file extension. Sorry about this long post (for me) but I thought it about time we had another full explanation as to how this lot works :-). Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced 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, 17 Aug 2009 16:12:24 -0700 > From: michaelbarb...@yahoo.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adding DOCUMENTS to an individuals record > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > > > I admit I am not computer savvy. Is there a way to convert and save pictures > from one format to another format (e.g., from JPG to something else)? If so, > can you then import the pictures with an acceptable Legacy format into > Legacy, open and view the pictures and be able to print them? > > > In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus autem caritas. > In essentials unity, in doubtful things liberty, but in all things love. > St. Augustine (A.D. 354 - 430) > > > ________________________________ > From: Sharon Johnson > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 3:57:14 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adding DOCUMENTS to an individuals record > > I can only open Utah death certificates and save them to Legacy. I can open > Arizona death certificates but they will not save to Legacy. Wonder why? > > grandmasharon2...@hotmail.com > > > > On Mon, Aug 17, > 2009 at 1:56 PM, gcr...@juno.com> wrote: > I have several hundred obituaries I've collected and scanned over the years > stored in a folder on my computer. These are in different formats...some are > JPG files, some .RTF others .TIF files some are .DOC files. I copied a > handful of them to a seperate folder for testing purposes. I directed Legacy > (in the LOCATIONS tab for DOCUMENT FILES) to this path. I then tried to > attach these documents to the individuals. They attach, but the only ones I > can click display/open to view for the individual after the attaching are > those with the .DOC > format. Any of the other file extension types do nothing. > > According to the documentation for this feature "These documents can be word > processing files, PDF files, spreadsheets, web pages - whatever you like. > Just as with sound and video files, these other documents cannot be included > on reports, but you can load and view them as you would any other file. > Double-clicking on a word processor document starts your word processor and > displays the file. The same happens for any other type of file. Whatever > program is associated with that file type will be loaded to display the file." > > So why is it I can only open/view the .DOC files?? > > gc > > _________________________________________________________________ Upgrade to Internet Explorer 8 Optimised for MSN. http://extras.uk.msn.com/internet-explorer-8/?ocid=T010MSN07A0716U 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
