CE, I believe the limitations you are experiencing are part and parcel of the type of output you are requesting, rather than a limitation of Legacy. Asking for a text file will automatically strip / not pick up the coding which allows for the creation of an index - just as it strips / does not pick up any coding relating to font, bold, italics etc. It produces a text document only. With the .rtf document it includes something like the following
[ Note: Using your word processor, generate an Index here. ] [ All names have been marked as index entries in this document. ] [ Erase these three lines. ] at the end of the document so you can use your word processor to create the index. I find this invaluable, because I don't create the index until I have edited the .rtf which may put people onto different pages as I move things, change the size of photos etc. So the .rtf version retains the index markings, but allows you to still create an index once you have finished editing. The other versions you cannot edit (unless you have a fully fledged PDF creator / editor) so there is no need to hold off creating the index. Cheers Jan -----Original Message----- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of CE Wood Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2009 8:07 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] No report indices in text format, & other bugs in reports I am not asking Legacy to be a word processor. I am asking that, when a report is Previewed and there are check boxes for printing various types of files, that those options be produced in whatever format which has a checkbox. The simplest would be a text file because then you could format the file in your word processor. When the opening page allows you to choose Index Options, you assume that the indices will be produced in whatever format is allowed, i.e. Screen/Printer, Text file, HTML, RTF, PDF. When the Preview shows you a report that includes indices, you assume that when produced in one of the formats with a check box, that the indices will be produced when you choose one of those formats. This does not happen! The indices are missing!!! THAT is what the problem is. CE 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
