Does TheJournal software have any capabilities of importing data either through proprietary formats such as Word, etc., or from a database? I'm thinking that if it did, you might be able to import data directly from Legacy (MS Access format?) into TheJournal without a lot of copy and pasting. However what it does to your data on the other end is another question.
As for breaking up formatting, you should be able to insert a section break such as with Microsoft Word and I think OpenOffice's version of it. I use it all the time. Another idea, while maybe a little complicated, is to use layout software similar to InDesign which makes it easier to do page layout. There are even free open source versions of this type of software. I would list a link to a site that lists a lot of free software, but I don't want to get yelled at for doing so. Word processors can do the same, but sometimes the images don't stay put where you want them. I had this problem with large documents that were fine when I hit save, but when I had to reopen them everything was all over the place and the document had to go to the print shop in thirty minutes. Bill -----Original Message----- From: Dawn Del Guercio [mailto:njheart2he...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:19 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Where to put life stories? Unfortunately I am probably not much help because I have not yet worked at all with the printing of books through Legacy. For my life stories, I have them in TheJournal, and print out various people's information (interviews, facts, etc.) as needed. If I were actually publishing I would first probably look to formatting my legacy book in such a way that I can insert my stories between pages- which simply means I have to be able to break up the formatting between one person in the family and the next. The other way around would be to just put all the stories in the back (or front) of the publication with their own table of contents. Dawn in NJ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
