-----Original Message----- From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 5:44 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Settings don't stay set - a pet peeve
Gary A Crull wrote: > I have 2 pet peeves that bug me no end. Hopefully someone will be > able to explain why I have this aggravation. > > The first is when I set the column width on the columns displayed on > the INDEX tab they don't remain at the width I set them. The next > session I open may or may not see them remain the same. This is > especially true when I've shut down Windows 7 and restart the next > day. The width will revert to a default width - meaning plenty of > white space in the columns with fewer showing than when I narrow the > width. (I have 9 columns defined for display. By manually defining > the width by grasping the column marker and making the columns more > narrow I can see in total all but the 9th one. Only a part of it > displays - which is OK. > > The 2nd pet peeve is when adding a picture to an individual. I always > have to redefine the path for Legacy to find where my photos are > located (I keep them in a folder within DropBox app). Once it's > redefined there's no problem UNTIL I shut down Windows 7. Then I have > to go back and redefine the path again. Photos that have been > attached show up on the individuals show up normally, it's just when > I get ready to add something new. > > I don't understand why these situations occur. Anybody got any ideas > or need more (better) explanation of the situation? > > Thanks > > gc Gary, I have not yet installed Legacy on my Win7 machine, which I only got yesterday, so if your 2nd peeve is something specific to that o/s then I have yet to find it! However, I have never bothered with what is set in the Locations, in fact I have just had a look and I have some 20+ paths shown there, some are current, some are not. When I fill up a folder with images, I just start another and Legacy adds to to my list. I do not have them in Dropbox, and I am not certain that I will ever put them there, probably not because I prefer not to pay!! But I cannot see that it would make much difference if I did. So, basically, what I am saying is, why bother about defining the paths? I have never lost images by using my total lack of technique BTW. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ 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 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
