Amen to that Jenny. If one can not be bothered with how the programs work...then maybe their best tool is a pencil and paper.
Gene ________________________________ From: Jenny M Benson <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Help files but as someone said 'I would rather be > doing genealogy than learning how to program Legacy.' I really think that person was taking the wrong approach. Of course it's perfectly possible to do genealogy without learning to "program" (I would prefer to use the word "use" in this context) - people did genealogy long before computers came on the scene. But if someone wants to take advantage of all the benefits of using a computer program they need to learn how to do so. It's possible to make lots of journeys by bus, train or on foot, but if you want the convenience of using your car you have to learn to drive it! I will be bored > silly going through 'just the 6th' video most of which I know or I'm not > interested in and won't rem anyway; I would need to go through them > again NEXT TIME I have a question. Don't suppose those videos have an > index of their content? I can't tell you a lot about the videos because I haven't been through them all myself. When I first started learning Legacy I used the Tutorials and referred back to them again several times. > Too bad there isn't a standard Legacy edition that's complete and ready > to use for those of us who just want to enter our family files with the > good features, and then leave the in-the-works edition that can be > tweaked to suit your multitude of interests for the > nitty-gritty-look-under-every-leaf folks who are into that. There are 2 answers to that! One is that Legacy *does* offer a Standard edition and a DeLuxe edition with lots more "bells & whistles" for those that want them. The other is that Legacy *is* a very fully-featured program, which is precisely what attracts so many people to it. Those that want a really very basic program should look elsewhere. > This UG seems to be the only place to get answers, but frequently they > come with the ‘you should have known that’ attitude. I'm sorry you feel that because I'm sure it is not what any of use intend to put across. Those of us who spend a lot of time here offering help and advise to other users wouldn't be doing it we thought that! However, I do think that people should "help themselves" to a certain extent, if only because someone nearly always learns more that way. It can also be a bit annoying when a request for help comes across as "I can't be bothered to work out how to do this, so will someone who has made the effort tell me what to do" - although I expect that is usually not what was intended to be implied. -- Jenny M Benson 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
