So, the whole layout was changed for one overly verbose individual?!! CE > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] scrapbook photo layout > Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:50:11 -0400 > > The old layout placed the pictures left to right across the page then > down to the next row. The space for each picture was fixed and any > descriptions that took more than the allowed space were truncated. The > new layout is a column format where pictures are added down the page in > the first column then change to column 2 and fill that. This continues > for as many columns as specified by your pictures/page setting. The > height of a particular picture is now driven by the length of the > description which are no longer truncated arbitrarily. The new sequence > is required to figure out when the picture plus text needs to be started > at the top of the next column or carried to the next page if it is a > picture in the last column. > > There is no option for concise vs verbose for descriptions because there > is only one description field. The verbosity was the way that one user > filled out the description field. He had long paragraphs describing when > and where the picture was taken and who was in the photo if there was a > group. I cannot remember now if his list of people was one person per > line or if his descriptions were organized into multiple line entries. I > only remember that in some cases his descriptions were 10 or 15 lines long. > > On 27/06/2012 15:52, Pauline B. Cramer wrote: > > Brian, > > Could you please clarify "changing the way the report is laid out and > > photos are sequenced". Sequenced? > > > > I have looked at one of my scrapbooks, selecting various number of > > photos per page, tight and loose, with and without descriptions, etc. > > So it appears, that even if you specify 4 photos per page, you may get 2 > > or 3 per page, so a scrapbook of 20 photos that might have been 5 pages > > may be 8 pages, with a lot of wasted space, etc. > > > > Perhaps there needs to be a choice of having descriptions: verbose or > > concise. > > > > Pauline > > > > On 6/27/2012 3:42 AM, Brian/Support wrote: > >> The layout was recently changed because of a problem report from a user > >> who uses very verbose descriptions of their photos. They wanted the > >> photo and the description kept on the same page which necessitated > >> changing the way the report is laid out and photos are sequenced. > >> > >> Brian > >> Customer Support > >> Millennia Corporation > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > >> > >> We are changing the world of genealogy! > >> When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. > >> Thanks. > >> > >> On 26/06/2012 18:14, Sally Northey wrote: > >>> Hello group, > >>> > >>> Twelve months ago I printed out a small booklet with scrapbook pages. I > >>> had the photos 16 to a page and were all laid out evenly on the page > >>> with the name of the photo directly above the person with no space > >>> between the name and the photo. You could have used a pen and ruled up > >>> columns and the photos would have fitted into the squares evenly, > >>> > >>> NOW when I try I get about the same number of photos per page but they > >>> are all over the page and the name above the photo is a good two lines > >>> above the photo. When you view the page it is hard to see whether the > >>> name of the photo refers to the photo above the name or the photo below > >>> the name. I have tried putting in the line between them but it still > >>> does not look right. How can I get it back to having the page evenly > >>> laid out. I have tried tight, normal, loose. > >>> > >>> Regards Sally
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