I have Legacy7.5 on my WIN7 64 bit PC (not Deluxe). I uploaded pics stored in the default Legacy folder and I don't see any issues with that approach.
~Don On Jul 31, 2012, at 5:10 PM, "Ron Ferguson" <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > Just how are you doing it - from where to where - I am having no luck in > getting Legacy to accept a pic from a folder in my Picture folder (not the > Legacy Picture folder)? I don't know if it makes a difference, but I am on > Win7 64bit. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: JLB > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 11:45 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sources > > Yes, they are still there. And in the gallery I dragged them into, the > file-path is shown in the bottom box on the right and also if I click on > the Edit button. So Legacy knows where they came from. They just don't > show up in File-Paths as we normally expect. And there's no import of > embedded metadata as I mentioned although Legacy is slack with metadata > anyway. > --- > JL Beeken > JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists > http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ > > On 7/31/2012 2:13 PM, Ron Ferguson wrote: >> Interesting! Are they still there after you exit and restart Legacy? >> >> Ron Ferguson >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: JLB >> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 8:14 PM >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sources >> >> Strangely, though, the file-path to the files I dragged and dropped into >> the Source Detail multimedia screen, do not show file-paths under >> Customize/Locations/View all multimedia paths and neither does the drag >> and drop method ask if I want the embedded information added to the Desc >> box. >> >> Perhaps a Legacy support person could jump in here. >> --- >> >> JL Beeken >> JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists >> http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ >> >> On 7/31/2012 11:39 AM, JLB wrote: >>> Excuse me on the last reply. It does indeed seem to be possible. I tried >> >>> 10 times on a census record and it wouldn't work. Funny, as it works on >>> small portraits. With some persistence, it suddenly worked on the census >> >>> record. There you go! Don't browse, just drag and drop. >>> --- >>> JL Beeken >>> JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists >>> http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ >>> >>> On 7/31/2012 11:24 AM, Judith wrote: >>>> "I'm talking to you from my memory as I no longer attach anything to >>>> Legacy except little portraits for the people I have portraits for. It's >>>> way too labour-intensive considering I can access any file in a >>>> nano-second through my filing system". >>>> >>>> I agree, also, if you move a file in your filing system, it drops out of >>>> legacy and creates a problem. Better to keep them in the filing system >>>> for fast access. >>>> Judith >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: JLB [mailto:j...@jgen.ws] >>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 10:49 AM >>>> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >>>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sources >>>> >>>> I think you'd have to experiment with the printing options here. They >>>> may >>>> have changed since my day. I know there was/is? a way to print source >>>> document thumbnails in reports but I didn't think it would be useful for >>>> a reader so I didn't bother with it. >>>> >>>> There was a time when there was no such thing as a 'File' icon. Document >>>> formats were linked through the Picture icon. It created major havoc >>>> when >>>> the File icon arrived as all the document files were automatically >>>> unlinked because they weren't an image format. >>>> >>>> I'm talking to you from my memory as I no longer attach anything to >>>> Legacy except little portraits for the people I have portraits for. It's >>>> way too labour-intensive considering I can access any file in a >>>> nano-second through my filing system. >>>> --- >>>> JL Beeken >>>> JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists >>>> http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ >>>> >>>> On 7/31/2012 3:45 AM, Robert Runion wrote: >>>>> Thanks for the insight. Some of my scanned documents are cemetery >>>>> listings and census data as you state and I add those to the Master >>>>> source as a 'file', rather than a 'picture'. I presume that the entry >>>>> as a Master Source 'file' would not show as an icon in any subsequent >>>>> book I might print? But, if I inadvertently added it as a 'picture', >>>>> in lieu of a 'file' (I had this happen some years ago), the item icon >>>>> showed along with the 'real' pictures in the resultant book print. A >>>>> bummer. So far, adding scanned documentation (as opposed to scanned or >> >>>>> digital photos which I add as a 'picture' ) as a 'file' appears to be >>>>> preferable since the copy/paste function for subsequent entries >>>>> carries the detail sourcing data along to each entry. >>>>> >>>>> Bob >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 30, 2012, at 10:23 PM, JLB wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Either or both. >>>>>> >>>>>> Depending what it is it would go under the Picture tab of the Master >>>>>> Source or the multimedia tab of Source Detail. >>>>>> >>>>>> For instance, a census record probably belongs to one family so I >>>>>> would link that to the Multimedia tab for Source Detail. >>>>>> >>>>>> If it was a Master Source, (the way I define that would be something >>>>>> like a cemetery listing of multiple families) I would link it to the >>>>>> Pictures tab of that Master Source. >>>>>> >>>>>> I guess it depends how to do your sources. If create a different >>>>>> Master Source for every single census record, then it would be Master >> >>>>>> Source. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you look at the Assigned Sources window for someone/anyone and >>>>>> click on the Pictures tab, you'll see there's two areas there; one >>>>>> called Master Source Picture and one called Source Detail Picture. >>>>>> If it's a picture it's a picture. If it's a document, as you've >>>>>> described it, it shows up as document-looking icon. --- JL Beeken >>>>>> JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists >>>>>> http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ >>>>>> >>>>>> On 7/30/2012 7:14 PM, RUNION ROBERT wrote: >>>>>>> What is the recommended procedure to add source documentation. >>>>>>> Should a scanned document (.pdf, .doc, .xls, etc) be added as a >>>>>>> Multimedia 'file' under the event detail, or should the scanned >>>>>>> document be added under the master source as a 'file'? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Bob >> >> > > > > > 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). 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