Put yourself and your third wife on the screen, then go to your bookmark and right click on it. It saves you in this marriage On 8/18/2013 11:16 AM, Howlanddavisii wrote: > Ward (and Laura): > How do I set the bookmark to a couple? When I hover over my name > (and the other bookmarks), it says, "Jump to This Person or > Right-Click to Set New Bookmark." Legacy does not appear to let me do > what you say. > But it does seem that we are getting closer to a solution. Thanks. > Howland Davis > -----Original Message----- > From: Ward Walker <wnkwal...@rogers.com> > To: LegacyUserGroup <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> > Sent: Sun, Aug 18, 2013 11:32 am > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse > > Ah! That’s the problem. You hadn’t mentioned bookmarks before. My > bookmark list is clearly by couple, not by individual. You just need > to reset your bookmark from the correct couple. > Ward > *From:* Howlanddavisii <mailto:howlanddavi...@aol.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, August 18, 2013 10:18 AM > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > <mailto:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse > Jay: > I am not sure that I understand what you were saying but it makes > me want to add information and to try something. > Maybe that is my problem. My tree is basically a descendancy tree > coming down from the 1650s to my grandchildren but I am the root > person for the preferred line (none of my children or grandchildren > are in bold type). After I confirm that my third wife is the > preferred spouse, I go away from that husband and wife screen under > two scenarios. > 1) I go back to my great grandfather, etc., and then I click on > my name which is one of the three bookmark names at the > bottom of the screen. I and my first wife are shown; this is > not as I want it. > 2) I go back to my great grandfather, etc., and then I come > back down through my grandfather, then to his daughter > and then to me. I and my third wife are shown; this is how > I want it. > Why don't the two methods end in the same result? > Howland Davis > -----Original Message----- > From: Jay 1FamilyTree <1familytree....@gmail.com > <mailto:1familytree....@gmail.com>> > To: LegacyUserGroup <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > <mailto:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com>> > Sent: Sat, Aug 17, 2013 9:19 pm > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse > > Wendy, > > I beg to differ > You said > "*It bears no connection to what relationships are set in your file,*/as/ > /suggested previously. Its purpose is to determine which spouse will > appear next to the individual you navigate to."/ > > If you use the "Set Preferred line" that WILL change an ancestors > spouse to preferred if it wasn't already. > > And then if you navigate back to someone who is not a descendant of > the couple to whom the preferred setting was changed, it will stay > that way, until you manually change it back, or until you select a > descendant of the original preferred couple and set preferred line. > > Does that make sense? > > Jay > > On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Wendy Howard <wendy.how...@gmail.com > <mailto:wendy.how...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > The Preferred Spouse is set to the individual, the person whose > spouses > you are looking at. > > Click on the spouse icon (in Family View that's the single person > of the > opposite sex at the left-hand end of the icons in the husband and wife > boxes) and another window will open up listing the spouses for > that person. > > One of the spouses listed will have an asterisk (*) in the P column - > that's the "preferred" spouse for this particular person. By > default it > is the first spouse attached to that person. > > If there is more than one spouse, you can choose which spouse will be > the "preferred" one - that means that when you navigate to this person > (not the spouse), this is the spouse who will appear next to them. It > has no bearing on which is the first spouse or how they will appear in > reports, that is determined using the Order arrows to sort them as you > wish them to appear. > > It bears no connection to what relationships are set in your file, as > suggested previously. Its purpose is to determine which spouse will > appear next to the individual you navigate to. > > I don't know what the problem is that Howland isn't getting the result > he should be seeing. Howland, I presume you've closed down Legacy and > rebooted your computer since this all started? It's sounding to > me like > you need to contact Support for this, if you haven't already. > > Kind Regards, > Wendy > > > David Abernathy said the following on 18/08/2013 12:33 p.m.: > > > > To whom is the setting “Preferred Spouse†set to? > > > > Thanks, > > > > David C Abernathy > > > > > > *From:*Kathy Thompson [mailto:kmthoms...@gmail.com > <mailto:kmthoms...@gmail.com>] > > *Sent:* Saturday, August 17, 2013 5:02 PM > > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > <mailto:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> > > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse > > > > Howland: > > > > Logically, yes - so why it's not working, I'm not sure. > > > > Hopefully someone more techy and Legacy knowledgable will have > or find > > the answer for you > > > > Kathy > > > > On 18 August 2013 09:26, Howlanddavisii <howlanddavi...@aol.com > <mailto:howlanddavi...@aol.com> > > <mailto:howlanddavi...@aol.com <mailto:howlanddavi...@aol.com>>> > wrote: > > > > Kathy: > > > > Yes it makes sense. But I am the root person for the direct line so > > that should mean that I can make decide which wife is the preferred, > > right? > > > > Howland Davis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kathy Thompson <kmthoms...@gmail.com > <mailto:kmthoms...@gmail.com> <mailto:kmthoms...@gmail.com > <mailto:kmthoms...@gmail.com>>> > > To: LegacyUserGroup <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > <mailto:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> > > <mailto:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > <mailto:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com>>> > > > > Sent: Sat, Aug 17, 2013 6:56 pm > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse > > > > Hi Howland, > > I'll try to explain a bit better but using one of my own blended > > families as an example > > > > Under Tools > Set Direct Line as Preferred ...... when I set > myself as > > the root person for that, then I have my Dad & my Mum correctly > > showing for my Dad's marriage. > > > > However, if I was to use a child of one of my half-siblings from my > > dad's first marriage, and set them as the root person for the > Tools > > > Set Direct Line as Preferred... then when I look at my father's > Family > > view, it shows his first wife, not his preferred wife, because it is > > showing the direct line of the designated person. > > > > Hope that makes sense. > > > > Kathy > > > > On 18 August 2013 00:00, Howlanddavisii <howlanddavi...@aol.com > <mailto:howlanddavi...@aol.com> > > <mailto:howlanddavi...@aol.com <mailto:howlanddavi...@aol.com>>> > wrote: > > > > Kathy: > > > > It may be doing that; I don't know. Would you explain > further and > > in more detail? > > > > Howland Davis > > > > > > 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
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