By creating at Focus Group, you're not creating a new file. You're only creating a list of individuals within the file you're searching.
It might behoove you to read the Help topic on Focus Groups - click on the Help button when you're in the Focus Group window for this information: *Saving a Focus Group* Legacy lets you save up to nine different *Focus Group* *Lists*. To save a *Focus Group* after building it, click the *Save* button. The *Save Focus Group* window appears. Select one of the numbered lines, enter the name for the group in the box at the bottom of the screen and click the *Save* button. *Loading a Focus Group* Any saved *Focus Group* can be loaded back into the regular *Focus Group* window by clicking the *Load* button. When the *Load Focus Group* window opens, select the desired *Focus Group* and click the *Load* button. The group is loaded into the *Focus Group* window. This basically saves and loads your Focus Group selection but doesn't create a new file to open in Legacy. To view the individuals in the Focus Group, you need to go to Search > Miscellaneous tab and select Focus Group. Then Create List. To export to a new file, go to File > Export to... and select the gedcom option if you're sharing this with someone who has a different genealogy program or uploading to a website that asks for a gedcom or select Legacy if you want to create a new Legacy file to share with someone or have your group in a separate file. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 9:45 AM, aparsons <aparsons...@gmail.com> wrote: > I need help making a focus group. I use Windows 7, Legacy 8 Deluxe version > 8.0.0.439. This is what I did. > View tab; clicked the Focus Group icon; see Focus Group; selected Add > Individuals and Descendants; Descendant Options; selected Descendants; See > Number of Generations to include; selected 5; clicked OK. It goes back to to > Focus Group window; I see Descendants (Direct Line 5 Generations for Thomas > Huddleston [565] and All Spouses; I click Save; I am in the Save Focus Group > window. I see "Select the location you would like to save this focus group > to, then enter a name for this focus group" I entered Thomas Huddleston and > clicked Save. I am back to the Focus Group window. This time I clicked on > Load, see Load Focus Group, I highlight Thomas Huddleston, click Load and I > am back to the Focus Group window. Clicked OK. I am back to the Family View. > I went to File; open file; I do not see file named Thomas Huddleston. I see > the first one I tried called Thomas and Margaret Maginnis Huddleston.fdb I > click on this - nothing in it. I checked my C drive for file called Thomas > and Margaret Magnnis Huddleston, there isn't one. Checked for file called > Thomas Huddleston, nothing. > I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong and would appreciate help making a > Focus Group. > Thank you, > Ann Parsons 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
