How about a headshot framed with the desired color? Sent from my iPad
> On Dec 2, 2014, at 11:41 AM, "Bobby Johnson" <b...@brmemc.net> wrote: > > Ancestry.com does not have a color capability for its family trees. Here is > what one of its users came up with to overcome this lack of capability. In > the individual picture area, she used a blank colored background for a > picture. This is a method that could be used in Legacy. One could make the > preferred picture a colored background and it would be visible on the family > view and the pedigree view. > > The limitation I see here would be searching. There is no capability to > search using the preferred picture as a parameter > > I personally would not like this method because I would prefer to see a > headshot of the individual on the family view and pedigree view instead of a > color blotch. However, it might work for someone who is primarily interested > in showing DNA proven lineages. > > Bobby > > From: Dawn Beeks [mailto:dawnbe...@msn.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 9:07 AM > To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] TMG looking for new home Legacy vs RootsMagic 7 > > Okay please bear with me on these color questions, as my mind is trained in > TMG J We now have to think outside the box. I have bought both Legacy and > Roots Magic 7 and playing with the features. > > Below CE Wood said I can use 8 colors. If I pick a person/ancestor and color > code him, say red, will it go down that particular line and color code all > the descendents? (Even if I had to do manually, I’d do it. It would be worth > it) The system isn’t going to know if it’s my ancestor, is it? That’s all I > need to do, just pick 8 people and give them a color. What am I missing in > doing this function. If I can do this, then all is good. I actually needed > 9 colors but I can adjust a line. > > If that can be done, where are the instructions to do the coloring? I tried > to do color a person but nothing happened. I tried it on a couple of people > but they all stayed the same color blue, that system used when you input a > person. Or would it not work because it wasn’t my ancestor line but again > how is the computer going to know who my ancestor is anyways. > > I do like Legacy a bit more over RM7 because it operates/look more like > Windows. > > OMG all this binary talk, I’m lost on that. I’d probably have to attend a > class to figure that one out. > > Hopefully someone can explain this to me, as to why I can’t just pick 8 > people. > > Tks again > > > Dawn Beeks > dawnbe...@msn.com > > > 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
