On 01/03/2015 12:05, GeoPappas wrote: > But then I looked at the event definitions and now I'm not really sure how > they are supposed to be used.
Surely the way you use them is the way /you/ want to use them, the way it suits you, irrespective of how someone else uses them or they were "supposed" to be used? That's one of the joys of Legacy. It's flexible enough to be used the /user/ chooses to use it rather than the way a third party (even if that's the designer of the program) believed it should be used. I've no doubt many on this list will totally freak out because I /don't/ use the Master Sources. I use the various Notes fields to record everything (inc some caustic comments about the less pleasant members of the family! <G>) and occasionally the events field if there's something I might need to see instantly when look at a particular person's entry. I don't use tagging or 99% of the fields/options that are causing so many people headaches. I rarely use reports of any sort but I do use charting regularly. For me, it's the easiest way to keep track of where I've got to with any family group. Why make things more complicated than they need be? That, to me, is the way to use any program: the way it suits the user, what works best for that person and not to go strictly by the book/rules just because it/they say that's what you have to do. OK, so I'm a maverick <G> but that's me! :) -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, Greinton and Clutton, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
