Well, TMG the Master Genealogist will go 'Open Source' in about 18 months. On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Ana <anacyr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have used Legacy to produce several books which I published. I have > Legacy produce the report with all the facts & folks organized & I save it > as an .rtf document. This Legacy does very well! I like to personalize > my report. > > Thus I can bring it up in word and adjust the wording & format to my > liking. I can insert other Legacy charts & reports, photographs, timeline > or history articles - anything that helps to outline the genealogy I am > projecting. > > For myself, the Legacy Publishing Center tries too hard to be everything > to everybody & its reports become robotic and overly generic. That is just > my opinion & I respect that many folks love it. > > I find (in my opinion) Roots Magic & other genealogy programs have the > same broad in content or stilted feel. > > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Linda <keechival...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I thought I'd show you a sample portion of one of my books from FTM. >> >> http://ge.tt/950yFXT2/v/0?c >> >> I've been looking at both Rootsmagic and Legacy 8 and I don't doubt for a >> moment they both do more than enough when it comes to recording my family >> history. But for me I need to produce a book that looks clean and nice. >> In looking at both RM and Legacy8 (both in trial versions) I'm not >> satisfied that either will allow me to make reports like I want. I know >> some features are disabled and I may find that I can do more than I >> anticipate with a full version. I know both are cheap and some say just >> buy both but I am not in a position to spend money on a program I won't be >> using. I want to be able to produce the book without much effort when I >> make additions to my family tree/history. >> >> I looked at the family group sheet in both RM and Legacy 8. Neither >> looked like they would produce the clean look of the one I have in my pdf. >> >> Also, I think the pedigree chart background and having pics of each >> person makes it nice to look at. >> >> And I need to be able to make pages such as you see in this book: Chicago >> Fire, Castle Garden Immigration, etc. - these are not connected to any >> person. In FTM you can make a text page and copy and paste pictures onto >> it. >> >> I do have to say that I like the cleaner, less complicated feel of >> Rootsmagic but I feel like Legacy will be closer to what I need for book >> publishing. >> >> I do appreciate your patience and kindness in talking to me about these >> things. I know FTM will probably work for many years and maybe I just need >> to be patient and see what comes down the road. I just don't want to put a >> lot more effort into something I know I will have to totally redo when I >> move to another program (the books, the family history portion at first >> glance seems to have imported fairly well). >> >> Thank you again! >> >> Linda >> >> <https://www.avast.com/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> >> This >> email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. >> www.avast.com >> <https://www.avast.com/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> >> >> >> 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 > > > > > 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 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
