Since the first list of suggested fixes and improvements to Legacy was
warmly received by Millenia's Support foks (if you need another copy,
Support, I'll be glad to send it!), I'll post this list of additional
suggestions which have been sent in since then. These should also be on the
list of Version 4 Legacy fixes/wishes.... We're all VERY hopeful and excited
to see what Version 4 ends up with!!! Kathi
* Fix the problem in which some people appear twice on a Web page, even
though they exist only once in the family file
* Fix the size 14 font problem added in the November build for narrative
reports saved as RTF (using Word 2000 & Win ME)
* Fix the Divorce sentence that prints when an annulment is imported from a
generic GEDCOM (it appears on the opening page of test project printouts)
* Fix the Scrapbook to print selected images (it prints all)
* Correct the RTF reports for superscripting
* Fix the duplication of sources when using Intellishare, GEDCOM transfers,
etc.
* Fix fonts: "The events on the individual page are set at the same font as
the footnote number... A bug, for sure."
Also: "The Family Links box type is too small to read. This may be a
default; if so, it needs to be changed."
* Add an optional "on-the-fly" surname checking during data entry - checking
the first 5 characters and birth and death years and then displaying a small
window with possible pre-existing names with dates if possible duplicates
are found (like Brother's Keeper, PAF, etc.). Since Legacy already has
"sounds like" capability, perhaps it could also include an
exact-spelling/sounds-like option.
* Increase the present limit of 50 chars for Options|Compiler Info|Internet
* Add an option to suppress estimated dates on reports so that a guesstimate
date for people can provide some idea of who they are, if living, etc. This
should just be on the screen, not in reports, Gedcoms, etc.
* Add the ability to name a site (cemetery, hospital, school, etc.) in a
separate field associated with the location fields so that it can be printed
in reports in a readable fashion by simply modifying the preposition
which introduces the location. (So, "xxxx was born at yyyyy hospital, city,
county, state, country") Make the site searchable.
* Add a simple copy and paste function for an existing source citation, so
that you can quickly append the same source AND source detail to another
person or event. (the Source Clipboard should not include the source detail
when "set" is selected from the Source Clipboard. "Set" is for setting the
Master Source portion of the clipboard. It works fine the way it is.).
Perhaps there should also be a Source Detail list? And an option to go to
the next source entry screen and use a repeat key that will repeat all
elements of the previously used source?
* Add ability to search for Citation/Source details like film numbers,
names, etc.. and the ability to create a list of all individuals who have
that film number, etc.
* Add ability to search for Source Details, Addresses, etc. in both the
Events and Individual Address fields
* Add a way (other than parentheses or quotes - perhaps an optional
underline feature?) to show what name a person was called by, especially
when called by a middle name rather than by the AKA name. Also add the
ability to USE such a name of choice (AKA, middle name, etc.) in reports.
Perhaps this could be the first or starred AKA of several names used,
similar to the present way to choose which photo displays on the main page?
The full name should still be visible at the top of the report, but the body
of the report should call the person by the name he used.
* Add AKA and middle names to the Name List Index Field to help with
patronymics and people called by middle names
* Add birth and death dates to the Name List for ease of choosing the
correct individual
* Add ability to customize Name List columns
* Add ability to create alphabetized address/name lists, as well as labels,
for CHOSEN (starred?) people in a database so that it can be used for
newsletters, reunions, etc.. Make this capable of printing "Mr. and Mrs."
and capable of choosing a woman's married name, not the maiden name. Make it
capable of eliminating deceased people from the list or labels.
* Create a way to optionally show stepchildren on the same page as full
children and to print out in reports with some kind of an optionally
appended note saying that the child was from a first marriage/union of the
father or mother to (name) but without having to show the first marriage in
the report.
* Add a way to show that a child accepted the new surname of the stepfather.
* Make the displayed family relationship name show that a child is a son or
daughter of either the father or mother and a STEPson or STEPdaughter to the
other parent.
* Add more Unicode fonts for other languages (Polish, other Slavic
languages, etc.) or add the ability to use the alternative keyboard codes
from the Windows Character Map as needed.
* Add ability to attach documents for source text and notes so that
formatting can be preserved
* Allow Detail Source Pictures to print out on charts, in Reports, etc..
(Master Source Pictures appear, but not Detail pictures), so that images of
certificates and other documents can be added to Source Details (they can be
attached to the Detail Source Picture field with out any trouble, but cannot
be put on charts as sources; the Detail Text fields are there, but not the
Detail Pictures!)
* Add the ability to change the size of the photographs in reports. (In
report options/pictures, if a large picture is requested, it is still only
about 2 inches wide and 2.5 inches high. Choosing "Custom" size makes it
only show the title of the picture, not the actual picture. Also, setting
the size works for portrait mode but not for landscape mode.)
* Add a way to list pictures used for each individual so that this can be
compared to the Pictures directory list
* Add capabilities for photo insertion and presentation like those of FTM!
* Duplicate FTM's charts and timelines!
* Add Drop Down Charts for descendants, possibly as a screen like Family and
Pedigree is now
* Add links of To Do items to a source, like To Do items can now be linked
to a repository; i.e., have a "Source" folder on the To Do list window like
there is now a "Repository" folder
* Add embedded citations, so that you can place sources wherever they occur
in a note or memo field (like TMG)
* Add separate "Bio Notes" field which provides the ability to embed
citations in this Notes field so that a flowing story about the individual
could be created with attached source footnotes or endnotes (like UFT and
others), thus creating a more professional-looking report than a simple list
of "Events"
* Add split citation details and split memo fields (like in TMG). (In Legacy
all of the citation details print in the same spot on the footnote; in a
split CD, you can have different parts of the detail appear in different
parts of the footnote, and have those parts separated by other information.
The user defines what s/he wants for each detail, up to 9 separate details
for each citation and controls font output by the use of formatting codes.)
* Add ability to link individuals to a shared event, such as a census,
immigration record, etc. by individual roles, and a way to search for
everyone linked to that shared event
* Add a better notes editor
* Create the ability to export and import data (like PAF4/5, Generations,
etc.) to an ascii file or spreadsheet, rather than having to purchase and
use Access 2000 to extract data for analysis and checking (very expensive).
Better yet, add spreadsheet capabilities - similar to "Clipmate" (see their
website!) - with optional or changeable fields
* Add option to print Events Notes at the end of the group reports as do
General & Research Notes
* Add ability to generate a bibliography
* Add ability to print out and to share on a website ALL individuals in a
database and to include an index for the entire database
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