----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt Conner" > Seems to me the last time I checked the price of Treedraw for Legacy, you > could buy the complete copy of FTM which would include most or all of the > Treedraw features and perhaps, is more intuitive and as easy to transfer > info between the two programs. Any feelings on this?
Strong feelings about "addons" or "downloads" required for any genealogy program. I want to concentrate on family projects with pictures rather than program file management. PAF-DOS used to have about two dozen utilities that were obsolete when PAF 4-Windows was released. PAF 5 users recommend over $100 in addons now and do not agree on the best one to buy. Text-only detail collectors may be newer researchers who find out the limitations of Legacy's supplied charts and reports when it is too late. As a family historian since 1967, I've always planned data to share with relatives rather than a source for every variation of every event. Non-researchers NEED to see charts and researchers with large files NEED to see the most important individuals during data entry without paying a printing service for a long banner with boxes for all descendants. Legacy TreeDraw "addon" is download-only. Costs about $9 more than a whole new FTM 2006 program with Charting Companion included on the program CD due to ship by the end of August. Legacy Companion costs an additional $20 and must also be downloaded. Someone told me that Legacy Companion showed place holder commas in charts but haven't tried any version of Companion yet myself. Data should be entered directly in the SAME genealogy program used to print family books and wall charts with pictures. Using two desktop genealogy programs for the same file means limiting data entry to fields that transfer accurately. I'm hoping that Legacy will fix the Relationship Chart before version 5 is replaced but found a workaround way to print an accurate relationship chart using FTM 2005. Place holder commas from incomplete master locations in Legacy show up in FTM if a GEDCOM is imported. Different fields are used in Legacy for occupations and details for events. Pictures do not transfer between Legacy and FTM. FTM charts are easier for home printing because boxes overlap page breaks and three pictures can be included in each box. Charts are also "clickable" to navigate the FTM database for editing. FTM charts allow multiples of up to 50 items in a single box. They can be used as clickable custom reports for the most important individuals in a direct line box chart. Haven't been able to use Legacy 5 Narrative saved as PDF for a planned 2000 family project due to unsuitable wording, spacing and picture limitations. -- Elizabeth Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
