In the Chronology View, at the bottom of the Select Timelines window where you pick your timeline, you can set the timespan for each timeline.
At 2005-09-17 09:23 AM, you wrote:
Alistair, 1)Select your individual 2)Go to the Chronology Tab 3)Click Options 4)On the Include tab of the Options 5)check the box to the left of the button that says [Select Background Timelines] 6)Click the [Select Background Timelines] button 7)From the Select Timelines dialog, click [Add a Timeline File] button. 8)From the Timelines dialog, select the Timeline by checking a tag box next to timeline At this stage if you Save out, you will get the whole file intermixed with your chron view. You can obtain better results by selecting the checked timeline at point 8) then click the [Edit] button, and check just the tags in the time frame you require. 9)Click [OK] twice, then check "Only include tagged Events from this timeline." 10)Click the [Save] button. 11)Click the [Save] in the Chron Options You should now have all the tagged timeline entries from the tagged timelines in your chron view. Kind Regards, Mark Lang (E) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (W) http://www.users.tpg.com.au/marklang/ (I) 61 8 8382 6163 (H) 08 8382 6163 (M) 04 1144 6315 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Alastair Lack > Sent: Saturday, 17 September 2005 6:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Timeline Reports > > > Well, guys, I'm really excited. > > With my new Legacy 6, and my editable timelines, I've spent a > couple of evenings researching the issues affecting the > British population since 1300 or so (which I'll send you as > soon as I'm satisfied with its completeness) > > So now I go Reports, Report Menu, Timeline report, and look > at a timeline report for the old ancestors, and I look > forward to seeing who was alive in the civil war, the plague, > and who lived through the clearances in Scotland. > > But I can't see how to add the timeline I've just created! > > I know my file works, because on the Chronology view I see > that events happened 300 years before my birth - not that > that's of much interest > - as someone said, we need to be able to limit the timeline > usage to the lifetime of the person being viewed. > > So, please, how do I add all my hard work making a timeline > to the Timeline report? > > Warm regards :-) > > Alastair Lack
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