I posted a query some days ago about generating text, photos and index in one file. Thanks to Elizabeth and Peter for their responses. I've been fiddling and struggling with it ever since, trying to work it out myself, but since James' query today - and give the gent a break, he's only venting his frustration - re his lost message, it has prompted me to mention that you can "create" a text file with index and export it as an RTF file to MSWord but the index and contents don't show, but if you "create" a text file with index and export it as a PDF document it DOES create contents and index. This you can then copy, cut and paste into your word processing programme but with all formatting lost. No problem. We usually tinker with the format to our own design any way, at least the text is all there AND THE INDEX. I have over 8000 people in my file now and refuse to do it manually.
Re James' comments about sig lines - I agree. Way too many and way too big. Can't they be condensed? I unsubbed from the digest to individual emails for this very reason. The digest was mostly repeated parts of earlier posts and sig lines. A frustrating time waster. Noelene Jenkinson Horsham, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James A. McIntosh Sent: Monday, 27 February 2006 12:10 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Subject: [LegacyUG] FW: John Gregson. Question about Exporting Reports to a Word Processor. Posted Thursday, February 23, 2006 @10:20:49. From: James A. McIntosh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 5:55 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: FW: John Gregson. Question about Exporting Reports to a Word Processor. Posted Thursday, February 23, 2006 @10:20:49. Dear Legacy User Group Staff: On February 24, 2006, @ 2:16 AM, I sent you an email which is reproduced in its entirety below. I have not seen this post on the Periodic rather lengthy display of questions and answers. Most of the questions and answers I have read in the past two days have been written and answered after the date of my post. Can you tell me why my answer to John Gregson's question has not yet been posted on your Legacy User Group List? I think the confusion John had is shared by all of us as we begin our genealogy partnership with Legacy. I believe there are many other users like myself who would be happy to see your printing instructions clarified. Your [PERIODIC LegacyUserGroup DIGEST POSTING] which I just finished reading and which is dated Sunday, February 26, 2006, prompts me to ask the staff why you think you have to repeat, repeat, and repeat the same information over and over again. Do you realize if I wanted to save these DIGEST POSTINGS that it would take much more storage space than is required to get your point across? Why do you have to have more than one statement about the Free drawing for the Alaskan Cruise and the FHL in Salt Lake City and all the other reminders and ads which are underlined in blue. You have flown these banners (banners as used herein mean the drawing for the freebies followed by other advertisements and reminders of where to find things, etc.) ninety-three (Yes, 93) times in your posting today, with a LOT of empty space between each banner. Not only have you run that many banners, you started out by having your second banner immediately after the first one. This practice went through many 2 duplications, then 3, and toward the end of your posting they were coming up 4 and even 5 duplications. Each of these duplications came one right after the other. I dislike being bombarded by so many banners, when l believe one or two would suffice. Even at my senior citizen age of 72, I do not have to be reminded 93 times in your posting today about the same thing over and over again. I do not think it looks professional for the # 1 blue-ribbon genealogy software on the market today. I'll bet each member of the staff a top sirloin steak with all the trimmings that if Legacy was to post a question to the UserGroup asking everyone if they would prefer to be reminded 96 times or just one time about the exact same thing, you would be surprised at the response. If you have a differing viewpoint on this issue, I would be glad to hear it. Your friends, Jim & Earlene McIntosh Have a great day with your best friend -- our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! We can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens us! Philippians 4:13 Jesus loves us! He will not fail us nor forsake us all the days of our lives! Joshua 1:5-9 _________________________________________________________________ __________ From: James A. McIntosh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 2:16 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: John Gregson. Question about Exporting Reports to a Word Processor. Posted Thursday, February 23, 2006 @10:20:49. Hi John: In your recent post about Exporting records to a Word Processor, you asked, "Is there any way that I can send Reports, in a file format, that my Word processor could open? I have Word 2003 & Works 8. Somewhere I saw mention of exporting reports in .RTF format and I believe also in .PDF format." Like you, I too am a Newbie to Legacy. I purchased the Legacy Deluxe software bundle on February 12, 2006, and joined this Users Group one week later. I had not had any prior experience with Legacy. I use the same Word Processor you do, namely Msn Office 2003 which has Word 2003 included. You can send reports, that you have created, to your Word processor. Legacy allows us to do this in the following formats: .Text, .Rtf (Rich Text Format), .Html, and .PDF. I have used Legacy to send a Descendants Report to others in the RTF format. Here is how I did it and it seemed to work okay for me: (1) On Legacy's main screen select "Reports" from the Menu Bar at the top of the page, (2) In the dropdown menu select "All Reports (Books and others) .", (3) In the "Reports" screen select "Descendants" in the Book Reports category, (4) the next screen you will see is entitled, "Descendants Book Report Options," You will notice on the right side of this screen, about half way down the page, the four format options I mentioned, which are Text File, Rich Text File, Html file and PDF file. Select the format you want to use, (5) click on the small screen entitled Report Options and check the settings to make sure you have the ones you want in your Descendants Report, (6) click on the word "Preview" at the top of this page and review the entire document to ensure it reads the way you want it to. Make any changes to the document you need to, (7) On the right side, at the top of the Descendants Book Report Options, you will see a small space with the word "Create" in it. Click on this word which appeared when you selected the RTF format, (8) you will immediately see a new screen where you will have to give your document a name and select one of the four formats you will want to use. I elected to save my document in the RTF format, but you can use any one of the four formats offered. Next, click on the word "Save" to the right and at the bottom of this screen, (9) at this point legacy will send/print your document to your Word processor and it will be saved with the name you just gave it, (10) click on the word File in the menu bar at the top of your Word main screen and then click "Open" on the drop down menu. If we have done all the foregoing steps correctly, we should see our document on our screen and we can edit it as we would any other Word document. In my humble opinion Legacy does not do a very good job explaining these printing instructions and I was just as frustrated as you were trying to find something. There are general statements in Legacy's print coverage, but not the detail l have used above. In addition, when we use the RTF format, Legacy requires us to create our own Table of Contents and the Index. These two parts of our document are automatically completed for us in the document we see when we are "previewing" it, before we Create it with the printing options. I do not see any reason for Legacy pre-formatting the document we look at in the "Preview" mode but not in the document in the RTF format we selected. Hopefully Legacy will assign this "Printing" issue to someone on the staff who can give it the attention it deserves and requires. Let's hope the next update will have more precise and specific instructions for us. Your friend, Jim McIntosh Have a great day with your best friend -- our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! We can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens us! Philippians 4:13 Jesus loves us! He will not fail us nor forsake us all the days of our lives! Joshua 1:5-9 _________________________________________________________________ __________ Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group 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 Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. 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