[LegacyUG] I am very frustrated
I printed out a test run of a descendancy report of one of my ancestors (just a couple of generations worth) and the output is not good. I would have to import this report into Word and clean it up. All of the wording is wrong, formating is wrong etc (based on the standards in place by the Board for Certification of Genealogists and the wonderful book Professional Genealogy by Elizabeth Shown Mills, as well as her citation books). I am not saying that the report should be coming out perfect and I am glad that you can change the wording on the event fields (sentence override) but I am going to have to go in and pretty much change the wording on all of the event fields (and I am thinking that I am going to have to do this on each individual and that any changes I make will not carry over person to person). I know that the new version of Legacy will have a source wizard of sorts that will format the sources to comform to the standards outlined by Elizabeth Shown Mills but I wonder if there should be a data wizard that will make sure that all of the data is in a standarized format. Having a feature in the program where you can input your data into a book format is not helpful if there are so many errors in how it comes out. There is no way someone could just hit the button and POOF! a formatted book comes out. You would have to import the entire book into Word and clean it up which would take countless hours (might be easier to just type it in from scratch using a printout from Legacy as your notes). I do want to say that I really do like Legacy. It has a lot of great features that the other programs don't have but this is a shortcoming and I am hoping this is an area where there will be some improvement. Michele Lewis Staff Genealogist, McDuffie Mirror Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2b49et Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] I am very frustrated
Michele Edit Event Sentence Definition makes the global changes you want. Sentence Override is useful when the standard sentence doesn't fit the case. -- Mary Young Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2b49et Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] I am very frustrated
You can change the wording for sentences in the Master Event list and it will carry over to each person using that event. You can also change them for an individual but it will not be a global change. Mary -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michele Lewis Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 10:18 AM To: Legacy E-Mail List Subject: [LegacyUG] I am very frustrated I printed out a test run of a descendancy report of one of my ancestors (just a couple of generations worth) and the output is not good. I would have to import this report into Word and clean it up. All of the wording is wrong, formating is wrong etc (based on the standards in place by the Board for Certification of Genealogists and the wonderful book Professional Genealogy by Elizabeth Shown Mills, as well as her citation books). I am not saying that the report should be coming out perfect and I am glad that you can change the wording on the event fields (sentence override) but I am going to have to go in and pretty much change the wording on all of the event fields (and I am thinking that I am going to have to do this on each individual and that any changes I make will not carry over person to person). I know that the new version of Legacy will have a source wizard of sorts that will format the sources to comform to the standards outlined by Elizabeth Shown Mills but I wonder if there should be a data wizard that will make sure that all of the data is in a standarized format. Having a feature in the program where you can input your data into a book format is not helpful if there are so many errors in how it comes out. There is no way someone could just hit the button and POOF! a formatted book comes out. You would have to import the entire book into Word and clean it up which would take countless hours (might be easier to just type it in from scratch using a printout from Legacy as your notes). I do want to say that I really do like Legacy. It has a lot of great features that the other programs don't have but this is a shortcoming and I am hoping this is an area where there will be some improvement. Michele Lewis Staff Genealogist, McDuffie Mirror Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Buy Now http://tinyurl.com/2b49et Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2b49et Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] I am very frustrated
Michele, For our register and modified register books, we have followed the standards as outlined in the following books: - Genealogical Writing in the 21st Century: A Guide to Register Style and More by Henry B. Hoff, editor - Numbering Your Genealogy: Basic Systems, Complex Families, and International Kin by Curran, Crane, and Wray - The BCG Genealogical Standards Manual by the Board for Certification of Genealogists If you've found something that you feel is not in accordance to these standards, please let us know. Custom event sentences do not have strict standards, rather, the books suggest that the researcher weave the context of an ancestor's life into the software-generated outline. Therefore there is no standard for these kind of sentences. Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LegacyFamilyTree.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michele Lewis Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 8:18 AM To: Legacy E-Mail List Subject: [LegacyUG] I am very frustrated I printed out a test run of a descendancy report of one of my ancestors (just a couple of generations worth) and the output is not good. I would have to import this report into Word and clean it up. All of the wording is wrong, formating is wrong etc (based on the standards in place by the Board for Certification of Genealogists and the wonderful book Professional Genealogy by Elizabeth Shown Mills, as well as her citation books). I am not saying that the report should be coming out perfect and I am glad that you can change the wording on the event fields (sentence override) but I am going to have to go in and pretty much change the wording on all of the event fields (and I am thinking that I am going to have to do this on each individual and that any changes I make will not carry over person to person). I know that the new version of Legacy will have a source wizard of sorts that will format the sources to comform to the standards outlined by Elizabeth Shown Mills but I wonder if there should be a data wizard that will make sure that all of the data is in a standarized format. Having a feature in the program where you can input your data into a book format is not helpful if there are so many errors in how it comes out. There is no way someone could just hit the button and POOF! a formatted book comes out. You would have to import the entire book into Word and clean it up which would take countless hours (might be easier to just type it in from scratch using a printout from Legacy as your notes). I do want to say that I really do like Legacy. It has a lot of great features that the other programs don't have but this is a shortcoming and I am hoping this is an area where there will be some improvement. Michele Lewis Staff Genealogist, McDuffie Mirror Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2b49et Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] I am very frustrated
Michele: You are on the right track. I always take a Preview of reports to make sure the wording is like I want it when I add sources and events. The screens also show you how the events / sources will be printed. A little tweaking can normally get the right results. If you have imported from another program, then you will have to do some clean up work. Legacy offers so many options that other programs do not have available to the user, so much of the inputs in other programs creates problems that you didn't know you had -- like in the Location fields. According to the peak looks that has been reported on the new Legacy, there should be more standard templates that one can use. You may want to wait till the new version comes along. Good luck Chapy On Nov 21, 2007 8:17 AM, Michele Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I printed out a test run of a descendancy report of one of my ancestors (just a couple of generations worth) and the output is not good. I would have to import this report into Word and clean it up. All of the wording is wrong, formating is wrong etc (based on the standards in place by the Board for Certification of Genealogists and the wonderful book Professional Genealogy by Elizabeth Shown Mills, as well as her citation books). I am not saying that the report should be coming out perfect and I am glad that you can change the wording on the event fields (sentence override) but I am going to have to go in and pretty much change the wording on all of the event fields (and I am thinking that I am going to have to do this on each individual and that any changes I make will not carry over person to person). I know that the new version of Legacy will have a source wizard of sorts that will format the sources to comform to the standards outlined by Elizabeth Shown Mills but I wonder if there should be a data wizard that will make sure that all of the data is in a standarized format. Having a feature in the program where you can input your data into a book format is not helpful if there are so many errors in how it comes out. There is no way someone could just hit the button and POOF! a formatted book comes out. You would have to import the entire book into Word and clean it up which would take countless hours (might be easier to just type it in from scratch using a printout from Legacy as your notes). I do want to say that I really do like Legacy. It has a lot of great features that the other programs don't have but this is a shortcoming and I am hoping this is an area where there will be some improvement. Michele Lewis Staff Genealogist, McDuffie Mirror Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Buy Now Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp -- Leon Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2b49et Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] I am very frustrated
Hi Michele, When you say All of the wording is wrong, formating is wrong etc, can you give us an example or two to work with? It may be a matter of something you can adjust to how you want, in which case we can help you. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Howard -- Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wendyh65/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ewendyh65/ - Original Message - *From:* Michele Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* Legacy E-Mail List LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com *Sent:* 11/22/2007 4:17:38 AM +1300 *Subject:* [LegacyUG] I am very frustrated I printed out a test run of a descendancy report of one of my ancestors (just a couple of generations worth) and the output is not good. I would have to import this report into Word and clean it up. All of the wording is wrong, formating is wrong etc (based on the standards in place by the Board for Certification of Genealogists and the wonderful book Professional Genealogy by Elizabeth Shown Mills, as well as her citation books). I am not saying that the report should be coming out perfect and I am glad that you can change the wording on the event fields (sentence override) but I am going to have to go in and pretty much change the wording on all of the event fields (and I am thinking that I am going to have to do this on each individual and that any changes I make will not carry over person to person). I know that the new version of Legacy will have a source wizard of sorts that will format the sources to comform to the standards outlined by Elizabeth Shown Mills but I wonder if there should be a data wizard that will make sure that all of the data is in a standarized format. Having a feature in the program where you can input your data into a book format is not helpful if there are so many errors in how it comes out. There is no way someone could just hit the button and POOF! a formatted book comes out. You would have to import the entire book into Word and clean it up which would take countless hours (might be easier to just type it in from scratch using a printout from Legacy as your notes). I do want to say that I really do like Legacy. It has a lot of great features that the other programs don't have but this is a shortcoming and I am hoping this is an area where there will be some improvement. Michele Lewis Staff Genealogist, McDuffie Mirror Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2b49et Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
