Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features - #2
I just open four windows and shrink them down to fill 1/4 of the screen each. I will look at the Acer page next. Rich in LA CA - Original Message From: Alastair Lack To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 3:46:01 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features - #2 You can actually divide a large screen into two smaller ones using the free Acer Gridvista http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/Acer-Gridvista.shtml This allows you to run two applications 'maximised' without juggling the overlaps. But you do need to have a large screen to start with Alastair 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 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] Favorite Features - #2
Dawn, what works bettter than that is hooking up a 2nd monitor to your computer. You can have a census record on one monitor and Legacy on the other. It is VERY VERY VERY nice :) michele - Original Message - From: "Dawn Crowley" To: Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features - #2 I like being able to choose the size & font type that I prefer. I also like being able to make Legacy fit only1/2 of the screen & still be legible while I look @ digitized records on the other 1/2 of the screen. Dawn Arnold Sprague wrote: The original intent of this good post has been hijacked. I would like to get back to what Kirsten Bowman wanted for this thread, so have renamed it from "Favorite Features" to "Favorite Features - #2." As Kirsten asked, please share with new Legacy users the features and shortcuts of Legacy you find most helpful. Arnold Sprague At 03:25 PM 10/19/2009, you wrote: Mary's "Lost" post reminded me of how many great tips and shortcuts I picked up from the LUG when I first started using Legacy. Unfortunately new users sometimes don't even know the question to ask in order to find some of these, and LUG discussions lately seem to be far from basic. My personal favorite is the Source Clipboard, and anyone who isn't using it should drop everything and read Legacy's Help > Index > Clipboard > Source. Would others like to mention their favorite feature or shortcut? Kirsten 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 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.27/2453 - Release Date: 10/23/09 06:56:00 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] Favorite Features - #2
Sherry, just save the web picture to where you keep photos you link to in Legacy (I have a picture and documents folder labeled "My Family" and put everything in there using sub folders for organization). Then you can link to that picture in Legacy. Michael Sherry wrote: I am fairly new to Legacy and am wondering if you mean that you can look at a Legacy record of a family or individual at the same time you are looking at an on-line digitized record of a census or information on a website? I wonder, too, if that is possible, then is it possible to cut and paste a paragraph or picture from a website to my individual or family record? Sherry - Original Message - From: "Dawn Crowley" To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 11:38:36 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features - #2 I like being able to choose the size & font type that I prefer. I also like being able to make Legacy fit only1/2 of the screen & still be legible while I look @ digitized records on the other 1/2 of the screen. Dawn 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 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] Favorite Features - #2
Alastair Lack wrote: You can actually divide a large screen into two smaller ones using the free Acer Gridvista http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/Acer-Gridvista.shtml This allows you to run two applications 'maximised' without juggling the overlaps. But you do need to have a large screen to start with But only on XP or Vista! -- Best regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg. 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] Favorite Features - #2
You can actually divide a large screen into two smaller ones using the free Acer Gridvista http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/Acer-Gridvista.shtml This allows you to run two applications 'maximised' without juggling the overlaps. But you do need to have a large screen to start with Alastair 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] Favorite Features - #2
As I said in my previous sending, the fourth screen is the 'photo directory', which I have subdivded as such: E:photos/ pictures/ photos1 through photos9-locations-censusUS-censusSwedish-documents-graves under each category I have further 'split' by location or year. In some cases I have over 50 in a category. This way I can copy a 'photo' from a print screen, save with paint, then add that to the new event screen, changing windows back and forth. It took me a while to formalize the process and simplify it. I no longer use my written instructions, but reccomend creating something to assist your process until learned. Rich in LA CA - Original Message From: Jenny M Benson To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 3:57:59 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features - #2 Sherry wrote > I am fairly new to Legacy and am wondering if you mean that you can look at a > Legacy record of a family or individual at the same time you are looking at > an on-line digitized record of a census or information on a website? Yes. It's possible to do that with pretty much any program - you just reduce the size of the 2 (or more! - I know someone who habitually works with about 4 windows open at the same time!) windows and position them as you want. > I wonder, too, if that is possible, then is it possible to cut and paste a > paragraph or picture from a website to my individual or family record? Certainly if the website allows copying of text you can paste it into a field in Legacy, but you can't do that with pictures. With pictures you have to save them to your hard drive or some other local storage device from where Legacy can access them. -- Jenny M Benson 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 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] Favorite Features - #2
Thanks everyone for such a quick response to my questions. This group is great. Sherry - Original Message - From: "Jenny M Benson" To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 3:57:59 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features - #2 Sherry wrote >I am fairly new to Legacy and am wondering if you mean that you can >look at a Legacy record of a family or individual at the same time you >are looking at an on-line digitized record of a census or information >on a website? Yes. It's possible to do that with pretty much any program - you just reduce the size of the 2 (or more! - I know someone who habitually works with about 4 windows open at the same time!) windows and position them as you want. > I wonder, too, if that is possible, then is it possible to cut and >paste a paragraph or picture from a website to my individual or family >record? Certainly if the website allows copying of text you can paste it into a field in Legacy, but you can't do that with pictures. With pictures you have to save them to your hard drive or some other local storage device from where Legacy can access them. -- Jenny M Benson 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] Favorite Features - #2
Sherry wrote I am fairly new to Legacy and am wondering if you mean that you can look at a Legacy record of a family or individual at the same time you are looking at an on-line digitized record of a census or information on a website? Yes. It's possible to do that with pretty much any program - you just reduce the size of the 2 (or more! - I know someone who habitually works with about 4 windows open at the same time!) windows and position them as you want. I wonder, too, if that is possible, then is it possible to cut and paste a paragraph or picture from a website to my individual or family record? Certainly if the website allows copying of text you can paste it into a field in Legacy, but you can't do that with pictures. With pictures you have to save them to your hard drive or some other local storage device from where Legacy can access them. -- Jenny M Benson 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] Favorite Features - #2
I have used Legacy for 3 years now ( switched from FTM) and cannot imagine using any other type of software program (as of today anyways). I have been extracting records from some parishes in Germany and would have been utterly lost without the Search tools. There are all sorts of problems with these old church records but with the Search tools I can get around many obstacles. Also, being able to identify locales has been simplified with the Geo Loacation Database. My latest discovery has been being able to utilize ALL 9 tags instead of only 3. In the Index view I have altered the columns and it can include all of my tags which is important to me as I use them all. Regards Robert On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:21 PM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: > Yes. I frequently have Legacy visible on 1/2 screen, the Swedish online > pages on the other, and the program Paint, and the 'photos subdirectory' > hiding on the bottom, to check which pages I already have, then copy new > pages using the Swedish copy numbering system. > Rich in LA CA > > > - Original Message > From: Sherry > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 12:47:29 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features - #2 > > I am fairly new to Legacy and am wondering if you mean that you can look at > a Legacy record of a family or individual at the same time you are looking > at an on-line digitized record of a census or information on a website? I > wonder, too, if that is possible, then is it possible to cut and paste a > paragraph or picture from a website to my individual or family record? > > Sherry > > - Original Message - > From: "Dawn Crowley" > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 11:38:36 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features - #2 > > I like being able to choose the size & font type that I prefer. I also > like being able to make Legacy fit only1/2 of the screen & still be > legible while I look @ digitized records on the other 1/2 of the screen. > > Dawn > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<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<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<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<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > >
Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features - #2
Yes. I frequently have Legacy visible on 1/2 screen, the Swedish online pages on the other, and the program Paint, and the 'photos subdirectory' hiding on the bottom, to check which pages I already have, then copy new pages using the Swedish copy numbering system. Rich in LA CA - Original Message From: Sherry To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 12:47:29 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features - #2 I am fairly new to Legacy and am wondering if you mean that you can look at a Legacy record of a family or individual at the same time you are looking at an on-line digitized record of a census or information on a website? I wonder, too, if that is possible, then is it possible to cut and paste a paragraph or picture from a website to my individual or family record? Sherry - Original Message - From: "Dawn Crowley" To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 11:38:36 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features - #2 I like being able to choose the size & font type that I prefer. I also like being able to make Legacy fit only 1/2 of the screen & still be legible while I look @ digitized records on the other 1/2 of the screen. Dawn 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 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] Favorite Features - #2
You can cut and paste text but not pictures. Legacy does not store pictures. It links to the location on your computer where you have saved the picture. CE -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Sherry Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 12:47 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features - #2 I am fairly new to Legacy and am wondering if you mean that you can look at a Legacy record of a family or individual at the same time you are looking at an on-line digitized record of a census or information on a website? I wonder, too, if that is possible, then is it possible to cut and paste a paragraph or picture from a website to my individual or family record? Sherry - Original Message - From: "Dawn Crowley" To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 11:38:36 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features - #2 I like being able to choose the size & font type that I prefer. I also like being able to make Legacy fit only1/2 of the screen & still be legible while I look @ digitized records on the other 1/2 of the screen. Dawn 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.20/2444 - Release Date: 10/22/09 18:44:00 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] Favorite Features - #2
I am fairly new to Legacy and am wondering if you mean that you can look at a Legacy record of a family or individual at the same time you are looking at an on-line digitized record of a census or information on a website? I wonder, too, if that is possible, then is it possible to cut and paste a paragraph or picture from a website to my individual or family record? Sherry - Original Message - From: "Dawn Crowley" To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 11:38:36 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features - #2 I like being able to choose the size & font type that I prefer. I also like being able to make Legacy fit only1/2 of the screen & still be legible while I look @ digitized records on the other 1/2 of the screen. Dawn 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] Favorite Features - #2
I like being able to choose the size & font type that I prefer. I also like being able to make Legacy fit only1/2 of the screen & still be legible while I look @ digitized records on the other 1/2 of the screen. Dawn Arnold Sprague wrote: The original intent of this good post has been hijacked. I would like to get back to what Kirsten Bowman wanted for this thread, so have renamed it from "Favorite Features" to "Favorite Features - #2." As Kirsten asked, please share with new Legacy users the features and shortcuts of Legacy you find most helpful. Arnold Sprague At 03:25 PM 10/19/2009, you wrote: Mary's "Lost" post reminded me of how many great tips and shortcuts I picked up from the LUG when I first started using Legacy. Unfortunately new users sometimes don't even know the question to ask in order to find some of these, and LUG discussions lately seem to be far from basic. My personal favorite is the Source Clipboard, and anyone who isn't using it should drop everything and read Legacy's Help > Index > Clipboard > Source. Would others like to mention their favorite feature or shortcut? Kirsten 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 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] Favorite Features - #2
The original intent of this good post has been hijacked. I would like to get back to what Kirsten Bowman wanted for this thread, so have renamed it from "Favorite Features" to "Favorite Features - #2." As Kirsten asked, please share with new Legacy users the features and shortcuts of Legacy you find most helpful. Arnold Sprague At 03:25 PM 10/19/2009, you wrote: Mary's "Lost" post reminded me of how many great tips and shortcuts I picked up from the LUG when I first started using Legacy. Unfortunately new users sometimes don't even know the question to ask in order to find some of these, and LUG discussions lately seem to be far from basic. My personal favorite is the Source Clipboard, and anyone who isn't using it should drop everything and read Legacy's Help > Index > Clipboard > Source. Would others like to mention their favorite feature or shortcut? Kirsten 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
