Re: [LegacyUG] Labels on Family view
Hi Mike Thanks for that. I have tried all possible things. I am sure it was not like that in the older version. I also could not find anywhere to change the background of the labels on the Family view. Ta Gwen On 20/07/2010, at 10:52 PM, Mike Fry wrote: > On 2010/07/20 01:35, Noddie wrote: > >> I upgraded to the latest version recently, and since then I have >> found that my labels:- >> >> File | Edit | etc >> now have a rectangle white background. It was not evident on any >> other update and >> I am wondering how to fix this as it is distracting. > > Now this one is going to be a conundrum! Nowhere, in the Legacy > Colours > panel within the Customisation dialog, is there any sign of the > ability > to change the background of the items on the menu bar. The only way > that > I know of doing this is from the Windows Control Panel applet. > > Have you tried shutting the machine down and restarting it? > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@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 after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] ... Seeking Charting/Presention Guidance ... Jim Hughes
Kathy Meyer ... Have a fine day ... General Stuff ... I switched To Legacy from Family Tree Maker, after using Family Tree Maker for many years. It was Legacy graphs/reports/charts that swung the move. I am a 'so so' genealogical researcher, but, do require the facts before I enter such as 'tree entry.' My goal is to present my family roots in a manner that all will understand & enjoy. I want young & old to view their roots as people, their people, not cold charting symbols. Legacy provides the 'cold facts' while 'other, off topic stuff' turns those facts into something like watching a movie. ProShow Gold is a vehicle that I use to achieve my goal. I am not aware of a "layer & peel" feature in Legacy. Such I can accomplish within ProShow Gold. Legacy Stuff ... provides: data; assembled in graphs/reports/charts; and authenticity. Legacy does not provide the glitz, cheer, reason-to-watch via their graphs/reports/charts. Legacy User Group ... provided guidance, ideas, and direction relative to Legacy that I needed before I could think about a ProShow Gold solution/presentation. Thank you Legacy User Group. I did not want to contaminate the Legacy User Group with 'off topic' material but, I did require their direction. Winner ... me, as I received more than enough of what I desired. Loser ... I hope, no one. I hope I did not violate the Legacy User Group code of operation. Thanks, Legacy User Group. Jim Hughes -- From: "Kathy Meyer" Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 1:08 PM To: Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] ... Seeking Charting/Presention Guidance ... Jim Hughes > Is the reference to "layer & peel" something that exists in Legacy or > something that you are thinking would be a nice upgrade to Legacy? I > haven't used charting much at all and am very interested in reading > all of your comments; including the "off topic" ones relating to your > use of other programs. Just because this is a legacy list, doesn't > mean that we aren't interested in how it can be used in other > applications to enhance our work and present it to others; > particularly when Legacy doesn't provide that particular ability. I > wouldn't necessarily sign up for a list that discussed the other > program that was mentioned because I wouldn't even know it existed > except that you mentioned it here; I hope people aren't discouraged > from posting enlightening ideas on this group because it is very > helpful to 99% of us. For instance, I'm sure the legacy charts & > reports are what are being posted in this presentation that was > mentioned; why wouldn't the rest of us want to know how to achieve > that for our next family reunion? > > Thanks! Kathy > > On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Jim Hughes wrote: >> Paul ... >> >> Fine, 'New Feature Requests,' would certainly be eye-poppers. >> >> Believe I'll try to layer & peel ... for overlaying and revealing ... . >> >> Your help will sell an easier, more understandable, view to family >> members >> not in the know. >> Take care. >> Jim >> *** >> >> >> From: Paul Keeley >> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 12:45 AM >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] ... Seeking Charting/Presention Guidance ... Jim >> Hughes >> >> You’re welcome Jim. Legacy Charting is very good although there are a >> few >> enhancements I would love to see like the ability to do an hour glass >> chart >> with a couple or to select an individual on the chart, right click, and >> have >> a pop-up menu come up which would allow me to add the ancestors, >> descendants, or both for the selected individual for X generations or >> hide >> the selected individual on the chart. If that feature were added then >> you >> could really highlight how different people are related. >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Paul Keeley >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Jim Hughes [mailto:jhugh...@twmi.rr.com] >> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 10:07 PM >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] ... Seeking Charting/Presention Guidance ... Jim >> Hughes >> >> >> >> Paul ... >> >> >> >> Thank you, a great idea ! Your ideas make sense & will clear up, '... >> the I >> don't know who they are issues ...,' >> >> via your direction. I have used GIMP & should be able to do as you say. >> Legacy's Charting I find good to >> >> use; I'm going to give it a go. Indeed, Legacy Charting is broad in >> scope >> ... a main consideration in my >> >> purchase of Legacy, better than my prior genealogy program, Family Tree >> Maker. >> >> >> >> Thank you for your time & direction, you have eased my burden and >> enhanced >> the output to my audience. >> >> >> >> Take care. >> >> >> >> Jim Hughes >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Paul Keeley >> >> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 11:43 PM >> >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.co
Re: [LegacyUG] ... Seeking Charting/Presention Guidance ... Jim Hughes
Is the reference to "layer & peel" something that exists in Legacy or something that you are thinking would be a nice upgrade to Legacy? I haven't used charting much at all and am very interested in reading all of your comments; including the "off topic" ones relating to your use of other programs. Just because this is a legacy list, doesn't mean that we aren't interested in how it can be used in other applications to enhance our work and present it to others; particularly when Legacy doesn't provide that particular ability. I wouldn't necessarily sign up for a list that discussed the other program that was mentioned because I wouldn't even know it existed except that you mentioned it here; I hope people aren't discouraged from posting enlightening ideas on this group because it is very helpful to 99% of us. For instance, I'm sure the legacy charts & reports are what are being posted in this presentation that was mentioned; why wouldn't the rest of us want to know how to achieve that for our next family reunion? Thanks! Kathy On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Jim Hughes wrote: > Paul ... > > Fine, 'New Feature Requests,' would certainly be eye-poppers. > > Believe I'll try to layer & peel ... for overlaying and revealing ... . > > Your help will sell an easier, more understandable, view to family members > not in the know. > Take care. > Jim > *** > > > From: Paul Keeley > Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 12:45 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] ... Seeking Charting/Presention Guidance ... Jim > Hughes > > You’re welcome Jim. Legacy Charting is very good although there are a few > enhancements I would love to see like the ability to do an hour glass chart > with a couple or to select an individual on the chart, right click, and have > a pop-up menu come up which would allow me to add the ancestors, > descendants, or both for the selected individual for X generations or hide > the selected individual on the chart. If that feature were added then you > could really highlight how different people are related. > > > > > > Regards, > > Paul Keeley > > > > > > From: Jim Hughes [mailto:jhugh...@twmi.rr.com] > Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 10:07 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] ... Seeking Charting/Presention Guidance ... Jim > Hughes > > > > Paul ... > > > > Thank you, a great idea ! Your ideas make sense & will clear up, '... the I > don't know who they are issues ...,' > > via your direction. I have used GIMP & should be able to do as you say. > Legacy's Charting I find good to > > use; I'm going to give it a go. Indeed, Legacy Charting is broad in scope > ... a main consideration in my > > purchase of Legacy, better than my prior genealogy program, Family Tree > Maker. > > > > Thank you for your time & direction, you have eased my burden and enhanced > the output to my audience. > > > > Take care. > > > > Jim Hughes > > > > > > > > > > From: Paul Keeley > > Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 11:43 PM > > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] ... Seeking Charting/Presention Guidance ... Jim > Hughes > > > > Hi Jim, > > I think one way you can achieve what you want is to create a chart or charts > showing the trees or branches you are highlighting using Legacy Charting. > You can then publish the chart as a jpeg or png graphic within Legacy > Charting, copy the file, and then edit it with an image editor such as the > GIMP which is freely downloadable. The GIMP will let you select a branch > and then change the opacity of everything else (or blur it or apply some > other effect) so that the branch is highlighted and people can see where it > fits in. It would be a bit of work but your presentation sounds like a > marvelous piece of work as it is. > > > > Legacy Charting can create all sorts of charts that should hopefully provide > the information you need. > > > > Regards, > > Paul Keeley > > > > > > From: Jim Hughes [mailto:jhugh...@twmi.rr.com] > Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 2:33 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Cc: James Hughes > Subject: [LegacyUG] ... Seeking Charting/Presention Guidance ... Jim Hughes > > > > Good Day ... > > > > I hope all is well ... > > > > I have the current version of Legacy Family Tree. > > > > Your guidance, direction, advice, is sought with this: > > > > 1. I publish a family 'herald' that serves as a communication vehicle > between family tree members. > > Input is from family members and normally, two presentations a year. > > 2. ProShow Gold is used to present the herald. ProShow > presentations display audio, video, slides > > and bunches of effects can be applied. > > 3. Presentations are viewed via a PC, or on TV through a DVD player. > > 4. Many tree members know little about other tree members, and do not > possess a good grasp > >
Re: [LegacyUG] Labels on Family view
On 2010/07/20 01:35, Noddie wrote: > I upgraded to the latest version recently, and since then I have > found that my labels:- > > File | Edit | etc > now have a rectangle white background. It was not evident on any > other update and > I am wondering how to fix this as it is distracting. Now this one is going to be a conundrum! Nowhere, in the Legacy Colours panel within the Customisation dialog, is there any sign of the ability to change the background of the items on the menu bar. The only way that I know of doing this is from the Windows Control Panel applet. Have you tried shutting the machine down and restarting it? -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] How to show (compactly) descent from medieval ancestors?
Yippi -There are others with the same issue as I have of multiple lines & links within generations. I believe there is a need for Legacy to be able to Tag Ancestors, then without exporting to a File in order to do a Descendant Report. Thus there should be a choice to do a Descendant Report on a Focus Group of Tag X (Ancestor Tag as above). Please, Please. John - Original Message - From: "Richard Van Wasshnova" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to show (compactly) descent from medieval ancestors? Hi Dolly, Export to Legacy file all ancestors of #1. Open that new file and print (or whatever) all descendants of #10177. I think that should work. -- Richard Van Wasshnova http://www.gencircles.com/users/vanwasshnova http://gw.geneanet.org/vanwasshnova Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
