Re: [LegacyUG] Documents in Legacy
The view you get in Windows Explorer may depend on your pdf default viewer. I use the free Foxit reader and I can see the icons in Explorer (from medium size and up) as thumbnails of the first page of the pdf. Nevertheless in Legacy a pdf still shows as the standard document pages icon. David On 09/01/2014 15:41, Kurt Kneeland wrote: > I don’t think there is a standard Windows function for doing that. If > you look at Windows file explorer, at a folder with mixed jpg and pdf > files, and you have in Thumbnail view, you’ll see thumbnails of the jpg > files but just a big icon for the pdf files. > > The only place I can remember seeing thumbnails of pdf files is in > Paperport. So it is possible, but they may be using proprietary > software to do it. > > *From:*robs_familytree . [mailto:robs_familyt...@hotmail.ca] > *Sent:* Thursday, January 09, 2014 9:09 AM > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Documents in Legacy > > This is not a criticism, just a question. > > Since Legacy can read PDFs, why do we only get to see the standard > "document clipart" in Source Media, instead of a smaller version of the > document like we can with jpgs and other pictures? > > Just curious, > > Thanks! > > Rob Miller > > > > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Documents in Legacy
I attach a number of PDF files to sources, but also when possible include the text contained or related to that PDF that way I don't have to keep opening an external file. Another alternative, if available to you, is to convert PDF files to JPG's if it doesn't contain a lot of pages. I just choose relevant pages for that source then convert them to JPGs. Just a suggestion. Bill Boswell From: Kurt Kneeland [mailto:kurt-kneel...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 10:42 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Documents in Legacy I don’t think there is a standard Windows function for doing that. If you look at Windows file explorer, at a folder with mixed jpg and pdf files, and you have in Thumbnail view, you’ll see thumbnails of the jpg files but just a big icon for the pdf files. The only place I can remember seeing thumbnails of pdf files is in Paperport. So it is possible, but they may be using proprietary software to do it. From: robs_familytree . [mailto:robs_familyt...@hotmail.ca] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 9:09 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Documents in Legacy This is not a criticism, just a question. Since Legacy can read PDFs, why do we only get to see the standard "document clipart" in Source Media, instead of a smaller version of the document like we can with jpgs and other pictures? Just curious, Thanks! Rob Miller 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Documents in Legacy
Rob, The Legacy program includes an internal picture viewer. Other file types depend on your computer's default program to view them. -- Richard Van Wasshnova On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 7:09 AM, robs_familytree . < robs_familyt...@hotmail.ca> wrote: > This is not a criticism, just a question. > > Since Legacy can read PDFs, why do we only get to see the standard > "document clipart" in Source Media, instead of a smaller version of the > document like we can with jpgs and other pictures? > > Just curious, > > Thanks! > > Rob Miller > > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Documents in Legacy
I don’t think there is a standard Windows function for doing that. If you look at Windows file explorer, at a folder with mixed jpg and pdf files, and you have in Thumbnail view, you’ll see thumbnails of the jpg files but just a big icon for the pdf files. The only place I can remember seeing thumbnails of pdf files is in Paperport. So it is possible, but they may be using proprietary software to do it. From: robs_familytree . [mailto:robs_familyt...@hotmail.ca] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 9:09 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Documents in Legacy This is not a criticism, just a question. Since Legacy can read PDFs, why do we only get to see the standard "document clipart" in Source Media, instead of a smaller version of the document like we can with jpgs and other pictures? Just curious, Thanks! Rob Miller 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Documents in Legacy
This is not a criticism, just a question. Since Legacy can read PDFs, why do we only get to see the standard "document clipart" in Source Media, instead of a smaller version of the document like we can with jpgs and other pictures? Just curious, Thanks! Rob Miller 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
