[LegacyUG] Legacy News comes as garbage in my inbox.

2006-12-22 Thread Duane G Canaday
I know this is off topic but is anyone getting this? From: "Legacy News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  Add to Address Book  Add Mobile Alert To: "searcher51us" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy News comes as garbage in my inbox.

2006-12-22 Thread Sue Winter
I know this is off topic but is anyone getting this? Yes, tho' my message is slightly shorter than yours as I only get the first couple of symbols, not the complete line. +Ù¥ Because it seemed to be gobbldygook, I made no attempt to read or forward it just hit the delete button. Sue i

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy News comes as garbage in my inbox.

2006-12-22 Thread Kees Hessels
Same here in Holland (NL) Kees Hessels - Original Message - From: Duane G Canaday To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 9:03 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy News comes as garbage in my inbox. I know this is off topic but is anyone getting t

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy News comes as garbage in my inbox.

2006-12-22 Thread Mike Fry
Duane G Canaday wrote: I know this is off topic but is anyone getting this? How dare you send a message with embedded javascript! -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg. *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy News comes as garbage in my inbox.

2006-12-22 Thread WILLIAM HATHAWAY
I thought we'd discovered ET (sorry bad "in-joke" - I get those a lot.) Actually I get these garbage messages at my work email virtually every day. Up to a hundred "junk mail" spam and automated mass mailings on every topic trying to sell ludicrous products in at least four "languages" every day.

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy News comes as garbage in my inbox.

2006-12-22 Thread WILLIAM HATHAWAY
Is the javascript the "if and endif, etc." stuff? Funny - my original copy did not show anything but the non-alphabetic "characters." Only the reply from Duane asking about it showed these pieces of code. I'm guessing different mailers handle messages differently. He probably did not even

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy News comes as garbage in my inbox.

2006-12-22 Thread malkajef
The obvious answer is that Duane probably did not know that the message contained possible JavaScript. Jeff - Original Message - From: "Mike Fry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 5:51 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy News comes as garbage in my inbox. Duane

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with event description in Family group record - Version 6.0.0.110

2006-12-22 Thread Beth Gay
C. G., I worked on this report some more this A. M. It does now work (when using the maximum # of characters in the event description field) but only in landscape mode and if I reduce the font size in the data field to #6. Are these your settings? Best regards, Beth G. C.G. Ouimet wrote: Wo

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy News comes as garbage in my inbox.

2006-12-22 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
It appears that the service we use to send our Legacy News had some kind of problem, so, yes, I received Legacy News in that same format. We sincerely apologize for this, and are looking into it. Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -Origi

RE: [LegacyUG] Problem with event description in Family group record - Version 6.0.0.110

2006-12-22 Thread C.G. Ouimet
My report is in Portrait with the data font set to Comic Sans MS 10. Why don't you download 6.0.0.118? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Beth Gay Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 07:52 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [L

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy News comes as garbage in my inbox.

2006-12-22 Thread C.G. Ouimet
I didn't even received it. It's not in my Junk mail folder either. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoff Rasmussen Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 08:27 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy News comes as

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with event description in Family group record - Version 6.0.0.110

2006-12-22 Thread Beth Gay
Thanks C. G., I will when my son has time. I get him to download Legacy at his college where they have broadband; I will not try to download Legacy on my dial-up. Best, Beth G. C.G. Ouimet wrote: My report is in Portrait with the data font set to Comic Sans MS 10. Why don't you download 6.0.

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy News comes as garbage in my inbox.

2006-12-22 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
If you didn't receive the Legacy News email, or haven't received it for quite some time, please try subscribing to it via the subscribe box in the upper right corner of http://www.legacynews.typepad.com. Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LegacyFamilyTree.com --

[LegacyUG] adopted children

2006-12-22 Thread Pat Jones
I'm new; bare with me! When I enter a child that was the biological child of two people who later divorced and that child was then adopted by the second wife of the biological father of the child, how do I get the child to show up under both cases, or can I? *** Give the gift of Legacy for the

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy News comes as garbage in my inbox.

2006-12-22 Thread Mike Fry
WILLIAM HATHAWAY wrote: What I want to know - how does Mike disagnose the "embedded javascript?" What is the format that indicates this semi-code? I want to avoid/filter it out in general use also. The message also shows up funny within Thunderbird when viewed as any form of HTML (simple or

Re: [LegacyUG] adopted children

2006-12-22 Thread Mike Fry
Pat Jones wrote: I'm new; bare with me! Not if you're in the Northern hemisphere :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg. *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** Legacy User Group guidel

Re: [LegacyUG] adopted children

2006-12-22 Thread whoudek123
Pat Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm new; bare with me! > > When I enter a child that was the biological child of two people > who later divorced and that child was then adopted by the second > wife of the biological father of the child, how do I get the > child to show up under both c

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy News comes as garbage in my inbox.

2006-12-22 Thread Robert Carneal
Not me. Is there a chance it might be Yahoo related? Apologies to the group for sending this HTML- it would not send in plain text and preserve the odd characters. Robert -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Duane G Canaday Sent: 2006-12-22 02:03

RE: [LegacyUG] adopted children

2006-12-22 Thread C.G. Ouimet
Select the Father. Add 2nd wife. Now the child shows up with 1 set of parents: Father and 1st wife. Select the child. Add new parents: Father and second wife. Now, the child has two sets of parents. You may then set the child's relationship to all three parents to adopted or biological as appropr

RE: [LegacyUG] adopted children

2006-12-22 Thread leo macdonald
Pat wrote: I'm new; bare with me! When I enter a child that was the biological child of two people who later divorced and that child was then adopted by the second wife of the biological father of the child, how do I get the child to show up under both cases, or can I? This is very easy Pat, j

Re: [LegacyUG] Age at death

2006-12-22 Thread Diane Murach
Utilizing Legacy, has anyone come up with a way to figure age at death for "all" direct line ancestors where one has a birth and death year. If so, I'm not a pro and need step-by-step directions. Diane *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Age at death

2006-12-22 Thread Randolph Clark
Try this: Name List|Options|Advanced Tagging|Clear All Tags|Ancestors|Direct Line Ancestors|Search|Show All Tagged|Tag #? Individuals|Print|Row1|Customize|Age at Death|Place check mark by Age|Choose CSV for report destination|Create|Name File|Save|Open file|Click column header letter for Age colu

[LegacyUG] Automatic sentences for events in reports

2006-12-22 Thread Pat Jones
I see that the Deluxe Edition, which I have, automatically forms the events into sentences when printed. How about if I don't want to use them in sentences, is there a way to shut off that option? I had hoped the 'sentence override' would do it, but it doesn't. I really hate to just delete a

Re: [LegacyUG] Automatic sentences for events in reports

2006-12-22 Thread Cathy
Hi Pat, You have two main choices. 1) Re define the sentences to suit your data input (this is what I do) Don't use Sentence Override - that's for special cases for an individual. Click the Edit Event Sentence Definition button and do it there. Note you use codes (which are shown in a drop down

Re: [LegacyUG] Age at death

2006-12-22 Thread John S. Adams
Legacy does this for you automatically. Look on the Individual Information screen to the right of the "Died" line. You can include this information on various reports or elect to display it on the Family View screen. John S. Adams Hermosa Beach, CA "Just another day in paradise." - Orig

Re: [LegacyUG] Automatic sentences for events in reports

2006-12-22 Thread John S. Adams
In the Report Options menu, under Event Format, select "Use List Style formatting" instead of "Use envent sentencing formatting." John S. Adams Hermosa Beach, CA "Just another day in paradise." - Original Message - From: "Pat Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LegacyUserGroup" Sent: Fri

[LegacyUG] Sources grayed out on Descendent Report options

2006-12-22 Thread Rob Miller
Hello! I am creating a Descendent Report and wanted to include Sources. However, the Source buttons are all grayed out. Is this normal for a Descendent Report, or a glitch at my end (could I have turned something off)? Any suggestions would be very much appreciated! Rob Rob Miller Toronto, On

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources grayed out on Descendent Report options

2006-12-22 Thread Wendy Howard
Hi Rob, "I am creating a Descendent Report and wanted to include Sources. However, the Source buttons are all grayed out. Is this normal for a Descendent Report..." Yes, I'm seeing the same thing, so I would say it's "normal". For including source information, try the Family Group report u

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources grayed out on Descendent Report options

2006-12-22 Thread Brian
Is this the chart report or the Descendant Book Report. The Chart Report does not allow sources but the Desacendant Book should allow sources. If it is the book style report try clicking the Reset button on the Report screen to reset the options then use the Report Options Button to see if the s

RE: [LegacyUG] Sources grayed out on Descendent Report options

2006-12-22 Thread Rob Miller
Hi Brian: It is the Descendent Book Report. I tried clicking the RESET button, but the Source options are still grayed out. Thanks! Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Sent: December 22, 2006 8:52 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfami

RE: [LegacyUG] Sources grayed out on Descendent Report options

2006-12-22 Thread Rob Miller
Brian: OOPS!... My reply below is wrong. It was a Descendent CHART I was creating. The Descendent BOOK does indeed allow Sources. Thanks for pointing the differences out! So... You of course know what my next questions is: How come the Descendent Chart doesn't allow you to attach Sources? :) Tha

RE: [LegacyUG] Sources grayed out on Descendent Report options

2006-12-22 Thread Rob Miller
Hi Wendy! Thanks for letting me know you are "grayed out" too. According to Brian's e-mail we should probably have access to the Sources options. Thanks for the work around though! :) Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wendy Howard Sen

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources grayed out on Descendent Report options

2006-12-22 Thread Brian/Support
Would you REALLY! want your chart cluttered up with superscripts on all the names and dates? We have enough trouble keeping the text in the boxes now without adding supersripts to the mix. And then we would have to add extra pages with all the sources listed. Brian Customer Support Millennia C

RE: [LegacyUG] Sources grayed out on Descendent Report options

2006-12-22 Thread Rob Miller
Well, not when you put it that way! Thanks! Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian/Support Sent: December 22, 2006 11:43 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sources grayed out on Descendent Report opti