Re: [LegacyUG] Two Legacy windows open simultaneously

2007-05-29 Thread Jenny M Benson
Mitch Mackrory wrote Go to View and then Split Screen View.  You can view either two copies of the same file or two different files - it will give you this option when you open the second view.  Thank you to everyone who sorted this out for me! Silly me, I never thought to look in the View

Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting a Legacy file with pictures

2007-05-29 Thread Jenny M Benson
ronald ferguson wrote In the case you specify I see no need to back up the multimedia files for file2 as they are already backed up for file1 and keep in mind that the multimedia backups can be very large, especially if they contain many photos in jpg format. If you do choose to back up file2

Re: [LegacyUG] computer crash and reinstall question - FIXED

2007-05-29 Thread Jenny M Benson
Janis Gilmore wrote I have been very lucky. Confirmed backer-up, I - from now on! I have always done it pretty often. I would have lost three days at most. But three days is discouraging, if you were actively working. I just love these extracts from the Legacy Help file on the subject of

RE: [LegacyUG] Exporting a Legacy file with pictures

2007-05-29 Thread M. Brenzel
Pictures (scans) of documents, censuses, etc. are attached to the event source details in my database. Mary -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jenny M Benson Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 6:13 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com

RE: [LegacyUG] Exporting a Legacy file with pictures

2007-05-29 Thread ronald ferguson
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Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting a Legacy file with pictures

2007-05-29 Thread ronald ferguson
Jenny, I also attach every census to the apparipriate files and find it invaluable when wishing to refer to the actual census, as I often do. The only problem is the size of the multimedia backup - mine is approacking 1GB and I do not keep it up to date! Regularly burning it to DVD would be a

Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting a Legacy file with pictures

2007-05-29 Thread Karl Plenge
Since I back up all my pics and censuses to DVD anyhow, and all I will have I just learned something recently that is a little disturbing concerning DVD's. I am only repeating what I read, I have no way to confirm its authenticity, but it sounds legitimate. Since DVD's were engineered

Re: [LegacyUG] Deleting event copy (WAS Two Legacy windows open simultaneously)

2007-05-29 Thread Susan Daily
Gail, Look for Options in the Events menu, and select Delete. (Took me time to find that, too, when I first started.) Susan On 5/29/07, Gail Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a question about drag and drop with split screen. After you have done the drag and drop you get the screens with

RE: [LegacyUG] Deleting event copy (WAS Two Legacy windows open simultaneously)

2007-05-29 Thread Gail Anderson
Susan, Thank you so much. I did it and it worked. Gail -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Daily Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 10:32 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Deleting event copy (WAS Two Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting a Legacy file with pictures

2007-05-29 Thread gtempleman1
All it takes is a scratch, on either a DVD or CD, to create errors. I would not rely on either medium as the sole form of backup. Redundency is the key. Have backup copies on the hard drive itself, off-site by sending to friends or relatives or uploading to web storage, and on removable media.

Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting a Legacy file with pictures

2007-05-29 Thread kb
Karl Plenge wrote: Since I back up all my pics and censuses to DVD anyhow, ... Since DVD's were engineered originally for showing video, the normal error checking that is part of a hard disk is not a part of a DVD drive. .. DVD technology is more demanding than that for a CD, but it's more that