[LegacyUG] Source Formatting

2008-12-27 Thread Kirsten Bowman
I have Legacy Deluxe with many citations created using SourceWriter. If I send a file (either a GEDCOM or a Legacy file) to another user who has the Standard version, what happens to citations created with SourceWriter? Do they revert somehow to Basic Style, or do they just get "lost in translati

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2008-12-27 Thread RobinH
Indeed, I meant to say "Windows Mail" the deFAULT email program which most people will use with Vista, at least to start with Robin researching (all in the UK) Hoare, Mace, Hicks, Boakes, Fitt, Taffs, Callaway, Salter, Spreadbury etc. Elizabeth Richardson wrote: Vista isn't an e-mail progra

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2008-12-27 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
Vista isn't an e-mail program, but an operating system. Just curious, which e-mail program were you using? Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson - Original Message - From: "RobinH" To: Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 5:19 PM Subject: [Lega

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2008-12-27 Thread RobinH
I'm glad to say I have finally managed to migrate all my email complete with folders from Vista to Thunderbird, with which I am writing this. If anyone would like to know how I did it (with help from some of you!) please email me privately. Happy New Year Robin Hoare Rawene, New Zealand http

Re: [LegacyUG] Is there a way to "bulk" fill in the User ID field for a tagged list of people?

2008-12-27 Thread Hope Bagot Bees
I have just written to Sherry of Support and she answers that this is a frequent request and she is passing it on to the programmers - so watch this space! But, of course, Jenny, when everyone is tagged - as they now are - the lack of a tag means they are the branch that isn't shown. Still be

Re: [LegacyUG] Need a Gedcom from Ver 7

2008-12-27 Thread Wynthner
The thing is the end-user should NOT have to re-configure anything-period. Preventing this type of situation is clearly the responsibility of the mailing list owner... besides, who in their right mind makes a "rule" that they have no way of enforcing?? --- On Sat, 12/27/08, Hope Bagot Bees

Re: [LegacyUG] Family murder story

2008-12-27 Thread Nancy
I found a similar incident that happened in the 50's where a relative of mine who was separated from his wife, held her prisoner in her home and when the police arrived he killed the police officer and then himself. A child by his first marriage still lives and is in her 60's now, I think. I nev

RE: [LegacyUG] Changing Pictures Directory Structure

2008-12-27 Thread Dave Keeney
Thank you again, that looks like what I was looking for. -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of JLB Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 12:17 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Changing Pictures Dire

Re: [LegacyUG] Changing Pictures Directory Structure

2008-12-27 Thread JLB
Under Customize/Locations, click the box that says View Current List of Multimedia Locations. Make the folders you want ahead of time so you have the places you want to move the present folders to. - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog Dave Keeney

RE: [LegacyUG] Changing Pictures Directory Structure

2008-12-27 Thread Dave Keeney
Thanks JL but I don't think I explained it clearly enough. My Pictures file (in customize/locations) is C:\Legacy7\Pictures. I have several directories under that directory, e.g. C:\Legacy7\Pictures\Birth, C:\Legacy7\Pictures\Death, etc. I want to move several of those directories out of legacy7\

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: [gacyUG] Need a Gedcom from Ver 7

2008-12-27 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
I believe most (all?) providers allow you to go to their server to review your e-mail before downloading to your own computer. You could do this to review your messages before downloading and read and/or delete the ones that are of no interest. This does not, however, provide a solution for thos

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: [gacyUG] Need a Gedcom from Ver 7

2008-12-27 Thread Eliz Hanebury
Can you use yahoo or hotmail? I use as you can see gmail and I don't know of anyway to turn off large attachments but then I have DSL. But still I would be interested in know how to do this Eliz On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 12:49 AM, RobinH wrote: > I am unfortunately running Vista and can't find

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy Build 7.0.0.83 Details

2008-12-27 Thread leo macdonald
Hi Glen, Just click on your Legacy Home tab, then go to the right hand side of the page, go to the word Updates and click it. In the popup screen you will see in blue letters "see What's New" just click on it and it will take you to the page with all the information that you are looking for. L

[LegacyUG] Legacy Build 7.0.0.83 Details

2008-12-27 Thread Glenn Woodman
I currently have Version 7.0.0.76. I noticed that Version 7.0.0.83 is now available. However, there is no information on the updates page regarding what this version fixes or adds. Does anybody know? -- Glenn Woodman Vancouver, Washington *** Holiday discounts on Legacy 7.0, add-ons, books,

Re: [LegacyUG] Is there a way to "bulk" fill in the User ID field for a tagged list of people?

2008-12-27 Thread Cathy Vallevieni
Elizabeth: Yep. Maybe Legacy could add a function to choose how many tags to display. There's room on the main screen to display even all 9 tags. I hadn't realized it, but I am frequently changing which tags to display as I work on separate projects. Would be convenient to just have all of

Re: [LegacyUG] Is there a way to "bulk" fill in the User ID field for a tagged list of people?

2008-12-27 Thread Jenny M Benson
Hope Bagot Bees wrote Now if I could just display 4 tags instead of 3, that would show me at a glance which line each person belongs to! Well at least if you have *everyone* tagged either 1, 2, 3 or 4 and you have Legacy set up to display tags 1 - 3 you know that anyone with no visible tag is

Re: [LegacyUG] Need a Gedcom from Ver 7

2008-12-27 Thread Janis L Gilmore
I daresay most of those who "refuse" to follow the guidelines have simply slipped. When a list is heavily populated, that is bound to happen occasionally. I'm sure this is what happened with Ruth. Janis Walker Gilmore On 12/27/08 8:46 AM, "Elizabeth Cunningham" wrote: > MOST? A few maybe, but

Re: [LegacyUG] Is there a way to "bulk" fill in the User ID field for a tagged list of people?

2008-12-27 Thread Hope Bagot Bees
Many thanks - that's worked well. Now if I could just display 4 tags instead of 3, that would show me at a glance which line each person belongs to! Cathy Vallevieni wrote: Elizabeth: An addition to my previous e-mail answering question #1. The directions I gave will give you all the anc

Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening database------could not lock file

2008-12-27 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:40:27 +1000, "jmglover" wrote: >Hi everyone, > I wonder if this is the right place to ask for advice re the above. >I usually open my Legacy 7 family file from a saved file on my flash drive. >Yesterday when I went to do just that, I got a box with these words > >E

Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening database------could not lock file

2008-12-27 Thread Mary Young
I no longer use a flash drive for my working database. Most people use flash drive with no problem. But I've had two complete "crash and burn" and that is two too many. Although I was backing-up to whichever computer was in use, I still lost a day's work each time. Mary Young *** Holiday discou

Re: [LegacyUG] Need a Gedcom from Ver 7

2008-12-27 Thread Hope Bagot Bees
I am interested in this correspondence as I didn't download the large file, because my ISP (Virgin Media) didn't allow it. All 'suspect' attachments (this one due to its size, presumably) are automatically lodged in a spam folder. I do have to check this regularly, but perhaps all those who a

Re: [LegacyUG] Need a Gedcom from Ver 7

2008-12-27 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
MOST? A few maybe, but not most. Elizabeth C Ron Bernier wrote: I have given up expecting the list subscribers to follow the guidelines. Most just refuse to do so. I do blame Millennia for refusing to use servers /software that can strip html and block attachments. Ron Bernier Sent

Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening database------could not lock file

2008-12-27 Thread Wynthner
Jill, Just my personal opinion but my feeling is that flash drives should only be used to transfer files between computers and never used as a long term storage device or to actually run files from a flash drive. Too many chances for something to go wrong. Better to backup to an external drive,

[LegacyUG] Error opening database------could not lock file

2008-12-27 Thread jmglover
Hi everyone, I wonder if this is the right place to ask for advice re the above. I usually open my Legacy 7 family file from a saved file on my flash drive. Yesterday when I went to do just that, I got a box with these words Error opening database When I answered 'yes' to the query if I

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: [gacyUG] Need a Gedcom from Ver 7

2008-12-27 Thread Lhite31
I am using AOL Mail and I have a choice whether to download the file or not to download it. Lloyd In a message dated 12/27/2008 12:52:44 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, robinsn...@actrix.co.nz writes: I am unfortunately running Vista and can't find a substitute for its horrible email progra

Re: [LegacyUG] Need a Gedcom from Ver 7

2008-12-27 Thread Ron Bernier
I have given up expecting the list subscribers to follow the guidelines. Most just refuse to do so. I do blame Millennia for refusing to use servers /software that can strip html and block attachments. Ron Bernier Sent from my Blackberry - Original Message - From: k...@legacyfamilytree.

Re: [LegacyUG] Family murder story

2008-12-27 Thread Jenny M Benson
I'm sure you'll get a few differing suggestions, Sheri, but this is how I would handle it. One, would creating a new event be the way to include it and if so, any ideas on what it would be named? I thought about using the notes field, but the information is too extensive to include there, sour