RE: [LegacyUG] Problem: Noted events in Descendant reports

2008-08-20 Thread Boyd Miller
I don't get the problem with either of these reports. Check the "Wording 1" tab for the report. It should show "Noted events in [HisHer] life were:" and "Noted events in their marriage were:" Yours may be reading "Noted events in [His] life were:" Boyd -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [LegacyUG] pictures and scanned documents

2008-08-24 Thread Boyd Miller
File names for such a diverse collection of information is always going to be a matter of personal preference and the degree of organisation we want to go to. I only have a couple of hundred images so far but this is growing rapidly. I generally label them this way, but with more or less informat

RE: [LegacyUG] A strange problem

2008-08-26 Thread Boyd Miller
I sometimes have a similar type of problem with font size. Occasionally in the Picture gallery edit mode the text becomes too small to read and the font changes from Verdana to something like Times New Roman. If I close the screen and reopen, sometimes it comes right but not always. Similarly o

[LegacyUG] Exporting to a Legacy file

2008-09-06 Thread Boyd Miller
Part way through the process of exporting a family to a Legacy file (File>Export to>Legacy file), the screen titles "Combine event definition" shows, with the name and sentence settings for an event. The headings on this screen, "Event in current family file" and "Event being imported", are not r

RE: [LegacyUG] Index

2008-09-09 Thread Boyd Miller
Have a look in the Help files under "usr files". Boyd -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruth Nerud Sent: Wednesday, 10 September 2008 4:50 a.m. To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Index And wouldn't I just love

RE: [LegacyUG] Index - Ron, Richard, Boyd

2008-09-09 Thread Boyd Miller
If you delete all the usr files you will loose all the settings you have change from the default in Options >Customise. I have tried deleting all the usr files as requested by the suggested remedy for "Run-time error '9' Subscript out of range" which I encountered entering a source via the Source

RE: [LegacyUG] Pros and Cons of Notes vs. Events Usage

2008-10-13 Thread Boyd Miller
This thread has turned up some very interesting uses of the program's fields. I use the Events and Notes for two totally different purposes. The Events are for the Chronology screen, (or in a printout that doesn't have any Notes included), primarily as a research tool. This way the sentence wordi

[LegacyUG] Searching Location notes field

2008-11-18 Thread Boyd Miller
It is common practice to record the location of an event as it was "at the time" of that event. The Location Notes field can then be used to annotate this location with any changes in name, boundary amendments, the current name of the place, or historical notes. Many of the notes fields, and s

RE: [LegacyUG] Searching Location notes field

2008-11-18 Thread Boyd Miller
Hi folks, This string has gone totally off the course of my original question relating to Location Notes. It is clear that most respondents have never even noticed the Notes field that is associated with each Location! If you bring up the Master Location list and edit any location you will see a

RE: [LegacyUG] Searching Location notes field

2008-11-18 Thread Boyd Miller
ot to delete any text in those Notes fields. If you just want to search and not to replace anything just enter the same text in the search and in the replace field. Evert 2008/11/19 Boyd Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi folks, > > This string has gone totally off the course of my origi

RE: [LegacyUG] Bug or Problem with Search Alt Names

2009-01-14 Thread Boyd Miller
You can also use the "Search and Replace" tab which gives access to most of the fields including alternative name. Just be sure to put the same data in both the search and the replace fields, or use the "skip" button. It would be helpful if this Search and Replace function had "find" only and a

RE: [LegacyUG] STRIP HTML

2009-02-05 Thread Boyd Miller
John, Dennis, The strip HTML function works in most of the notes fields in the deluxe version but not in the Sources "Text/comments" fields (and there may be others). This function used to work in version 6 and I have requested that it be reinstated. Sherry's response "This has been previously

[LegacyUG] Updating Geo location database

2009-02-13 Thread Boyd Miller
site. Where on the Legacy website is this patch file? Does this maintenance function exist or has this database been overtaken by something else? Boyd Miller No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.234 / Virus Database: 270.10.20/1944 - Release Date:

[LegacyUG] Quoted given names in charts

2009-02-28 Thread Boyd Miller
ted given names". Is it possible to "Remove quoted given names" in Legacy Charting so that the given names and the commonly used name are not both shown in the chart boxes? Boyd Miller No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Dat

RE: [LegacyUG] Global Sorting of Children and Spouses

2007-09-30 Thread Boyd Miller
Thad and Ron, The suggestion to go to "File>File Maintenance>Check/Repair>Proceed" and check the box "Sort all events by date" will reorder the events but it does not reorder the children by birth date. Boyd -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy charting

2009-05-16 Thread Boyd Miller
Create your chart in the normal way, and then Publish > Export to file > PDF (or other as you choose), define the folder and file name and save the chart. It can then be printed from the .pdf file to whatever size your printer or print shop can provide. Boyd -Original Message- From: k...@

RE: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report

2009-05-20 Thread Boyd Miller
Bill, If it is listing the same error twice, perhaps there are two separate parts of the entry that are in error. For the uppercase issue go to Potential problems > standardisation tab and untick the last box. Boyd -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfami

RE: [LegacyUG] Dave - Small changes to the help file

2009-05-28 Thread Boyd Miller
The question mark is out of place but AKAs should not have an apostrophe - it is plural not possessive. -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Tim Rosenlof Sent: Friday, 29 May 2009 6:59 a.m. To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.c

RE: [LegacyUG] the word 'someone' stuck in sentence

2009-06-11 Thread Boyd Miller
First, where it comes from? See Options > Customise > View > Edit default marriage wording. If there is a marriage but the spouse is unknown you get the "someone" put in the spouse position in the reports. This "someone" should disappear when a spouse is added but it sometimes doesn't. In this

[LegacyUG] Saved searches

2009-06-19 Thread Boyd Miller
we need to reconstruct all the searches created before Legacy7? Has anyone else been able to use .sc0 searches created with versions before version 7? Any suggestions? Boyd Miller No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270

RE: [LegacyUG] Saved searches

2009-06-21 Thread Boyd Miller
as the search file structure been changed in the >> latest version? Do we need to reconstruct all the searches created >> before Legacy7? >> >> Has anyone else been able to use .sc0 searches created with versions >> before version 7? Any suggestio

RE: [LegacyUG] How to block sources, note, events in GEDCOMs

2009-06-23 Thread Boyd Miller
Go to File > Export to > GEDCOM file. In "Produce file for:" box, scroll down to "Basic". Click on the Customise box and it will show you what fields you will be exporting. Include or remove as you wish. Click OK, select the names to export and continue with making a Gedcom in the usual way. Hav

[LegacyUG] Search for unsourced data

2009-07-15 Thread Boyd Miller
s, which is what I had expected. I have run file maintenance, closed and reopened the program, and rebooted with no different response to the searches. This is a very useful search if it can be made to work. Has anyone else had found this problem, have we got a bug, or am I missing somethin

RE: [LegacyUG] Search for unsourced data

2009-07-16 Thread Boyd Miller
unsourced fields, which is what I had expected. > > I have run file maintenance, closed and reopened the program, and > rebooted with no different response to the searches. This is a very > useful search if it can be made to work. Has anyone else had found

RE: [LegacyUG] Search for unsourced data

2009-07-16 Thread Boyd Miller
t; I have run file maintenance, closed and reopened the program, and >> rebooted with no different response to the searches. This is a very >> useful search if it can be made to work. Has anyone else had found >> this problem, have we got a bug, or am I missing something? >> >>

RE: [LegacyUG] Search for unsourced data

2009-07-16 Thread Boyd Miller
nsourced data > Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:03:03 +0100 > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com > From: ge...@cedarbank.me.uk > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Search for unsourced data > > Boyd Miller wrote >>I am working on a family that w

RE: [LegacyUG] copy master sources to new family file

2009-08-13 Thread Boyd Miller
Try this. Go to File > New family file, and give it a name. In the new blank family go to View > Master lists > Sources > Options > Import Lists. Browse to the family file with all the sources and other lists you want and open it (this puts the file path into the top box). Check the boxes for the

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.0.0.103 crashing

2009-08-19 Thread Boyd Miller
I had the same problem and it is easily fixed. Make sure your data is not under C:/Legacy/Data folder. If it is, copy the data and pictures etc to somewhere else, and don't put them back in the C:/Legacy/Data folder when you get the program running again. Uninstall Legacy. Have a look at C:/Leg

RE: [LegacyUG] Can't Recover Functionality from Crash

2009-08-31 Thread Boyd Miller
I had the same sort of problem and this was my solution. Make sure your data is not under C:/Legacy/Data folder. If it is, copy the data and pictures etc to somewhere else, and don't put them back in the C:/Legacy/Data folder when you get the program running again. (General principal is to always

RE: [LegacyUG] Can't Recover Functionality from Crash

2009-08-31 Thread Boyd Miller
August 31, 2009 8:05 AM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Can't Recover Functionality from > Crash > > > > > > > > > Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:51:10 +0100 > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Can't Recover Functionality > from Crash > > From: m...@cmy.org.uk &g

RE: [LegacyUG] Can't Recover Functionality from Crash

2009-09-01 Thread Boyd Miller
The backup copy of Install.log file is in C:\Legacy\Backup. If you install the program, even if it's not working properly, there should be a file called Install.log (in C:/Legacy or in the folder shown above) that you can copy to somewhere else for safety. Then if the uninstall does not work, co

RE: [LegacyUG] Importing legacy file and sources

2009-09-03 Thread Boyd Miller
On the master sources screen, make sure the Show only "Tagged" box is not ticked. Boyd -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Ruth Silver Sent: Monday, 31 August 2009 1:07 a.m. To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [L

[LegacyUG] Birth certificate as a master source

2009-09-16 Thread Boyd Miller
I treat each birth, marriage and death certificate as a master source because information from each certificate relates to a number of different people. A birth certificate can give father's and mothers full names, ages (hence approximate birth date), occupations and birthplaces, parents marriage

RE: [LegacyUG] Birth certificate as a master source

2009-09-16 Thread Boyd Miller
he Ryburn Sullivan Williams - Original Message From: Jenny M Benson To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 7:39:03 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Birth certificate as a master source Boyd Miller wrote > I treat each birth, marriage and death certificate

RE: [LegacyUG] how to obtain a multiple page pdf file showing a big family tree?

2009-10-13 Thread Boyd Miller
Hi Viola, I presume you are meaning a Descendant chart from Legacy Charting. Try this. Download the free program pdf995 (Google it) and set it up as a printer ie so you can print anything to .pdf files. When you have your chart go to the symbol in the top left hand corner and to Print. In Pri

RE: [LegacyUG] bug in a hove lable

2009-11-08 Thread Boyd Miller
Yes, on 12 July, and it has a ticket [061-11EBF083-F3DB] Acknowledged 14 July as being sent to the programmers Boyd -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Richard Van Wasshnova Sent: Monday, 9 November 2009 2:09 p.m. To: LegacyUser

RE: [LegacyUG] unknown surnames

2009-11-11 Thread Boyd Miller
Jennifer, I just leave the field blank. This doesn't cause any problems on screen or in reports, and in the normal Name List, all the people without surnames show at the top of the list. Boyd -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf O