Ken wrote
Having now confirmed that this is a weakness in the program, what is
required to have to problem corrected?
Nothing, as Ron as already reported it as a bug.
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Jenny M Benson
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many of us.
Ken in Ottawa
- Original Message -
From: "Ron Ferguson"
To:
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 7:16 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book Display Irritation
Jenny M Benson wrote:
Ron Ferguson wrote
I am unable to reproduce this but there are so many setting
It's greatly appreciated,
especially as I see you spending so much of your time assisting so many of
us.
Ken in Ottawa
- Original Message -
From: "Ron Ferguson"
To:
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 7:16 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book Display Irritation
Jenny M
Ron Ferguson wrote
Having done more work on this problem today, I can now confirm that it
does affect the first line after the new generation. It is just much
more noticable when the generation number is included.
I think perhaps a programmer meant to type 75 and hit 65 instead!
--
Jenny M Ben
Jenny M Benson wrote:
Ron Ferguson wrote
I am unable to reproduce this but there are so many settings for the
report that mine may well be different to yours.
It's probably not much comfort to the OP, but I *have* been able to
reproduce this.
It seemed to start at the Fifth Generation. I cha
Ron Ferguson wrote
I am unable to reproduce this but there are so many settings for the
report that mine may well be different to yours.
It's probably not much comfort to the OP, but I *have* been able to
reproduce this.
It seemed to start at the Fifth Generation. I changed to a
non-propor
ubject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book Display Irritation
On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:45:34 -0400, "Ken" wrote:
>I am using the identical format you
>have laid out and am seeing the problem on the Preview screen but it also
>carries over when I save to PDF.
Try a different printer driv
erguson"
To:
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book Display Irritation
Ken,
I am unable to reproduce this but there are so many settings for the
report that mine may well be different to yours.
I have selected the Modified Register Report for
On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:45:34 -0400, "Ken" wrote:
>I am using the identical format you
>have laid out and am seeing the problem on the Preview screen but it also
>carries over when I save to PDF.
Try a different printer driver ... even if you don't have a physical
printer to match.
--
Denni
ptember 27, 2009 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book Display Irritation
Ken,
I am unable to reproduce this but there are so many settings for the report
that mine may well be different to yours.
I have selected the Modified Register Report for the Descendant Book Report
(not the
/
- Original Message -
From: Ken
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: 27 September 2009 21:48
Subject: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book Display Irritation
Greetings All,
I am fairly new to this list so don't know if my type of query has been
addressed b
Greetings All,
I am fairly new to this list so don't know if my type of query has been
addressed before. However, I cannot find any reference to it in the archives.
I've run into a Descendant Book display situation which, although trivial, does
annoy me.
Whenever I select the 'Show line back
I had the same problem. I tested it several times with different
databases and it occurred consistently. But just when I un-clicked
the printing of the title page.
I too have sent in a bug report.
Cathy
At 11:43 PM 12/22/2008, Margaret Couch wrote:
Thanks - at least it's not just
me - Yes,
08 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant book report (register/modified reg) bug
You have to use the option to print the title page. I tried a number of
reports with that option checked. One of them worked fine. Others I tried
had a superimposed image of the title page on the first page of
You have to use the option to print the title page. I tried a number of
reports with that option checked. One of them worked fine. Others I
tried had a superimposed image of the title page on the first page of
the report rather than a separate title page.
A. Adell
Leon Chapman wrote:
Margare
Margaret:
Mine is working fine. I do not see the problem you are describing.
Chap
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Margaret Couch wrote:
> Is it just me - after downloading the latest Legacy update, I notice that
> the title page of descendant book reports overlays the first page! Could
> someo
Thanks - at least it's not just me - Yes, I sent in a bug report when I
found it.
--
Margaret
On Behalf Of A. Adell
Sent: Tuesday, 23 December 2008 5:17 p.m.
I am seeing the same thing on several of the reports. Have you created a
bug report?
A. Adell
Margaret Couch wrote:
> Is it just me -
I am seeing the same thing on several of the reports. Have you created a
bug report?
A. Adell
Margaret Couch wrote:
Is it just me - after downloading the latest Legacy update, I notice that
the title page of descendant book reports overlays the first page! Could
someone check, please.
Is it just me - after downloading the latest Legacy update, I notice that
the title page of descendant book reports overlays the first page! Could
someone check, please.
--
Kind Regards
Margaret
Margaret Couch
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http://t
I was very disappointed that the new version did not include the following
suggestion that I made in early July and was to be passed on to the
programmers. "Please allow for the check boxes in the "Individual Addresses"
to be included in the printed Descendent Books reports. That option is
greyed o
--
From: "Mike Fry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 6:24 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant book printing problem (information
written over picture)
Allen Prunty wrote:
While this is an "unoffic
ated.
Juergen Amling
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wendy
Howard
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 3:31 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant book printing problem (information
written over picture)
Hi Juergen
Allen Prunty wrote:
While this is an "unofficial" forum for Legacy Support we have started a
forum at http://www.genealogyclub.net for those who prefer a forum based
environment over a list based environment. We will expand it to help
more than just legacy users though.
The direct forum url
While this is an "unofficial" forum for Legacy Support we have started a
forum at http://www.genealogyclub.net for those who prefer a forum based
environment over a list based environment. We will expand it to help more
than just legacy users though.
The direct forum url is http://genealogycl
acyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
*Sent:* 06/16/2008 12:37:56 AM +1200
*Subject:* [LegacyUG] Descendant book printing problem (information
written over picture)
Thank you Ron,
I just wish they would have mentioned that the conversion tool is not
available yet. Is there an English forum for Le
y have have one
> for German)?
> Juergen Amling
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald
> ferguson
> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 12:04 AM
> To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com
> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 12:04 AM
To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Descendant book printing problem (information
written over picture)
Juergen,
This has been reported.
BTW to answer your previous email the conversion tool is not available as
yet
Ron Ferguson
Subject: [LegacyUG] Descendant book printing problem (information written over
picture)
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:30:49 -0500
On some pictures (not all) the information for the person writes over the
picture (regardless if modified register or register, and regardless of size of
pictures
ect: [LegacyUG] Descendant book printing problem (information written
over picture)
On some pictures (not all) the information for the person writes over the
picture (regardless if modified register or register, and regardless of size
of pictures).
This has happened a long time ago (version 2
On some pictures (not all) the information for the person writes over the
picture (regardless if modified register or register, and regardless of size
of pictures).
This has happened a long time ago (version 2 or 3 I believe) and was then
fixed.
I reported it as a bug but was wondering if any
Thanks, Gene. In GMAIL, my emails always look like plain text. I'll be
sure to double check in future.
Susan
On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Gene Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Susan Daily wrote:
>>
>> Hi Anne,
>> Since you are new, this is just an FYI:
>
> [And please also check the eti
Susan Daily wrote:
Hi Anne,
Since you are new, this is just an FYI:
[And please also check the etiquette
guidelines link as emails to the list should be in Plain Text format,
for example.]
Susan,
Your reply was in HTML. You should practice what you preach. I notice also that there is ano
Hi Anne,
Since you are new, this is just an FYI: this question has been asked before
and answers are available by looking at the archived messages (link at
bottom of each email). [And please also check the etiquette guidelines
link as emails to the list should be in Plain Text format, for example.]
According to the help files:
*Include a Location Index*
You can choose to create a location index made up of all the place names
encountered while generating the report. This is a good way to see the
various people that lived in the same locations. (This option is not
available on some repo
I’m new to Legacy, having purchased V6 about two weeks ago. I’ve been using
FTM for several years, but wanted Legacy in addition – mainly because of its
ability to export reports as text files. I prefer to do my report editing
in a word processing program.
I’m currently playing around wit
Jim,
I laughed when I saw your original message. A phrase (certainly used
in Ireland at any rate) comes to mind, which is: "It could happen to a
bishop"!!!
Regards,
Dermot.
On 03/03/2008, Jim Terry/Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I apologize for selecting the wrong group to send this mess
e.asp.
Thank you,
Jim Terry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
-Original Message-
From: Cathy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 5:27 PM
To: Jim Terry/Support
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book - Bibliography Error
Hi Jim,
You sent this to the wrong list - and wi
otsweb.com/~wendyh65/
<http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ewendyh65/>
- Original Message -
*From:* "Pat Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*To:* LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
*Sent:* 01/26/2008 8:37:07 AM +1300
*Subject:* [LegacyUG] Descendant Book - NOT Desce
Hi Pat,
Reset the Report Options and take another look.
If that hasn't fixed it, close Legacy, delete in the
Legacy program folder and restart Legacy.
descend.usr holds your settings for the Descendant Book. Sometimes
the usr files are corrupted. Resetting should return it to hold the
defaul
ns of N.W. England See:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book - NOT Descendant Narrative Book - How
o: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:34 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book - NOT Descendant Narrative Book - How
do I get sources to show?
Pat,
The usual reason for this happening is that the wrong report has been chosen.
There are 3 Descendant Rep
:
http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/
For The Fergusons of N.W. England See:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
> Subject: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book - NOT Desce
Print Source Citations isn't grayed out on mine. If you tick it the
others come out.
On Jan 25, 2008 11:18 AM, Pat Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like to use the Descendant Book but I want the sources
> listed as well. The place on Report Options, Sources Tab where I
> could tick for
I would like to use the Descendant Book but I want the sources
listed as well. The place on Report Options, Sources Tab where I
could tick for the sources is grayed out. So how do I get the
sources to print or is that an impossibility? Under Customize,
Master Source Defaults, I have both ite
I just created a RTF file of a Descendant Book Report. I selected that
my "Event Narrative Format" be "Nothing Preceding each event." What I
didn't expect was that it is formatted to indent upon the second line
of text.
The wierd thing is it looks fine in the Preview. So why does it change
in an R
Hi Susan,
Yes I can see variable spacing when I'm using Arial 9 for data and
notes but not when using Arial 10 or 8.
I have no idea whether this is new or not as I usually use a font
size of 10 for data and notes.
Cheers,
Cathy
At 10:32 AM 31/05/2007, you wrote:
Can someone check to see if
Can someone check to see if they are getting the same output in their
Descendant Book report, please? I am printing a report, with sources,
and I have anywhere from one to three spaces before the end of a
sentence and the footnote number. I have checked my notes and defined
event sentences, and I
I didn't remember my RTF reports having borders and just checked. I had set
it initially not to have any border lines and none come out on any pages. I
guess it is possible that part of a bug is that if you've used borders and
then change to not have borders the setting isn't completely changed i
Hi Judy,
Seems you've found another bug in the Title Page. Another one I don't
trip over as I rarely do an RTF report.
Cathy
At 03:59 PM 27/04/2007, you wrote:
Yes Cathy, I think that it is a bug. I must admit with most of my
book reports, I edit in Word where the lines can be removed.
How
Yes Cathy, I think that it is a bug. I must admit with most of my book
reports, I edit in Word where the lines can be removed. However, even the
title page needs the picture reinserted from your photo files as well. The
photo selected in Legacy does not go over into Word, although the other
pho
Hi Judy,
I was going to say "Yes - but you do it for the whole report in
Report Options - Page Layout tab" BUT checking that, I see that the
top and bottom line stay for the Title page whatever setting you have there.
This looks like a bug to me.
It is happening in all book reports.
I was t
A Question was asked at our Melbourne Legacy Users Group meeting which no
one could answer. Perhaps someone on the list could help.
After clicking on Reports - Books/Other - Descendants, the Descendants Book
Report Options window opens. After completing details for the Title Page and
previewin
How marvelously simple. Thank you. Perhaps I need new glasses?
Judy
- Original Message -
From: "ronald ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 3:16 PM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book Report
Judy, On the opening screen of the
ED]>
Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
To:
Subject: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book Report
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 14:45:51 -0500
Is there a way, in the "Descendant Book Report" to program the system to
omit the continuing phrase "Noted events in his/her life were:" I can't
l
Is there a way, in the "Descendant Book Report" to program the system to
omit the continuing phrase "Noted events in his/her life were:" I can't
locate an option to do so. It seems quite stiff and I would like to have
the events just flow one after another.
Thanks
Legacy User Group guid
October 06, 2006 7:01 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book
Karen Hughes wrote
I am having a problem with the descendant book report - all of a sudden
it's not adding the spouse's parents details. This is really annoying! I
have searched and searched to see what I could
--- Original Message -
From: "Jenny M Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 7:01 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book
> Karen Hughes wrote
>>I am having a problem with the descendant book report - all of a sudden
>>it's
This may not be the problem, but do you the spouse's parents details in
your data.
- Original Message -
From: Karen Hughes
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 4:36
PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant
Book
I am hav
.com
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book
> I am having a problem with the descendant book report - all of a sudden
> it's not adding the spouse's parents details. This is really annoying! I
> have searched and searched to see what I could have ticked or unticked
> to
Karen Hughes wrote
I am having a problem with the descendant book report - all of a sudden
it's not adding the spouse's parents details. This is really annoying!
I have searched and searched to see what I could have ticked or
unticked to turn this off but no luck.
Looking back through my repo
I am having a problem with the descendant book report - all of a sudden
it's not adding the spouse's parents details. This is really annoying! I
have searched and searched to see what I could have ticked or unticked
to turn this off but no luck.
Looking back through my reports, it appears to h
Do a change and replace all ' ' by ' ' ( 2 blancs by one, over and over til
on inspection you finally have overal only one blanc.
- Original Message -
From: "Greenvale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 6:21 PM
Subject: [LegacyU
t: RE: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book
Yes, Graham, I do have "Dates and Places" checked.
Bill
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of glove
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 12:48 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [Legac
Is this Washington Township or Washington County? I
finally removed ALL empty 'middle's in my location
list. I 'guessed' that the record creators knew these
parts in the recording process, instead of not
knowing.
Rich
--- glove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the first descendant book window, und
t: RE: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book
Yes, Graham, I do have "Dates and Places" checked.
Bill
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of glove
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 12:48 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG]
Yes, Graham, I do have "Dates and Places" checked.
Bill
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of glove
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 12:48 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book
In
In the first descendant book window, under the tab 'Options' do you have the
second box (Dates and Places) ticked?
Graham
When producing a "descendant book" I would like any blank spaces in the
location field to be deleted, i.e., Charleroi, Washington, Pennsylvania vice
Charleroi, Washington,
When producing a "descendant book" I would like any blank spaces in the
location field to be deleted, i.e., Charleroi, Washington, Pennsylvania vice
Charleroi, Washington, , Pennsylvania. I have tried checking the
"remove one or more leading commas from locations" and "remove two or more
l
report ... so all is not lost!
Thank you all for your help
Toni in Michigan
- Original Message -
From: "tallen4" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Legacy Users Group"
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 9:09 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book embedded photos
I'
To make the pictures always available in the RTF you have to embed
the pictures in your Word Processor rather than have them linked.
In Microsoft Word, go to Edit > Links
Highlight all the linked photos listed in the box and then click the
Save picture in document.
Note that this will greatly
scali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/__>From: "tallen4" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>To: "Legacy Users Group" >Subject: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book embedded photos
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/
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From: "tallen4" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
To: "Legacy Users Group"
Subject: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book embedded photos
Date:
I've been doing scads of Descendant books in RTF and I had checked
the "embed photos in RTF reports" place in the options.
When I checked each one right after the creation, everything was perfect.
When I went back into the reports the next day. ALL of the photos have
disappeared!
There are just
I heart-felt thanks to Graham, Cathy and Leon ...
I've followed your advice and made the changes and I am now
much happier with all of the reports!
This has to be the best help site on the web!!!
Thank you all so much
Toni
Original Question / Problem:
I have set up a file with quoted nicknames a
To get close to what you want to do, try the following:
In the fields:
1. Given name: William Clarence "Buddy"
2. Surname: Smith
Do not use the AKA field.
When you go to reports, go to report options, Tab - Format & select
"Use quoted names for narratives"
Then in your report, the ful
The problem is that if you use the Quoted Name in narrative but
remove the Quoted name in Name lists and where the full name is used,
then there is nothing in the text that says that the person was
called by quoted name.
As I've often said, I'd like a sentence saying that X was known as Y
whe
Toni
You should not have put names of that type in the AKA at all. Remove one
or two AKAs and then Preview the Book and you will see it is better
gm
tallen4 wrote:
I have set up a file with quoted nicknames and when the nickname is
totally different from the legal name I have also entered the
I have set up a file with quoted nicknames and when the nickname is totally
different from the legal name I have also entered the nickname into the AKA
section of the record.
I wanted the Descendant Book Report to show that this person was called the
nickname.
Example: William Clarence "Buddy"
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