RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy unable to recognize file

2014-02-09 Thread Bob Austen
Hi Pat, I’m not quite sure what you did by “importing” the Legacy 7 files. Once you have upgraded to v8 and try to open a v7 file you will be asked if you want to convert it, with the option of making a copy. However, if you can find the LEG8PAT.fdb using file explorer then you should be

Re: [LegacyUG] One Direct Line Report

2014-02-09 Thread Jane Sarles
Thank you Brian. I tried that. It does just give only the ancestor from me to the oldest one. I guess there is no report of the type I am looking for. Jane > Tools > Relationship will open the relationship calculator. > > Select you on the left and the ancestor on the right. > Print will give

[LegacyUG] Legacy unable to recognize file

2014-02-09 Thread Pat Hickin
I do not understand this. I have two main databases: one my paternal side; the other my maternal side. I recently updated to Legacy 8. I imported both files separately and saved each to a new name, which I'll call Leg8PAT and LEG8MAT. Now Legacy can find LEG8MAT but it cannot find LEG8PAT. W

Re: [LegacyUG] Quick help videos

2014-02-09 Thread Ed Ladendorf
Thanks for the reply, Bobby. I imagine it will take some time before they're available. But at least they know people are interested. Ed On Sunday, February 9, 2014 1:34 PM, Bobby Johnson wrote: I ran into this “Quickhelp Videos” while preparing for my MyrphyHayesville Legacy Users Group. 

Re: [LegacyUG] Copy Role Sentences

2014-02-09 Thread Ron Bernier
On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 9:30 PM, Ron Bernier wrote: > Brian, > > I am not requesting the ability to copy roles between events. I want to > be able to copy customized sentences from one role to another role within > the same event. > > Using the Residence event as an example - I create a Role : Son

[LegacyUG] Change of Email Address:

2014-02-09 Thread Deborah K. Millemaci
Just wanted to let you know my current email address is:  deborah.k.millem...@gmail.com   ~~ Researching the Following Familiy Ancestors: Taylor Family From Carter County, KY (Taylor Branch - Willard) Hicks Family From Boyd County, KY (Ashland) ~~

Re: [LegacyUG] Copy Role Sentences

2014-02-09 Thread Ron Bernier
On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 9:14 PM, Brian/Support wrote: > This ability to copy sentences from another event or role already exists > in Legacy 8. > > When editing an event look for the reset button, that will let you copy > sentences from another event to the event you are editing. > When editing a r

Re: [LegacyUG] Copy Role Sentences

2014-02-09 Thread Brian/Support
This ability to copy sentences from another event or role exists in Legacy 8. When editing an event look for the reset button, that will let you copy sentences from another event to the one you are editing. When editing a role the reset button lets you copy the sentences from any role in any other

Re: [LegacyUG] Copy Role Sentences

2014-02-09 Thread Brian/Support
This ability to copy sentences from another event or role already exists in Legacy 8. When editing an event look for the reset button, that will let you copy sentences from another event to the event you are editing. When editing a role the reset button lets you copy the sentences from any role in

Re: [LegacyUG] One Direct Line Report

2014-02-09 Thread Brian/Support
Tools > Relationship will open the relationship calculator. Select you on the left and the ancestor on the right. Print will give you a graphical report with only the line between you and that ancestor. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamil

[LegacyUG] Re: Link to Legacy Newsletter sub

2014-02-09 Thread Bryan Pratt
This link will take you to Legacy where you can subscribe to lists and the newsletter: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Bryan Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legac

RE: [LegacyUG] Unlinking/Linking

2014-02-09 Thread Bob Austen
Click (right or left) on the "+" in the upper right corner of the "Children" window OR in the white space above the column, in the header marked "Children". You should get a pop-up window with 6 choices - select "Link to and existing son" or "Link to an existing daughter" - the Name List will op

RE: [LegacyUG] syncronizing two computers

2014-02-09 Thread Bob Austen
Way to go Wendy! That was the best explanation for DropBox/cloud storage that I've seen. Bob A -Original Message- From: Wendy Howard [mailto:wendy.how...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2014 2:34 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] syncronizing two comp

RE: [LegacyUG] v800-397 & Internet

2014-02-09 Thread Don Hanson
Mike, I, too, have seen many cases of programs not displaying something as expected. It is bad enough when the content is obviously internet/browser rendered. It is worse when the content is the "normal" output of the program. Telling someone to open IE and empty the cache. "But IE isn't even on

Re: [LegacyUG] v800-397 & Internet

2014-02-09 Thread MikeFry
On 09 Feb 2014 20:54, Brian/Support wrote: > Mike's comment about IE is not entirely true. The Legacy Home tab uses the > Internet Explorer (IE) engine which is built into Windows so anything in > that tab which uses the internet such as displaying the Legacy News and the > links in the support se

Re: [LegacyUG] One Direct Line Report

2014-02-09 Thread Randy Clark
Relationship Calculator On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Jane Sarles wrote: > I had hoped not to bother with questions, but a relative wants > information and I just can't figure out how to provide it. I need a > report that shows the direct line from me to ONE particular ancestor. > The report

[LegacyUG] One Direct Line Report

2014-02-09 Thread Jane Sarles
I had hoped not to bother with questions, but a relative wants information and I just can't figure out how to provide it. I need a report that shows the direct line from me to ONE particular ancestor. The report formats I try seem to give all my ancestors. I only want the one that relates me to th

Re: [LegacyUG] v800-397 & Internet

2014-02-09 Thread aparsons
Brian, I was able to access Legacy News after following Mike's instruction. Today I cannot. I use Chrome browser. Do you have any idea what I need to do to access Legacy News? Thank you, Ann On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Brian/Support wrote: > Mike's comment about IE is not entirely true. The

Re: [LegacyUG] syncronizing two computers

2014-02-09 Thread Brian
Mike, Never thought, whats in my routers thumb drive, could be vulnerable, (going to clean it up now) that's one thing I don't like about cloud storage. I think, in the end I'll sink by copying and pasting through the thumb drive, from one comp to another. With out images It'll, it might tak

Re: [LegacyUG] Copy Role Sentences

2014-02-09 Thread Ron Bernier
Suggestion submitted. Ron Bernier Woonsocket, RI Sent from my iPhone On Feb 9, 2014, at 3:12 PM, "CE WOOD" wrote: I totally agree It is an incredible pain! When you find the combination that sounds good to you there definitely needs to be a way to do this. I hope Legacy will incorporate t

RE: [LegacyUG] Copy Role Sentences

2014-02-09 Thread CE WOOD
I totally agree It is an incredible pain! When you find the combination that sounds good to you there definitely needs to be a way to do this. I hope Legacy will incorporate this soon. Please send as a suggestion. I have done so several times for Legacy 7.5 but had no response, and, obviousl

Re: [LegacyUG] marriages in order

2014-02-09 Thread singhals
MikeFry wrote: > On 09 Feb 2014 17:23, Judy Weber wrote: >> When printing a report how do I get the individual’s marriages to print in >> time >> order? I entered the second marriage before the first one so the report >> prints >> all information for the second marriage before the first one. Ca

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendants report

2014-02-09 Thread Wendy Howard
Hi Derek, Do you get two copies of everything you print, or just this one report? My printer gets set to automatically print two copies if I choose to print two copies of something as the job is being sent to the printer in my accounting program. No idea if that setting sticks with other program

RE: [LegacyUG] Quick help videos

2014-02-09 Thread Bobby Johnson
I ran into this “Quickhelp Videos” while preparing for my MyrphyHayesville Legacy Users Group. I asked Legacy support and they responded that these videos have not yet been developed. I quote: “We are waiting for the Legacy 8 rush to settle down before we start making these videos” Bobby F

RE: [LegacyUG] Quick help videos

2014-02-09 Thread Bobby Johnson
Here is the reply sent to me from support: I quote: “Bobby, This is something we are going to be implementing (we hope). We were waiting for the Legacy 8 rush to die down though before we started making those videos. Sincerely, Jairmie Technical Support Legacy Family Tree Sign up for our ge

Re: [LegacyUG] v800-397 & Internet

2014-02-09 Thread Brian/Support
Mike's comment about IE is not entirely true. The Legacy Home tab uses the Internet Explorer (IE) engine which is built into Windows so anything in that tab which uses the internet such as displaying the Legacy News and the links in the support section open the links in IE. Any election by the user

RE: [LegacyUG] Quick help videos

2014-02-09 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
Hopefully it’s just a matter of them indicating these are the things planned. If they never let us know about any such plans, they’d be criticized for that so at least this is a good step in the right direction. Brian in CA From: Ed Ladendorf [mailto:edladend...@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, F

Re: [LegacyUG] Quick help videos

2014-02-09 Thread Ed Ladendorf
Thanks for the replies. I'd like to see a reply from Support as to whether or not those files will be available in the near future. It sounds as though those  quick help videos would answer a lot of questions that might come up on this list. Ed On Sunday, February 9, 2014 10:34 AM, Ed Ladend

RE: [LegacyUG] Quick help videos

2014-02-09 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
LOL !! Sadly, it's true. -Original Message- From: MikeFry [mailto:emjay...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 8:44 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Quick help videos On 09 Feb 2014 18:34, Ed Ladendorf wrote: > I know there are supposed to be quick

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendants report

2014-02-09 Thread Brian/Support
Check the settings in your printer driver using Windows. It may be set to print two copies. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 09 Feb 2014 11:55 AM, Derek Cuthbert wrote: > When I print a descendants report I get 2 copies and

[LegacyUG] Descendants report

2014-02-09 Thread Derek Cuthbert
When I print a descendants report I get 2 copies and that's on too many. What am I doing wrong? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from ol

Re: [LegacyUG] Quick help videos

2014-02-09 Thread MikeFry
On 09 Feb 2014 18:34, Ed Ladendorf wrote: > I know there are supposed to be quick help videos available on many screens, > but > I can not find them. Maybe I'm not the brightest light bulb in the room, but > will someone please tell me how to access them? I've tried the help files, and > I've loo

[LegacyUG] Quick help videos

2014-02-09 Thread Ed Ladendorf
I know there are supposed to be quick help videos available on many screens, but I can not find them. Maybe I'm not the brightest light bulb in the room, but will someone please tell me how to access them? I've tried the help files, and I've looked at quite a few different screens, but I simply

RE: [LegacyUG] marriages in order

2014-02-09 Thread Ron Ferguson
Judy, In Family View click on the spouse icon (usually on the left) and use the arrows on the bottom right of the new screen to correct the order. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Judy Weber wrote: >When printing a report how do I get the individual's marriages to print in >time order?

Re: [LegacyUG] marriages in order

2014-02-09 Thread MikeFry
On 09 Feb 2014 17:23, Judy Weber wrote: > When printing a report how do I get the individual’s marriages to print in > time > order? I entered the second marriage before the first one so the report > prints > all information for the second marriage before the first one. Can I change the > MRIN

[LegacyUG] marriages in order

2014-02-09 Thread Judy Weber
When printing a report how do I get the individual's marriages to print in time order? I entered the second marriage before the first one so the report prints all information for the second marriage before the first one. Can I change the MRIN for these two marriages to reflect the first one follow

[LegacyUG] Copy Role Sentences

2014-02-09 Thread Ron Bernier
The default event sentences in Legacy tend to "sound" mechanical when viewing in reports. The default event sentences sound even worse for sharees. In order to create a more pleasant read, I am modifying the default sentences. Is there any way to make a copy of a role with the modified sentences

Re: [LegacyUG] syncronizing two computers

2014-02-09 Thread MikeFry
On 09 Feb 2014 05:30, Brian wrote: > Not to highjack this thread, but wireless router was mentioned. > My wireless router has a port for a memory stick, which I use to > transfer files between 3 computers. > Could I keep my family file in my routers memory stick, > to sink my desktop and laptop? >

RE: [LegacyUG] syncronizing two computers

2014-02-09 Thread Alan Pereira
You could SyncToy do synchronise the files from you Laptop to the Router's memory stick and from the PC to the router's memory stick. Personally I use SyncToy and a portable hard drive. Alan -Original Message- From: Brian [mailto:blr...@optonline.net] Sent: 09 February 2014 03:30 To: leg