On 2011/07/06 00:39, CE WOOD wrote:
> Odd, though. When beginning the study of programming, we are taught to begin
> at
> the beginning and give the precise steps needed to accomplish the task because
> computers know nothing they have not been told. One would assume that
> programmers would be
You can do that. I use it all the time. Just click on the text of
the Help file and press ctrl-F.
And don't forget the Search tab if you can't find the topic in the
index - put in a keyword in the search tab to search for all topics
with thay keyword (pick something that's not too common!)
Let
On several occasions I've been at the same frustration level as Cathy with
respect to the Legacy help files.
One thing I think that would help immensely is a ctrl-F type mechanism for
searching for a term on a given page. I use that capability on web pages and
in most documents on a daily basis, a
All right, enough programmer bashing.
From: CE WOOD [mailto:wood...@msn.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 6:39 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Help files that are not very helpful!
Then Technical Writers need to write the Help files, that is, if they are
x27;s job whether they like it or
not.
Bob
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From: Mike Fry [mailto:mike...@iafrica.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 6:13 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Help files that are not very helpful!
On 2011/07/05 19:39, Cathy-0 wrote:
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ardanswers.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 6 July 2011 5:13
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Help files that are not very helpful!
If you don't find your ancestor on the first line of a census page, do you
ignore the rest of the page?
I did tech support for years and
acyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 05, 2011 3:13 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Help files that are
> not very helpful!
>
> On 2011/07/05 19:39, Cathy-0 wrote:
>
> > I've got a major problem with how programmers wr
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From: Mike Fry<mailto:mike...@iafrica.com>
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com<mailto:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Help files that are not very helpful!
On 2011/07/05 19:39, Cathy-0 wrote:
> I've
On 2011/07/05 19:39, Cathy-0 wrote:
> I've got a major problem with how programmers write the (un)-Help files. And
> the Legacy programmers are no exception. I came across this example today.
That's because we're Programmers and not Technical Writers!
--
Regards,
Mike Fry
Johannesburg
Legacy
nning of the help page, why
> would
> I waste my time reading to the end of it?
>
> Cathy-0
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "hwedhlor"
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 2:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Help files that are not very hel
On 7/5/2011 1:39 PM, Cathy-0 wrote:
> Yet, no where does it tell the user of the software where to find the
> Advanced Tagging window! Why not?
Where in the help file it should be located is another issue. You
flatly stated that
"no where does it tell the user of the software where to find
lto:hwedh...@cox.net]
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 2:09 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Help files that are not very helpful!
Pardon me, but that information should be _first_ on the
help screen, not last!
John Zimmerman
Mesa, AZ
On 7/5/2011 10:52 AM,
On 7/5/2011 1:39 PM, Cathy-0 wrote:
> Advanced Tagging
Direct from the (un) help files;
The Advanced Tagging screen is reached by right-clicking on any tag box
or by choosing Tag Records… from the Edit menu.
--
Gene Young
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette
I am in total agreement, John!
If I can't find the information at the beginning of the help page, why would
I waste my time reading to the end of it?
Cathy-0
- Original Message -
From: "hwedhlor"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy
tag box or
> by choosing Tag Records ¦ from the Edit menu.
>
>
>
> Bert
>
>
>
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Cathy-0"
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday 5 July 2011 19:39
> Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy Help files that are not very helpful!
>
Pardon me, but that information should be _first_ on the
help screen, not last!
John Zimmerman
Mesa, AZ
On 7/5/2011 10:52 AM, Sherry/Support wrote:
> Cathy,
>
> You didn't read far enough.
>
> At the very bottom of the topic it says
>
> "The Advanced Tagging screen is reached by right-clicking
Cathy,
You didn't read far enough.
At the very bottom of the topic it says
"The Advanced Tagging screen is reached by right-clicking on any tag
box or by choosing Tag Records… from the Edit menu."
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Cathy
The last line of the Advanced Tagging Help page:
"The *Advanced Tagging* screen is reached by *right-clicking* on any tag box
or by choosing *Tag Records…* from the *Edit* menu."
Evert
2011/7/5 Cathy-0
> **
> I've got a major problem with how programmers write the (un)-Help files.
> And the Leg
I've got a major problem with how programmers write the (un)-Help files. And
the Legacy programmers are no exception. I came across this example today.
I wanted to do some major tagging of my database so that I can review each
person's data and clean it up. So, I decided to tag everyone in my
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