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by SpencerDudeUK
15 Jan 2024 14:54
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Diagram Options Box definition export to new computer
Replies: 3
Views: 473

Re: Diagram Options Box definition export to new computer

Ok. It suddenly appeared, and it works!!
Thanks so much for your help - all now works fine :)
by SpencerDudeUK
15 Jan 2024 14:52
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Diagram Options Box definition export to new computer
Replies: 3
Views: 473

Re: Diagram Options Box definition export to new computer

Hi, thanks for the response.
What the advice doesn't cover (as far as I can see) is whether it makes a difference if one PC is Windows 10 and the other Windows 11?
The restore says 'loading file' but seems interminable - is this normal?
by SpencerDudeUK
15 Jan 2024 11:12
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Diagram Options Box definition export to new computer
Replies: 3
Views: 473

Diagram Options Box definition export to new computer

I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but I can't find it... I have several Box Definitions in my Diagram Options on my desktop computer (approx 20), but having set up a new laptop, these definitions do not appear. Do I have to type them all in again longhand, or is there a way to export/import t...
by SpencerDudeUK
13 Oct 2022 13:06
Forum: Ancestral Sources
Topic: Auto Text column widths
Replies: 16
Views: 1712

Re: Auto Text column widths

D'oh! I new it would be easy - should've gone to Specsavers!
Thanks for the quick response - thought there must be an easy fix. :oops:
by SpencerDudeUK
13 Oct 2022 12:37
Forum: Ancestral Sources
Topic: Auto Text column widths
Replies: 16
Views: 1712

Auto Text column widths

I realise this may be a dumb question, but I can't find a way of fixing the column widths in the auto text template screen. Currently, the columns extend beyond the view, and even on full screen, I can't see the right-hand columns to drag them in? You also seem to have to drag every column - one at ...
by SpencerDudeUK
31 May 2021 11:36
Forum: Ancestral Sources
Topic: Ancestral Sources 1939 Register
Replies: 5
Views: 3123

Re: Ancestral Sources 1939 Register

Thanks ColeValleyGirl, that makes much more sense now...so basically it can be ignored in the vast majority of cases, and I was flapping about nothing :lol: :lol:
by SpencerDudeUK
31 May 2021 11:34
Forum: Ancestral Sources
Topic: Ancestral Sources 1939 Register
Replies: 5
Views: 3123

Re: Ancestral Sources 1939 Register

Thanks, tatewise. I thought it would be obvious. I didn't intend to belittle the software - I think it will be great and really timesaving when I get used to it. However, even when you are extremely adept at things (which I don't pretend to be), if you don't know the answer, even the simplest thing ...
by SpencerDudeUK
31 May 2021 11:09
Forum: Ancestral Sources
Topic: Ancestral Sources 1939 Register
Replies: 5
Views: 3123

Ancestral Sources 1939 Register

I have started to look at Ancestral Sources (v7.2.7), but find the help files woefully inadequate for someone who's never used it before. For instance, I'm trying to enter a 1939 register entry, and one of the columns is 'Status' and the dropdown options are: O,V,S,P,I, but I can't fathom what they ...
by SpencerDudeUK
26 Feb 2021 14:58
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Focus Window/Research Notes/Named Lists
Replies: 4
Views: 1608

Re: Focus Window/Research Notes/Named Lists

Ah! You replied while I was writing - sorry.
I'll digest what you've said and come back - Thanks
by SpencerDudeUK
26 Feb 2021 14:57
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Focus Window/Research Notes/Named Lists
Replies: 4
Views: 1608

Re: Focus Window/Research Notes/Named Lists

Thanks for the quick response - it was helpful. However, my underlying question really, is how do you know you have information there in the first place? In other packages I've used, the tab would be highlighted if it had information in, rather than having to click on it. If it's not related to a sp...
by SpencerDudeUK
26 Feb 2021 14:42
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Focus Window/Research Notes/Named Lists
Replies: 4
Views: 1608

Re: Focus Window/Research Notes/Named Lists

...although I've just realised I can use the 'Go To Record' icon, which takes me to the Records view for the Named Lists. Would really like to think there was something like that for the Research Notes as well...?
by SpencerDudeUK
26 Feb 2021 14:34
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Focus Window/Research Notes/Named Lists
Replies: 4
Views: 1608

Focus Window/Research Notes/Named Lists

I am very confused as to how Research Notes and Named Lists are used, and how they correlate back to the person they're about. I have several entries for records offices in the Named Lists Pane, and have added individuals to that list along with notes about what I need to research against each indiv...
by SpencerDudeUK
04 Jan 2021 14:31
Forum: General Usage
Topic: ThumbCache.dat
Replies: 2
Views: 1766

Re: ThumbCache.dat

OK. Thanks, Jane. I learned another valuable lesson, too. If you delete the FindMyPastCache.dat, all the FMP hints reappear, and you have to go through them again...won't be doing that again any time soon :D It's really great to have knowledgeable people on here that help you out every time Thanks a...
by SpencerDudeUK
04 Jan 2021 14:02
Forum: General Usage
Topic: ThumbCache.dat
Replies: 2
Views: 1766

ThumbCache.dat

I use Google Drive to store my database and all associated data, because I have FH on both a PC and a laptop. The ThumbCache.dat cache file is usually up around the 1gb mark, and although I delete it as often as I remember, it takes up a significant portion of my allocation. Is there any possible wa...
by SpencerDudeUK
01 Jan 2021 15:55
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Adding media to records with generic sources in FH7
Replies: 4
Views: 1673

Re: Adding media to records with generic sources in FH7

OK, thanks.
I suppose I'm a bit old school (in my 70s) and don't like too many changes. I like FH7 very much, and will get used to the different way it works.
Thanks for your patience :)
by SpencerDudeUK
01 Jan 2021 15:42
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Adding media to records with generic sources in FH7
Replies: 4
Views: 1673

Re: Adding media to records with generic sources in FH7

OK. Thanks for the quick response. I was indeed getting confused between 'Source' and 'Citation'. I was adding the media to the Source record instead of the Citation - the Citation being the 'instance' of the generic source (in my terms). Anyway, I get it now, and it works as expected. I don't like ...
by SpencerDudeUK
01 Jan 2021 13:34
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Adding media to records with generic sources in FH7
Replies: 4
Views: 1673

Adding media to records with generic sources in FH7

I am finding this topic very confusing in FH7. I am both a splitter and a lumper, depending on the type of record. For instance, I create a source for each certificate (BMD), etc., but lump census records under a generic source (1841 Census, etc.). In version 6, I could add the generic census source...
by SpencerDudeUK
12 Dec 2020 10:31
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Delete Research Note
Replies: 2
Views: 1238

Re: Delete Research Note

D'oh!!
Thanks for the quick response - I was right-clicking and looking for a delete option and searching the menus. Simply pressing the delete key works!
Must be still half asleep. Thanks again.
by SpencerDudeUK
12 Dec 2020 10:25
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Delete Research Note
Replies: 2
Views: 1238

Delete Research Note

I've taken the plunge and installed FH7 - so far haven't noticed too much difference, but still looking around.
I created one or two research notes as a test, but there doesn't appear to be an easy way to delete them.
Can anyone throw any light on this for me?
Thanks in advance :)
by SpencerDudeUK
08 May 2020 20:13
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Linked media files
Replies: 21
Views: 8847

Re: Linked media files

OK. I guess I'm just too old school. If something happens to my google drive I will therefore lose everything. Since I have a NAS storage system I will continue to backup, but limit to weekly or monthly.
Thanks for all your help :)
by SpencerDudeUK
08 May 2020 18:58
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Linked media files
Replies: 21
Views: 8847

Re: Linked media files

...Now having sorted all that and copied all linked files into the project folder, my backup has jumped from 10mb to a whopping 2.4Gb!"! I deleted the cache files and backed up again, and still the same result - it's huge!
by SpencerDudeUK
08 May 2020 18:28
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Linked media files
Replies: 21
Views: 8847

Re: Linked media files

OK. I see the light!
It's not particularly intuitive, but I now see the logic. Thanks for all your input :)
by SpencerDudeUK
08 May 2020 12:24
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Linked media files
Replies: 21
Views: 8847

Re: Linked media files

..on second thoughts, it seems to be showing me all the files currently not linked, rather than the ones not linked correctly...?
by SpencerDudeUK
08 May 2020 12:22
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Linked media files
Replies: 21
Views: 8847

Re: Linked media files

I have gone down the list and can't find any with a red cross, and I've downloaded and installed the Plugin, but that just gives me a complete list of my media files greyed out...? I must be having a really bad day, because I can't make any sense of that. Also, in the 'External File Links' dialog bo...
by SpencerDudeUK
08 May 2020 11:42
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Linked media files
Replies: 21
Views: 8847

Re: Linked media files

I've done that, and it all looks OK, except for when it completed it said there were three broken links (out of over 6000) but didn't tell me what they were ... how do I find that out?