I want to use my laptop for working on FH. Currently I have done all my work on the PC. I have recently installed v 4 [ I had a very old v.3 before ] and wonder if it will be enough to copy my files from the PC onto a USB and then open them on the laptop with my new v.4?
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Jane
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Yes, just copy the files across.
BUT
before you create a project on the new machine there is a good chance you will need to mend your multimedia links as the drive and folder names might have changed.
From the Project Window, press More Tasks/Gedcom Tasks/Open Gedcom file
and use the work with external file links tool to check all your links and save the file.
You can now create a new project and copy all your media over if you would like to.
See the V4 How To's in the Knowledge Base for more information on Projects.
BUT
before you create a project on the new machine there is a good chance you will need to mend your multimedia links as the drive and folder names might have changed.
From the Project Window, press More Tasks/Gedcom Tasks/Open Gedcom file
and use the work with external file links tool to check all your links and save the file.
You can now create a new project and copy all your media over if you would like to.
See the V4 How To's in the Knowledge Base for more information on Projects.
Jane
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My Family History : My Photography "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad."
exporting FH to FH
Thanks for that I was beginning to think about the problem of how to deal with images so that was timely advice. Thank you