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How to Customize Legacy


Many of the features in Legacy can be customized to your own liking.  These include:

General
  • How the screens look.
  • How surnames are printed
  • Where the button bar is located
  • If tool help should be displayed
  • If pop-up information boxes should be displayed

    Data Entry/Edit
  • Should new names and locations be verified
  • Should notes be offered when saving an individual
  • Capitalization of names and places
  • Should LDS ordinance information fields be shown
  • How the Enter key behaves

    Dates
  • Date format to be used
  • Should double-dating be used
  • Should dates be checked for validity

    Colors and Fonts
  • The background colors for certain windows
  • The fonts to be used on the screen and on reports

    Locations
  • Default location for your Family Files
  • Where picture and sound files are located

    To reach the Customize section, choose Customize from the Options tab on the Ribbon bar.

    (See Customizing for more information.)

    To continue to the next topic; How to Display Another Family/Pedigree View, click here.
    To return to the Tutorial index, click here.


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