To John in Manchester Do NOT click Preview. Instead pick File, Create RTF file. If you need to click Preview, then Close the Preview and then pick File, Create RTF file. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gensearcher" <gensearcher@sky.com> To: <bk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 5:48 AM Subject: Re: [BK] Satisfaction with BK > Hello Jim, John Steed and all > Thanks for taking an interest > > I go to.. Select person > Reports > Ancestors > Ahnentafel > Preview and I get the report that I want > However there is no facility to go to Microsoft word to Edit this report > before I print it > Perhaps I am wrong but I feel sure that I could edit reports in word > before > I changed my computer to Windows 7. 64 bit > John > Manchester > England > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Dell > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 1:13 PM > To: bk@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BK] Satisfaction with BK > > John, > Exactly what report and give us the steps you use to use that open them > automatically. > BK6 correct? > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf > Of > Gensearcher > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 4:19 AM > To: bk@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BK] Satisfaction with BK > > Hello List > > I have had BK since the 1990s and I was very happy with it. > However I changed my computer last year and since then I have been unable > to > get BK to automatically open my files in Microsoft word 2010 > > I have tried everything John Steed has suggested but it did not work > > I do have another program which opens in Word, but I like BK reports but > now I cannot edit them in Word Maybe something to do with Windows 7 64 > bit > Anyone else got this problem John Manchester England > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

Hi John You can't do it from Preview. After you have set up the report as you want it BUT before clicking Preview, you will find the RTF option under FILE. Regards George in Rochester NY -----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gensearcher Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 5:49 AM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BK] Satisfaction with BK Hello Jim, John Steed and all Thanks for taking an interest I go to.. Select person Reports Ancestors Ahnentafel Preview and I get the report that I want However there is no facility to go to Microsoft word to Edit this report before I print it Perhaps I am wrong but I feel sure that I could edit reports in word before I changed my computer to Windows 7. 64 bit John Manchester England -----Original Message----- From: Jim Dell Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 1:13 PM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BK] Satisfaction with BK John, Exactly what report and give us the steps you use to use that open them automatically. BK6 correct? Jim -----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gensearcher Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 4:19 AM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: [BK] Satisfaction with BK Hello List I have had BK since the 1990s and I was very happy with it. However I changed my computer last year and since then I have been unable to get BK to automatically open my files in Microsoft word 2010 I have tried everything John Steed has suggested but it did not work I do have another program which opens in Word, but I like BK reports but now I cannot edit them in Word Maybe something to do with Windows 7 64 bit Anyone else got this problem John Manchester England ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

John Which Ahnentafel report? Mine has an option to create a RTF file when I select the Ahnentafel Book Report. Jim -----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gensearcher Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 5:49 AM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BK] Satisfaction with BK Hello Jim, John Steed and all Thanks for taking an interest I go to.. Select person Reports Ancestors Ahnentafel Preview and I get the report that I want However there is no facility to go to Microsoft word to Edit this report before I print it Perhaps I am wrong but I feel sure that I could edit reports in word before I changed my computer to Windows 7. 64 bit John Manchester England -----Original Message----- From: Jim Dell Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 1:13 PM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BK] Satisfaction with BK John, Exactly what report and give us the steps you use to use that open them automatically. BK6 correct? Jim -----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gensearcher Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 4:19 AM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: [BK] Satisfaction with BK Hello List I have had BK since the 1990s and I was very happy with it. However I changed my computer last year and since then I have been unable to get BK to automatically open my files in Microsoft word 2010 I have tried everything John Steed has suggested but it did not work I do have another program which opens in Word, but I like BK reports but now I cannot edit them in Word Maybe something to do with Windows 7 64 bit Anyone else got this problem John Manchester England ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In message <CMEFJIGMPKLPELNONILDMEPLDGAA.mfwebb2005@btinternet.com>, Malcolm Webb <mfwebb2005@btinternet.com> writes: >Like others on this list I have been a user since DOS days. I started >using/testing BK in 1994 and became a registered user in 1996. It does >everything I want it to do in a simple and straightforward way and I am >pleased it doesn't have the so-called bells and whistles and glitz of other >programmes. I can't be "pleased it doesn't have" things; if it had them, I might be pleased it didn't oblige me to _use_ them. > >I have tested other programmes, particularly RootsMagic, because I was >impressed for a while that it could be loaded onto a memory stick; but I >soon fell out with that idea. I maintain my database on my desktop computer >and have installed the programme onto my laptop and netbook. It is easy to >copy the database onto either via a USB stick for travelling. I make a >point of never updating my database on anything other than my desktop >computer. I'm similar - except that my main computer is the netbook. I copy to a stick for backup to another computer - my brother's, who also uses the prog. for reference, but doesn't change the database. > >I still use Microsoft Office 2000 on my desktop and laptop so I have no >issues with opening my BK files. However, I have no facility for installing >MS 2000 onto my netbook as it has no CD drive installed; I have downloaded (OT for here, but you can either: copy the installation CD to a memory stick, or: borrow [or buy, they're cheap enough now] an external optical drive for the netbook. I have one for mine - even though I've used it not many times.) [] >So -- BK is wonderful as it is, but I am always grateful for updates and I >do download them and keep my programme up-to-date. Like someone said in an >earlier post -- if you are happy with the way it is and don't want to >change, don't download the updates. That was me (-: > >All the best from Lincoln UK [] For an interesting look at some things I think would be nice - and, I'm sure, some people will hate - have a look at http://www.family-historian.co.uk/tour . -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. -Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman, orator and writer (106-43 BCE)

I have been a BK user since the dos days. This program does everything I want or need it to do. You can't find another John Steed!! He is always there when I can't figure out how to do something. Unbeatable. Betty On 2/2/2012 8:49 PM, Robert Kirk wrote: > Amen. I'm always happy to see the bug fix updates and improvements on using > its features, but I'm perfectly happy with the BK program as it functions > now. I really don't need any more bells and whistles - just a reliable, > well supported program that lets me conveniently sort out my ancestors and > describe them. > > Bob Kirk > > > At 10:40 PM 2/1/2012, R L Brown wrote: >> Someone said that Jill was a bit too harsh with her comment. I >> disagree. She echoed my thoughts exactly. >> >> I also have been a BK user since the DOS days, with even more names and >> photos, and I'm a very satisfied customer. I've sampled many other >> programs over the years, but none compares to BK for its reliability and >> ease of use. Through all the platform and version upgrades, I've never >> lost a single molecule of data. And the support is unparalleled. >> >> Several months ago someone else complained that BK was falling behind the >> others due to its lack of bells and whistles and failure to adopt the >> latest programming capabilities. I disagree with that also. What BK >> lacks in fanciness and glitz, it makes up for by being a straightforward, >> reliable user-friendly database. And that should be everyones top >> priority. The periodic BK updates have consistently provided improvements >> while retaining the program's underlying simplicity and integrity. I'm >> always afraid, when there's a long period between updates, that JS is >> about to unveil a new and improved BK that will rob it of the >> characteristics that we all appreciate... or should. >> >> Rennie Brown >> West Union, WV > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:56:57 -0500, "Jim Dell" <dellji@yahoo.com> wrote: >David, >Have you consider creating the HTML version (look on the file menu), >bringing it into MS Word and then converting to RFT? > An d alternative might be to have a PDF printerdriver and generate a PDF and then convert to DOC/RTF -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

Amen. I'm always happy to see the bug fix updates and improvements on using its features, but I'm perfectly happy with the BK program as it functions now. I really don't need any more bells and whistles - just a reliable, well supported program that lets me conveniently sort out my ancestors and describe them. Bob Kirk At 10:40 PM 2/1/2012, R L Brown wrote: >Someone said that Jill was a bit too harsh with her comment. I >disagree. She echoed my thoughts exactly. > >I also have been a BK user since the DOS days, with even more names and >photos, and I'm a very satisfied customer. I've sampled many other >programs over the years, but none compares to BK for its reliability and >ease of use. Through all the platform and version upgrades, I've never >lost a single molecule of data. And the support is unparalleled. > >Several months ago someone else complained that BK was falling behind the >others due to its lack of bells and whistles and failure to adopt the >latest programming capabilities. I disagree with that also. What BK >lacks in fanciness and glitz, it makes up for by being a straightforward, >reliable user-friendly database. And that should be everyones top >priority. The periodic BK updates have consistently provided improvements >while retaining the program's underlying simplicity and integrity. I'm >always afraid, when there's a long period between updates, that JS is >about to unveil a new and improved BK that will rob it of the >characteristics that we all appreciate... or should. > >Rennie Brown >West Union, WV

David, Have you consider creating the HTML version (look on the file menu), bringing it into MS Word and then converting to RFT? Jim -----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Bartelt Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:42 AM To: BK Mailing List Subject: [BK] FGS in RFT format For John Steed I assume you've considered it but I do think at times that an .RFT version of the family group sheet would be nice. In the text version, the superscripts can be a tab confusing to those not used to the format. I have a few people with whom data is shared and the family group sheet format is quick and easy to use - no "reading paragraphs" as in the Register Book. David Bartelt ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:09:59 +0100, "Reinhard John" <Reinhard.J@gmx.net> wrote: >Hi, > > the regular updates show that improvements are still possible. >Better is the enemy of good!! > >Why must someone not be able to suggest an extra consistancy check? I >am sure that a part of the fixes and new functions that come with >every update are a product of the input John Steeds gets from the >users. > Mostly the request for new facilities and fixes are from Scandinavian sent direct to John. Why? Because many proposal we have had to the list, start a discussion of it is necessary or what ever. Some does not like the proposal and some do. John decide if they are possible or not with the present database structure and program parts that is now used. :) -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

Hello BK users everywhere, I wholeheartedly agree with the point Reinhard makes. Progress is made because of unsatisfied, questioning men. The mild man makes the best of whatever situation he is in and muddles through without complaint. The questioning man lifts up his head and says "what if". Regards. John Enthusiastic BK'er since version 5 -----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Reinhard John Sent: 02 February 2012 10:10 To: R L Brown; bk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BK] I am _not_ my own granddad ... Hi, the regular updates show that improvements are still possible. Better is the enemy of good!! Why must someone not be able to suggest an extra consistancy check? I am sure that a part of the fixes and new functions that come with every update are a product of the input John Steeds gets from the users. Regards Reinhard ----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ----- Von: R L Brown Gesendet: 02.02.12 04:40 Uhr An: bk@rootsweb.com Betreff: Re: [BK] I am _not_ my own granddad ... Someone said that Jill was a bit too harsh with her comment. I disagree. She echoed my thoughts exactly. I also have been a BK user since the DOS days, with even more names and photos, and I'm a very satisfied customer. I've sampled many other programs over the years, but none compares to BK for its reliability and ease of use. Through all the platform and version upgrades, I've never lost a single molecule of data. And the support is unparalleled. Several months ago someone else complained that BK was falling behind the others due to its lack of bells and whistles and failure to adopt the latest programming capabilities. I disagree with that also. What BK lacks in fanciness and glitz, it makes up for by being a straightforward, reliable user-friendly database. And that should be everyones top priority. The periodic BK updates have consistently provided improvements while retaining the program's underlying simplicity and integrity. I'm always afraid, when there's a long per! iod between updates, that JS is about to unveil a new and improved BK that will rob it of the characteristics that we all appreciate... or should. Rennie Brown West Union, WV From: Jill McGroder <gordonmc@netspace.net.au> To: G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk; bk@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:33 PM Subject: Re: [BK] I am _not_ my own granddad ... John, Leave Brothers Keeper alone, it works perfectly well, always best to be sure you haven't got the same person mentioned half a dozen times (in reality, so many names are duplicated). ( I am _not_ my own granddad ) ? are you sure about that, as it sounds like you are confused. If you don't like it, BK as it is, well choose another program. I have been using Brothers Keeper since 1986, have over 53,000 names and some 4,000 photos recorded, and it all works wonderfully. Regards, Jill >When I add a father to John Bosworth, who is called John Bosworth, BK >offers me the list of John Bosworths it already knows about, in cas! e the >new father is one of them. >However, it would be nice of that l ist didn't include the person who's >father is being entered - he's not going to be his _own_ father. >(Similarly, I think, with son, mother, daughter.) >Only a minor point, and if it's hard to fix, no matter - just thought >I'd mention it (-:! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Like others on this list I have been a user since DOS days. I started using/testing BK in 1994 and became a registered user in 1996. It does everything I want it to do in a simple and straightforward way and I am pleased it doesn't have the so-called bells and whistles and glitz of other programmes. I have tested other programmes, particularly RootsMagic, because I was impressed for a while that it could be loaded onto a memory stick; but I soon fell out with that idea. I maintain my database on my desktop computer and have installed the programme onto my laptop and netbook. It is easy to copy the database onto either via a USB stick for travelling. I make a point of never updating my database on anything other than my desktop computer. I still use Microsoft Office 2000 on my desktop and laptop so I have no issues with opening my BK files. However, I have no facility for installing MS 2000 onto my netbook as it has no CD drive installed; I have downloaded OpenOffice onto the netbook (which runs a lite version of VISTA) and can open all my Word and Excel files out of BK with no real problem (every time I click on a Word or Excel file in BK I get a warning asking if I want to allow OpenOffice to amend the files and I say "yes". I never amend the files on the netbook -- I use it merely as a reference tool while visiting archives). So -- BK is wonderful as it is, but I am always grateful for updates and I do download them and keep my programme up-to-date. Like someone said in an earlier post -- if you are happy with the way it is and don't want to change, don't download the updates. All the best from Lincoln UK Malcolm Webb mfwebb2005@btinternet.com <mailto:mfwebb2005@btinternet.com> -----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Gensearcher Sent: 02 February 2012 09:19 To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: [BK] Satisfaction with BK Hello List I have had BK since the 1990s and I was very happy with it. However I changed my computer last year and since then I have been unable to get BK to automatically open my files in Microsoft word 2010 I have tried everything John Steed has suggested but it did not work I do have another program which opens in Word, but I like BK reports but now I cannot edit them in Word Maybe something to do with Windows 7 64 bit Anyone else got this problem John Manchester England -----Original Message----- From: J. P. Gilliver (John) Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 8:44 AM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BK] I am _not_ my own granddad ... In message <1328154023.12670.YahooMailNeo@web120101.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>, R L Brown <wiseguy_wv@yahoo.com> writes: >Someone said that Jill was a bit too harsh with her comment. I >disagree. She echoed my thoughts exactly. Snip> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, the regular updates show that improvements are still possible. Better is the enemy of good!! Why must someone not be able to suggest an extra consistancy check? I am sure that a part of the fixes and new functions that come with every update are a product of the input John Steeds gets from the users. Regards Reinhard ----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ----- Von: R L Brown Gesendet: 02.02.12 04:40 Uhr An: bk@rootsweb.com Betreff: Re: [BK] I am _not_ my own granddad ... Someone said that Jill was a bit too harsh with her comment. I disagree. She echoed my thoughts exactly. I also have been a BK user since the DOS days, with even more names and photos, and I'm a very satisfied customer. I've sampled many other programs over the years, but none compares to BK for its reliability and ease of use. Through all the platform and version upgrades, I've never lost a single molecule of data. And the support is unparalleled. Several months ago someone else complained that BK was falling behind the others due to its lack of bells and whistles and failure to adopt the latest programming capabilities. I disagree with that also. What BK lacks in fanciness and glitz, it makes up for by being a straightforward, reliable user-friendly database. And that should be everyones top priority. The periodic BK updates have consistently provided improvements while retaining the program's underlying simplicity and integrity. I'm always afraid, when there's a long per! iod between updates, that JS is about to unveil a new and improved BK that will rob it of the characteristics that we all appreciate... or should. Rennie Brown West Union, WV From: Jill McGroder <gordonmc@netspace.net.au> To: G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk; bk@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:33 PM Subject: Re: [BK] I am _not_ my own granddad ... John, Leave Brothers Keeper alone, it works perfectly well, always best to be sure you haven't got the same person mentioned half a dozen times (in reality, so many names are duplicated). ( I am _not_ my own granddad ) ? are you sure about that, as it sounds like you are confused. If you don't like it, BK as it is, well choose another program. I have been using Brothers Keeper since 1986, have over 53,000 names and some 4,000 photos recorded, and it all works wonderfully. Regards, Jill >When I add a father to John Bosworth, who is called John Bosworth, BK >offers me the list of John Bosworths it already knows about, in cas! e the >new father is one of them. >However, it would be nice of that l ist didn't include the person who's >father is being entered - he's not going to be his _own_ father. >(Similarly, I think, with son, mother, daughter.) >Only a minor point, and if it's hard to fix, no matter - just thought >I'd mention it (-:! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

To John in Manchester Since you have trouble getting BK to open Word 2010, perhaps you could tell people here on the list three things. 1. What do you have exactly in File, Options, RTF on the Word line. 2. Is the problem having BK open files from the Notes tab on Edit, or is the problem getting BK to open a RTF file that BK has created for a book report? 3. Where is the WINWORD.EXE file located on your computer. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gensearcher" <gensearcher@sky.com> To: <bk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 4:18 AM Subject: [BK] Satisfaction with BK > Hello List > > I have had BK since the 1990s and I was very happy with it. > However I changed my computer last year and since then I have been unable > to > get BK to automatically open my files in Microsoft word 2010 > > I have tried everything John Steed has suggested but it did not work > > I do have another program which opens in Word, but I like BK reports but > now I cannot edit them in Word > Maybe something to do with Windows 7 64 bit > Anyone else got this problem > John > Manchester > England > > -----Original Message----- > From: J. P. Gilliver (John) > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 8:44 AM > To: bk@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BK] I am _not_ my own granddad ... > > In message <1328154023.12670.YahooMailNeo@web120101.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>, > R L Brown <wiseguy_wv@yahoo.com> writes: >>Someone said that Jill was a bit too harsh with her comment. I >>disagree. She echoed my thoughts exactly. > Snip> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

For John Steed I assume you've considered it but I do think at times that an .RFT version of the family group sheet would be nice. In the text version, the superscripts can be a tab confusing to those not used to the format. I have a few people with whom data is shared and the family group sheet format is quick and easy to use - no "reading paragraphs" as in the Register Book. David Bartelt

Hello List I have had BK since the 1990s and I was very happy with it. However I changed my computer last year and since then I have been unable to get BK to automatically open my files in Microsoft word 2010 I have tried everything John Steed has suggested but it did not work I do have another program which opens in Word, but I like BK reports but now I cannot edit them in Word Maybe something to do with Windows 7 64 bit Anyone else got this problem John Manchester England -----Original Message----- From: J. P. Gilliver (John) Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 8:44 AM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BK] I am _not_ my own granddad ... In message <1328154023.12670.YahooMailNeo@web120101.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>, R L Brown <wiseguy_wv@yahoo.com> writes: >Someone said that Jill was a bit too harsh with her comment. I >disagree. She echoed my thoughts exactly. Snip>

In message <1328154023.12670.YahooMailNeo@web120101.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>, R L Brown <wiseguy_wv@yahoo.com> writes: >Someone said that Jill was a bit too harsh with her comment.  I >disagree.  She echoed my thoughts exactly. >  >I also have been a BK user since the DOS days, with even more names and >photos, and I'm a very satisfied customer.  I've sampled many other >programs over the years, but none compares to BK for its reliability >and ease of use.  Through all the platform and version upgrades, I've >never lost a single molecule of data.  And the support is unparalleled. I haven't really tried any of the others, but I _am_ very reluctant to do so (I don't think "trying" is really on: unless one is only a beginner with less than, say, 100 people, I suspect it's a matter of moving to, not trying), because I _suspect_ the support with _any_ of the others will be nowhere as good. Usually relying on other users _only_, or no support at all. >  >Several months ago someone else complained that BK was falling behind >the others due to its lack of bells and whistles and failure to adopt >the latest programming capabilities.  I disagree with that also.  What >BK lacks in fanciness and glitz, it makes up for by being a >straightforward, reliable user-friendly database.  And that should be That might have been me. I love BK, but can't honestly say I'd recommend it to a new user, _because_ it is _so_ lacking in things they might expect. I realise this is going to cause a fight here! Things like the way it isn't clickable from the various charts it can produce, its idiosyncratic image handler (though it can now use an external one) ... >everyones top priority.  The periodic BK updates have consistently >provided improvements while retaining the program's underlying >simplicity and integrity.  I'm always afraid, when there's a long >period between updates, that JS is about to unveil a new and improved >BK that will rob it of the characteristics that we all appreciate... or >should. Don't worry - it doesn't look at all likely! I would rather _pay for_ a BK7 than buy one of the competitors. But I don't think it is going to come along soon - JS can only do so much, and the excellent support of BK6 must take up all the time of one person. But remember, such things have happened in the past: BK5 - and DOS-compatible versions - _did_ have their _development_ stopped eventually, though _support_ in the form of answer to "how to" etc. questions does still occasionally appear. >  >Rennie Brown >West Union, WV [] -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf What is the world to a man when his wife is a widow? (think about it ...)

John, Exactly what report and give us the steps you use to use that open them automatically. BK6 correct? Jim -----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gensearcher Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 4:19 AM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: [BK] Satisfaction with BK Hello List I have had BK since the 1990s and I was very happy with it. However I changed my computer last year and since then I have been unable to get BK to automatically open my files in Microsoft word 2010 I have tried everything John Steed has suggested but it did not work I do have another program which opens in Word, but I like BK reports but now I cannot edit them in Word Maybe something to do with Windows 7 64 bit Anyone else got this problem John Manchester England -----Original Message----- From: J. P. Gilliver (John) Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 8:44 AM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BK] I am _not_ my own granddad ... In message <1328154023.12670.YahooMailNeo@web120101.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>, R L Brown <wiseguy_wv@yahoo.com> writes: >Someone said that Jill was a bit too harsh with her comment. I >disagree. She echoed my thoughts exactly. Snip> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:33:03 +0000 (GMT), S Horsman <horsman61@btinternet.com> wrote: >I know that if you use the 'not married' event, against a couple it will use the word 'partner' instead of 'married' >Nowadays 'partner' implies a more permanent relationship. >  >I want to set  up details of an illegitamate child, when both parents are known,  but where one of the pair was already married to someone else. >  >Is there any way that a new event {eg called Relationship}  could be created to indicate that a couple had had a relationship which resulted in the child,  and where the link did not show Married or Partner. >  >Or is there a way of coping with this situation already what words would you like to use on the situation where two perole has one night stand even if one is married or not? What would you cal the people in the souple, not wife and husband i believe, but what ? -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

Jill I think you are being a bit harsh. John was only asking that a potential point of error be eliminated. It may well be that this feature is also useful, but that was not what John was on about. Steve Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:33:39 +1100 From: Jill McGroder <gordonmc@netspace.net.au> Subject: Re: [BK] I am _not_ my own granddad ... To: G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk, bk@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <643dca$8taijl@outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out6.iinet.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed John, Leave Brothers Keeper alone, it works perfectly well, always best to be sure you haven't got the same person mentioned half a dozen times (in reality, so many names are duplicated). ( I am _not_ my own granddad ) ? are you sure about that, as it sounds like you are confused. If you don't like it, BK as it is, well choose another program. I have been using Brothers Keeper since 1986, have over 53,000 names and some 4,000 photos recorded, and it all works wonderfully. Regards, Jill > When I add a father to John Bosworth, who is called John Bosworth, BK > offers me the list of John Bosworths it already knows about, in case the > new father is one of them. > However, it would be nice of that list didn't include the person who's > father is being entered - he's not going to be his_own_ father. > (Similarly, I think, with son, mother, daughter.) > Only a minor point, and if it's hard to fix, no matter - just thought > I'd mention it (-:!

Someone said that Jill was a bit too harsh with her comment.  I disagree.  She echoed my thoughts exactly.   I also have been a BK user since the DOS days, with even more names and photos, and I'm a very satisfied customer.  I've sampled many other programs over the years, but none compares to BK for its reliability and ease of use.  Through all the platform and version upgrades, I've never lost a single molecule of data.  And the support is unparalleled.   Several months ago someone else complained that BK was falling behind the others due to its lack of bells and whistles and failure to adopt the latest programming capabilities.  I disagree with that also.  What BK lacks in fanciness and glitz, it makes up for by being a straightforward, reliable user-friendly database.  And that should be everyones top priority.  The periodic BK updates have consistently provided improvements while retaining the program's underlying simplicity and integrity.  I'm always afraid, when there's a long period between updates, that JS is about to unveil a new and improved BK that will rob it of the characteristics that we all appreciate... or should.   Rennie Brown West Union, WV From: Jill McGroder <gordonmc@netspace.net.au> To: G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk; bk@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:33 PM Subject: Re: [BK] I am _not_ my own granddad ... John, Leave Brothers Keeper alone, it works perfectly well, always best to be sure you haven't got the same person mentioned half a dozen times (in reality, so many names are duplicated). ( I am _not_ my own granddad ) ? are you sure about that, as it sounds like you are confused. If you don't like it, BK as it is, well choose another program. I have been using Brothers Keeper since 1986, have over 53,000 names and some 4,000 photos recorded, and it all works wonderfully. Regards, Jill >When I add a father to John Bosworth, who is called John Bosworth, BK >offers me the list of John Bosworths it already knows about, in case the >new father is one of them. >However, it would be nice of that list didn't include the person who's >father is being entered - he's not going to be his _own_ father. >(Similarly, I think, with son, mother, daughter.) >Only a minor point, and if it's hard to fix, no matter - just thought >I'd mention it (-:! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message