Susan, No matter where you are, People, Media, Sources, etc the F2 key brings up an index in a new window with Birth, Marriage and Death displayed. One of my favourite shortcuts. Rosemary On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Susan Johanson <scjohanson5@comcast.net>wrote: > I have about 67,519 people, 24,296 marriages, and 439 media items in my > database, and I have a new computer. > > I have mainly noted this problem when adding sources. Why... I don't > know what sources have to do with the index. Sometimes the sorting > never gets completed or completes with the busy icon still there, and I > have to shut down and come back up. Most of the time I just work on, > and if I have to search for somebody I have found a "work around". I can > go to the person tab then click on "index of individuals" after a minute > or so a window will come up with the index, and I can search and go to a > particular person in my database. But it takes time and patience. > Other than this problem with the index, FTM 2012 works faster than > previous ones, but the problem with the index is aggravating. > > Susan > > -- > --- > Susan C. Johanson, Haymarket, VA > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=johanson > http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/o/h/Susan-C-Johanson/ > ...Searching for footprints in the sands of time... > > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Online Support for Family Tree Maker > Version 16 and earlier > http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ > > Version 2008 - 2011 > http://ftm.custhelp.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Susan, thanks for the suggestion of using the F2 Key for the Index Window. That is a wonderful asset that I was not aware of. Carmeletta in Tulsa. -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rosemary Jones Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 6:17 PM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] busy icon Susan, No matter where you are, People, Media, Sources, etc the F2 key brings up an index in a new window with Birth, Marriage and Death displayed. One of my favourite shortcuts. Rosemary On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Susan Johanson <scjohanson5@comcast.net>wrote: > I have about 67,519 people, 24,296 marriages, and 439 media items in > my database, and I have a new computer. > > I have mainly noted this problem when adding sources. Why... I don't > know what sources have to do with the index. Sometimes the sorting > never gets completed or completes with the busy icon still there, and > I have to shut down and come back up. Most of the time I just work > on, and if I have to search for somebody I have found a "work around". > I can go to the person tab then click on "index of individuals" after > a minute or so a window will come up with the index, and I can search > and go to a particular person in my database. But it takes time and patience. > Other than this problem with the index, FTM 2012 works faster than > previous ones, but the problem with the index is aggravating. > > Susan > > -- > --- > Susan C. Johanson, Haymarket, VA > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=johanson > http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/o/h/Susan-C-Johanson/ > ...Searching for footprints in the sands of time... > > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Online Support for Family Tree Maker > Version 16 and earlier > http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ > > Version 2008 - 2011 > http://ftm.custhelp.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Online Support for Family Tree Maker Version 16 and earlier http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ Version 2008 - 2011 http://ftm.custhelp.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message