Cheryl, Gary and Bill, I seem to have things running OK now. I have upgraded two files at WordConnect and reentered the little bit I had lost in my home file. I'll keep your letters on file. I do know the difference between Gedcom and Backup although my letter did not make that clear. When I used the small 22 individual file as a test, I used it once to make a Gedcom in my documents and another time to make a backup on a flash drive.. We're off to spend Christmas with our daughters in Maryland and New York. They don't have PAF on their computers so I won't be doing any work there. But may you all have great visits with your relatives. LaVerne [email protected] wrote: Today's Topics: 1. Re: Default (Read only) (singhals) 2. Good Advice -Thank you (LaVerne) 3. Re: Good Advice -Thank you (Gary Templeman) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:49:47 -0500 From: singhals Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Default (Read only) To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed LaVerne wrote: > How do I get read of the Default (Read only) in the Templates section. I don't remember putting it there. But when I try to add a backup file from my flash drive it will only give me a read only file. I don't think you CAN get rid of it. And anyway, the Templates are the field names, so why would you want to change them? However, generally speaking, in PAF, you can't "add" a backup file to any existing data. Backup files (.bak or .zip) have to be Restored. To add the content of a .bak file to paf, you have to "restore" then EXPORT as GED, then IMPORT the ged. > > Now I can only get a temporary file -read only- of the file I backed up ealier today. I don't understand exactly what the problem here is, and how it relates to the Templates one, so I'd sooner not say anything. > > And I can't seem to make a gedcom on either a flash drive or a floppy. I would like to update my files on World Connect. When you see the EXPORT window that asks for a file name for the GED, the very top bar is where you tell the program where to put the file. You OUGHT to be able to specify A:\ for a floppy or some other letter for the flash. Unless someone has tried to "help" you with your computer set-up (g) default is the paf5 directory on C:\ Can you change it to the drive letter for whereever you want it to end up? Cheryl ----------------------------- ----------------------------- Message: 3 Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:26:21 -0800 From: "Gary Templeman" Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Good Advice -Thank you To: Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original ----- Original Message ----- From: "LaVerne" > > Is it wise to have one PAF file for a particular family that one works > on, and restores on, but another for the same family that is completely > static? > > I'd really panic if I didn't know I had this list to help me out. Again a > big Thank you. > > LaVerne > Based on the questions you have asked, I think it is best for people in your situation to have one file, period. By that I mean that if you are doing your own genealogy, you should have one file starting with yourself, then adding your ancestors (and/or descendents if desired). If you are also doing the work for your husband or someone else you *may* want to have a separate file for that line. You certainly *could* have other files for unique lines but the more files you have the more difficult it becomes to keep everything straight. I would NOT have another file that is kept static because that simply means it is out of date and incorrect, and many people accidentally add or delete from the wrong file and screw themselves up royally, ending up with some current data in one file and some in the other. Remember the KIS principle. Have your single working file, then use the backup function to make backups and simply save them. If you give the backups unique names by appending the date you can step back in time if you ever need to restore. But in general, unless you have a need to work with your file on a different computer such as at a FHC, or you mess up your working file, you should not need to be restoring *at all*. Your work flow should be like this. 1. Open your PAF file (will open to your file automatically if you simply close PAF at the end of each session, without closing the file itself first) 2. Do whatever work you want. The work is saved as you go, whenever you click save on an edit screen. 3. When you are ready to finish up, select File_Backup and make the backup file, naming as suggested above. You may need to modify the location where the backup file gets saved if you are using multiple kinds of media such as a flash drive and a floppy. 4. Close PAF The next time go through the same steps. Note that you do not need to restore anything, and there is no need to export or import gedcoms for routine work. 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