Larry's Legacy Customized My Toolbar

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I have had several of my Legacy class students ask me to post up what toolbar buttons I use on the My Toolbar tab on the menu ribbon in my Legacy 9 program. Here is the list of tool buttons starting on the left and moving to the right.

1. Customize
2. Help
3, Back
4. Split Screen
5. Genealogy Bank
6. FamilySearch
7. Ancestry.com
8. Map Family
9. Calendar
10. To Do List
11. Relationship Calculator
12. Report Menu
13. Link to FTDNA website (User defined button)
14. Link to GedMatch website (User defined button)
15. DNA SS - link to DNA Spreadsheet for all my testers (User defined button)
16. Search
17. Census List
18. GenSmart Program (User defined button)
19. Research Guidance
20. Hashtag Search
21. Master List
22. Marriage List
23. Name List
24. Add Person
25. Master Locations
26. Master Sources
27. History
28. Search results
29. Search Internet
30. Find a Grave

The My Toolbar tab on the Ribbon bar can be customized to show only the tools you want to use.  There are 15 default tools shown when Legacy is first installed.  There are also many other buttons that can be added to the toolbar to take you directly to main features in the program.

To customize the toolbar:

1. Click on the small icon in the lower-right corner of the Shortcut Toolbar group.  You can also click the Design button in the upper-right corner of the ribbon and choose Toolbars > My Toolbar.

2. Add, remove, or move tools as desired.

3. Click OK when you are finished.

To remove a tool from the toolbar, drag it off the Main Toolbar in the top row and drop it somewhere on the background.  Any tools to the right will move in to fill the space.

To add a new tool to the toolbar, drag it from the Available Toolbar Buttons box and drop it at the position you want to place it.  As you drag a tool over the toolbar, a vertical line will appear to indicate where the tool will be inserted.  Any tools to the right will move over to make room.  

Note:  There is room for up to 40 tools on the bar.  If it is full, any insertion of another tool will cause the existing tool at the right end to be removed.  If the Customize Main Toolbar window is narrower than your Legacy screen, you can stretch it wider to match, thus giving you more room to display tools.  Your Legacy program window width and your screen resolution setting determine the total number of tools that can be seen on the main toolbar.

 To move a tool from one position to another, drag the tool from its current position to the new position within the top Main Toolbar.  The other tools will be moved to make room and fill the space.

To create a custom toolbar button that will launch any program or open any web page, scroll to the bottom of the Available Toolbar Buttons list and then right-click on either of the two Custom buttons at the end of the list.  See Custom Toolbar Button for instructions.

To put all the standard tools back on the toolbar in the default order, click the Reset Default button.

The following tools are available for use:

 Back - Moves back one entry in the History List.  
  History List - Displays the History List.  
  Forward - Moves forward one entry in the History List.  
  Name List - Displays the Name List.  
  Marriage List - Displays the Marriage List.  
Search - Displays the Search screen.  
 Search Results - Displays the current Search List.  
  Report Menu - Displays the Report Menu.   
  Last Report - Displays the Option screen for the last report produced.  
  Merge - Displays the Merge popup menu where you can choose Manual Merge, Find Duplicates or IntelliShare.  
 To-Do List - Displays the General To-Do List.  
 Internet - Displays the Internet popup menu where you can choose various web-related options.  
 Calendar - Displays the month and year calendars and the date calculator.  
 Exit Legacy - Exits Legacy  
 Split View - Opens another view of the current family file as asks if you would like to open a different family file.  
 Import - Opens the GEDCOM Import screen.  
 Export - Opens the GEDCOM Export screen.  
 Legacy Charting - Opens the charting program where you can create many different kinds of wall charts.  
 Ancestor Book - Opens the Ancestor Book Options screen.  
 Descendant Book - Opens the Descendant Book Options screen.  
 Descendant Narrative Book - Opens the Descendant Narrative Options screen.  
 Multiple Lines of Descendant Book - Opens the Multiple Lines of Descendant Options screen.  
 Move Next - Displays the next record in the current Search List.  
 Move Previous - Displays the previous record in the current Search List. 
Search and Replace - Displays the Search and Replace screen.  
 Help - Opens the Legacy Help System.  
 Master Sources - Opens the Master Source List.  
 Master Locations - Opens the Master Location List.  
 Relationship Calculator - Displays the Relationship Calculator.  
 Search the Internet - Opens the Search the Internet screen.  
 Open a Family File - Prompts for a new family file to open.  
 Master Lists - Opens a popup menu containing all the master lists in Legacy.  
 Backup File - Starts a backup process by prompting for a file name for saving.  
 Set Colors - Opens the Colors tab on the Customize screen.  
 Ancestry.com - Opens the Ancestry.com web site in a browser window.  
 MyTrees.com - Opens the MyTrees.com web site in a browser window.  
 Family Group - Opens the Report Menu to the Family tab.  
 Desc Chart - Opens the Report Menu to the Descendant tab.  
 Pedigree Chart - Opens the Report Menu to the Pedigree tab.  
 Individual Report - Opens the Report Menu to the Individual tab.  
 Timeline Report - Opens the Report Menu to the Timeline tab.  
 Ancestor Chart - Opens the Report Menu to the Ancestor tab.  
 Picture Center - Opens the Picture Center where you can assign media files to individuals. 
 Publishing Center - Opens the Publishing Center where you can create books by combining many different reports.  
 Create CD - Opens Charting Companion where you can create a shareable CD.  
 GenealogyBank - Opens the GenealogyBank.com web site in a browser window.  
 Add Person - Pops up a submenu where you can add spouses, parents, children, or unlinked individuals.  
 Startup Family - Takes you to the starting individual in your family file (usually you).  
 Map Family - Starts the Map My Family screen to plot all the locations for the current person's family.  
 FamilySearch - Takes you to the FamilySearch Family Tree web site where you can search for family members.  
 FamilyLink - Opens the FamilyLink.com web site in a browser window.  
 General Information - Opens the General Information screen where you can see information concerning the current family file.  
 Census List - Opens the Census Search List where you can create a list of potential individuals who should be found in a particular census.  
 Customize - Opens the Customize Legacy section where you can make many types of changes to the program interface and appearance.  
 Research Guidance - Helps you locate records that may contain information about your ancestors.  
 Custom Button 1 - You can setup this button to launch any program or open any web page  Custom Button 2 - You can setup this button to launch any program or open any web page Custom Button 3 - You can setup this button to launch any program or open any web page
Custom Button 4 - You can setup this button to launch any program or open any web page Stories - Opens the list of Stories for the current person.  
 FindAGrave - Opens the FindAGrave.com web site in a browser.  
 Hashtag Search - Lets you search for groups of people with the same hashtags.  
 Chronology Comparison - Lets you compare two different individual's life events.