Font, Font Size, Text Style, Text Color in Logs
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Family file logs provide places to document your research efforts. For example, you could create a log for each surname or major branch of your family and chronicle your research efforts relating to each surname or branch: your library visits, your written and email correspondence, your upcoming trips and tasks, your travel calendar, research questions, conflicts, etc.
To record information in a log, click
in the navbar.Or, use the
menu button to select a particular log to edit...This opens the Logs window, shown below.
The big scrolling field on the right displays the contents of the log highlighted in the list of Logs on the left side. To select a log, click a name in the list of logs.
You may enter and save up to 64,000 characters in each log. Text in each log can be edited using standard Mac keyboard command shortcuts.
If logs contain links (URL’s to web pages) or "connections" you can go directly to those linked pages or people from the family view, or from within the log itself.
From the family view, use the to select the name of the log. You'll notice a submenu appears with those links and connections. These can be selected for navigation (all without opening the Logs window).
This example above includes a log called "Things to do." And, in that log, there is:
Note: the last item in the Log menu (Change Log) is explained here.
Note: the pop-up menu of logs only appears when clicking the right edge of the
button in the navbar; clicking elsewhere opens the Logs window normally, where the most-recently viewed log appears in the Logs window.You can find text in a log by clicking the
button (see illustration above), pressing Command+F, or choosing . Then enter the text you'd like to find in the Find on This Page window and press Return/Enter or click the button.
If the search text is found, it will be highlighted in the log field...
To change the font and font size used for text in logs...
The text in logs can be styled and colored. To change the style of selected text, use the
buttons. To change the color of selected text, use the button.