KESSAROSE@aol.com wrote: > Melissa or Davie or ANYONE else who can help.....I have family tree maker and > recently attempted to send my Bordeaux file as an email attachment. I thought > I'd followed the instructions (just as Melissa stated them earlier) but when > my cousin received the file, instead of just the Bordeaux line, she got the > entire kit 'n kaboodle of my family tree. What did I do wrong? > Amy, A computer expert I am not, but I do use FTM. When you want to export something less than your entire family file, you first have to create a document containing just the group of individuals that you want to export. I usually use an Outline Descendent Tree starting with the earliest ancestor of the particular group. When you have that document displayed, go to the FILE menu and click COPY/EXPORT INDIVIDUALS. Then click SAVE AS TYPE and select the file format for the new file. Give your new file a name and then click SAVE IN and select where you want FTM to create the new file. Then double click the folder where you want the new file to be stored, then click SAVE. (It's similar to the process you use whenever you use SAVE AS in your other software programs.) Then when you want to export this new file in GEDCOM format, do the same thing you did before except you will select your new file as the one you want to export. (Hint: Until I got the hang of this GEDCOM business, I exported it to myself to make sure it was what I intended before I sent it on to someone else. :-) I hope this helps. Martha