In my experience, you will not be able to automatically pull in any of the family names and relationship links from the RTF file, so you will have to type those in by hand. However, you don't have to retype all of the other information which you intend to put into the "Notes" field in FTW (like Wills, etc.) All you need to do for this is open the RTF file into Word or another Windows word processing program. Using your mouse, select all of the text you want to copy and then hit Ctrl-C (this is the Windows copy command)and then switch over to FTW and open the Notes page for the individual who you want to include the notes for and then hit Ctrl-V (this is the Windows paste function). All of the notes you just copied should now appear in the notes page in FTW. I hope this helps some! -----Original Message----- From: David South [mailto:dsouth@epix.net] Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 4:03 AM To: BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] RE:{BLANKENSHIP] Family Tree Maker 7.5 help please Sue, I am not aware of anyway FTW can import a .rtf file. Looks like your fingers may be to the walking thru your report. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: <MrsLady002@aol.com> To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 1:03 AM Subject: [BLANKENSHIP] RE:{BLANKENSHIP] Family Tree Maker 7.5 help please > Hi All, > > I have a computer question to ask about the family tree program I am running. > I have Family Tree Maker version 7.5 for windows 95, 98. > I can bring up a name and do a Genealogy report of that name and save it as a > RTF file and sent that RTF file to anyone that have a computer/with e-mail. > This much I know. This file opens for me in my WORD program. > My question is, is there a way to convert the RTF file back to the family > tree maker program? > I have just been sent a ton of information on my mother's side of the family > the Rigney's and the Maxey's but all of the information is in RTF format and > the only way I know to enter it into my family tree program is to set here > and manually type it all in and that is what I did not want to do. There is > something like 30 pages of information about this line with wills and notes > and stuff like that. > > If there is a way to transfer this information into my family tree program > please let me know. > > Thanks, > Sue B. Altice > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/i/c/Elva-M-Picklesimer/ Here you can find descendants of Rachel BLANKENSHIP. > ______________________________

This is a good idea, and I suggest that you run spell check before you copy and paste Thanks for writing, Sandy in Florida ***REPLY TO SandraG627@aol.com*** On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Jeffery Lensman wrote: > In my experience, you will not be able to automatically pull in any of the > family names and relationship links from the RTF file, so you will have to > type those in by hand. However, you don't have to retype all of the other > information which you intend to put into the "Notes" field in FTW (like > Wills, etc.) All you need to do for this is open the RTF file into Word or > another Windows word processing program. Using your mouse, select all of > the text you want to copy and then hit Ctrl-C (this is the Windows copy > command)and then switch over to FTW and open the Notes page for the > individual who you want to include the notes for and then hit Ctrl-V (this > is the Windows paste function). All of the notes you just copied should now > appear in the notes page in FTW. I hope this helps some!