In a message dated 11/7/2000 10:31:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, Winack27@aol.com writes: Did you have to type all of that info. or is there some way to send a file? I would love to send my family file Hi Winack27, No I did not type all of that information, I think I would go crazy if I had to set here each time and type out all of the trees I send to the post. I am using the Family Tree Maker genealogy program and I can save the tree and send them through e-mail that way. The steps in doing this are as followed: 1. open your Family Tree Maker program and go to the persons name that you want to make a new chart on. 2. Chick ONE TIME on that name to highlight it. (on my computer the name will turn blue) 3. Then go to the top of the page and chick on the icon that says Genealogy Report, This will automatically bring up the chart for the person you have picked. 4. Chick on the word FILE at the top of the page then go down to Export Genealogy Report. On my computer this automatically sends the information to my WORD program. 5. The WORD program will ask you to pick a name for your new chart. This is anything you pick with .RTF at the end of it. Then chick on save and your new file is saved in your WORD program and you can copy and paste it into any other program you would like to. You can attach it as a file to e-mail or send it like I have been doing by copying and pasting it right onto the e-mail page. 6. How to copy and paste: Go to the information you want to add to your e-mail or report. LEFT chick one time on the mouse controls and hold down on the button and drag the mouse over all that you want added. This is what I call highlighting. Then do a RIGHT chick one time on the mouse control and a little window will open chick on COPY and then go to the page you want to add the new information and set you mouse right on spot you want the new information to go. Chick one time on the RIGHT mouse button and go down to where it says PASTE, the new information should be on the new page. I like this way if I am sending information to all of the researchers on the posting board. I also use this method to print out the information about MY LINE of Blankenships so I can always have a hard copy if my computer should ever crash. Now if you are using AOL as I am, you cannot send but just so many words at one time. That is the reason you will see a lot of what I send to the post in parts. I have to send the top part, the middle and then the bottom. Most times in three or four mailings, just for the same article or information. There is also another way to send GED file from computer to computer. That is to ZIP them in a zip file and attach them to the e-mail you want them to go to. If you do not have a ZIP program you can download WINZIP by going to their website. The http for the site is: http://winzip.com/ The hyperlink for that site is <A HREF="http://winzip.com/">WinZip® Home Page</A> I like this way myself if I am only send information to one person. Hope this helps and you can try to send things to YOURSELF until you get good at coping and pasting and zipping. Sue B. Altice