Hello Group This problem may have been reported before and perhaps Ira only needs point me to the correct place in the Help file. Whenever I produce a descendant Story from my data base I have a lot of repeated detail which will just waste paper. e.g.: Perhaps I have Mr J Smith who has 10 children I have a lot of details on Mr J smith but little on his children When I prepare a descendent story I have all the details of Mr J Smith repeated as the parent of each child in turn. (" The parents of child A are J Smith and .......ect. ) One copy of this would be enough with just the parents names and perhaps IRN plus birth marriage and death details at the most. Is there any simple way of sorting this or removing the mass of detail repeated for the parents or do I have to edit the report before it is printed, a lengthy job. Roger

The program has internally built to try to print as much detail as possible. If for example a child does not have anything more than birth and death date then typically it won't have a + sign and continuation. If however, there is a spouse or other details that don't show up when listed under his parents then the child has a + sign and more info is given. So although some of the data may be repeated there is typically at least one extra piece of information that shows up when listed by themselves as when they were listed as a child. Ira ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Mr. Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software www.cf-software.com -----Original Message----- From: Roger Nelson [mailto:rog@uk2.net] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 3:16 AM To: CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CFTW] Descendant Story Hello Group This problem may have been reported before and perhaps Ira only needs point me to the correct place in the Help file. Whenever I produce a descendant Story from my data base I have a lot of repeated detail which will just waste paper. e.g.: Perhaps I have Mr J Smith who has 10 children I have a lot of details on Mr J smith but little on his children When I prepare a descendent story I have all the details of Mr J Smith repeated as the parent of each child in turn. (" The parents of child A are J Smith and .......ect. ) One copy of this would be enough with just the parents names and perhaps IRN plus birth marriage and death details at the most. Is there any simple way of sorting this or removing the mass of detail repeated for the parents or do I have to edit the report before it is printed, a lengthy job. Roger ==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from CFT-WIN, send an e-mail message to: CFT-WIN-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) CFT-WIN-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) Subject: unsubscribe In the body include only one word: unsubscribe (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command)

Roger, Report > Descendent Story Look at the bottom of page. There are two options to include or not the spouse and children. And on top of same report page look for History Options about inclusions. May be the case regards leonel > Hello Group > > This problem may have been reported before and perhaps Ira only needs > point > me to the correct place in the Help file. > > Whenever I produce a descendant Story from my data base I have a lot of > repeated detail which will just waste paper. > e.g.: > Perhaps I have Mr J Smith who has 10 children > I have a lot of details on Mr J smith but little on his children > > When I prepare a descendent story I have all the details of Mr J Smith > repeated as the parent of each child in turn. (" The parents of child A > are > J Smith and .......ect. ) One copy of this would be enough with just the > parents names and perhaps IRN plus birth marriage and death details at the > most. > > Is there any simple way of sorting this or removing the mass of detail > repeated for the parents or do I have to edit the report before it is > printed, a lengthy job. > > Roger > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 10/02/2005