You are all, as always, extremely helpful. I thought I would try the the simplest idea first, and discovered that when trying to open the pdf file it was using the Mac version of Adobe. It used to work fine, but you know what Windows is like! So reluctantly I downloaded the Windows version of Adobe into Parallels and hey presto, they open as they should. So thank you all for your suggestions. However, perhaps FH should be able to show the pdf file in the media window like it does for jpeg files? Regards Andrew

On 5 September 2011 15:00, Pauline Lowe <pauline247@yahoo.com> wrote: > I am muddled now because I do not know which individuals are linked to > which of the two same titled sources. Surely there must be a built in way > of FH4 guarding against creating duplicate titles? Or provide a way of > rectifying the error? Go to the records window to the source tab and select your two sources, by clicking on one and shift clicking on the other and select Edit/Merge compare records, you can then merge the two source records in the same way as you would merge individual or family records -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk

On 05/09/2011 08:04, Martin Mitchell wrote: > Parallels info reads very well - but doesn't do much for those of us without > a spare $79-99 (or equivalent). > > I have shared my v.3.1.2 FH-based research with several members of my > 'extended' family, only to learn that they are unable to access the ged file > with Mac. Frustrating for all parties. And I have a sense that the use of > Mac is on the increase. > > Seems like we basic users must just pray that our FH wizards can find a way > of building some compatibility into FH for us. > > Martin. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Hi, One month down the track I have become less enthusiastic about the Parallels approach. I couldn't find a reliable way to backup and subsequently restore an entire Virtual Machine and its data, even using the recommended Acronis backup product which relies on a Parallels incompatible standalone restore process. So the frequent 'hung' VM's with the consequent loss of data became unacceptable. I now use an Internet based, browser accessed, open source program, my impressions as an iMac convert after preferring a PC since the first incarnation of the IBM PC are most positive. The ease of use, superior ergonomics and the stability of the operating system which sits unobtrusively in the background and which has the inherent stability of Unix upon which it is based for me contribute to a most satisfactory user experience. John

RE problems reading PDF files: Ref Andrew's original query I go along with Adrian's response below. I have no problem seeing PDF's (or djvu's and suchlike)in v4 saved in the Media folder and linked as ole using XP with Parallels on my Mac. Colin Sent from my iPad On 5 Sep 2011, at 08:01, family-historian-users-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > <<snipped>> > But FH doesn't have any preset when adding a file for pdfs only about 10 > other types of files. So why not? > <<snipped>> > No idea - must be something to do with whether it renders the document > itself or just shows an icon to it. > > <<snipped>> > 2 When I add the pdf file to a person and then try to open it, the > programme and whole computer just hangs for a couple of minutes before > starting to work again but doesn't open the file. > > Does this mean I now have to re-scan all the documents as jpegs or convert > the documents (many from others) from pdfs to jpegs for FH to use them > properly? > <<snipped>> > > Do NOT do this unless you want to really start wasting your disk space - a > .JPG of a simple text document will take a lot more disk-space than the .PDF > version of it. In addition, you will lose ANY ability to look inside the > "document" except with the human eye - no searching inside, because there is > NO inside to a .JPEG. > > My gut feeling is that something is wrong with the way Windows is attempting > to deal with a .PDF on your machine. I just tried a bit to refresh my memory > - if I open up the multimedia record containing the .PDF, I see an icon for > the .PDF. It's the icon for Adobe Acrobat Reader in my case. When I double > click the icon, up comes Reader with the .PDF. My guess is that as soon as > you double click, FH has handed control over to Windows to open that file. > If it's hanging and can't open it, then that suggests there's something > wrong with the linkage to .PDF stuff. Totally outside FH. > > Can you double click a .PDF file OUTSIDE FH but inside Windows and have it > work correctly? > > Do you know what .PDF reader should be used in Windows? Adobe's Reader or > have you got something else? Have you got two? > > I'd be inclined to do an uninstall (in Windows) of anything .PDF connected. > That way - I hope - Windows will revert to a total position of ignorance re > .PDFs. Then close down and reboot everything just in case stuff is lurking. > Double check by double-clicking a .PDF - should fail totally. Now reinstall > Adobe Acrobat Reader (and frankly I'd install the proper thing first before > playing about with anything else). > > Then try again.... > > If it still doesn't work - err, I'm not sure, especially if you can open up > a .PDF in Windows by double clicking outside FH. At that point I'd suspect > something odd in how Parallels is working. > > Best of luck........ > > Adrian B

Parallels info reads very well - but doesn't do much for those of us without a spare $79-99 (or equivalent). I have shared my v.3.1.2 FH-based research with several members of my 'extended' family, only to learn that they are unable to access the ged file with Mac. Frustrating for all parties. And I have a sense that the use of Mac is on the increase. Seems like we basic users must just pray that our FH wizards can find a way of building some compatibility into FH for us. Martin.

I tried to amend the title of a source citation from some indivduals property boxes in order to match the title I more commonly use. (I created the first one when I first started using the program about 3 years ago and now am doing some tidying up of earlier entries). I thought a box would appear telling me that I already had a source of that name did I want to add to the existing source. Instead I discovered that it had created a duplicate.   I am muddled now because I do not know which individuals are linked to which of the two same titled sources.  Surely there must be a built in way of FH4 guarding against creating duplicate titles?  Or provide a way of rectifying the error?  How do I find out which individuals are linked to a source? I tried running a query but it didn't show any results (though that is likely to be my inexperience in running queries). Can someone put me straight on this, please?  The 'Help' section does not mention such stupidity!.    Many thanks Pauline  

> 2 When I add the pdf file to a person and then try to open it, the > programme and whole computer just hangs for a couple of minutes before > starting to work again but doesn't open the file.> I have both pdf's and jpegs linked to FH. My pdf's are usually things like certificates or census images, and I add pdf's in as documents. The Multimedia page shows pdf's as an icon, which then open with Adobe Reader. I link these documents to a source not the person, as they are not images of an actual person. I have jpegs of census images and of people and places. I add in jpegs as pictures, but the jpegs of censuses are linked to sources whereas photos of people are linked directly to the person, so that I can add cropped versions to people in diagrams. This is how I do it, but other people may have different ways:) Regards Julie

<<snipped>> My logic, rightly or wrongly, is that I save documents as pdf files and pictures as jpg files. <<snipped>> Sounds OK to me - documents could be left as Word .DOC if created like that. <<snipped>> But FH doesn't have any preset when adding a file for pdfs only about 10 other types of files. So why not? <<snipped>> No idea - must be something to do with whether it renders the document itself or just shows an icon to it. <<snipped>> 2 When I add the pdf file to a person and then try to open it, the programme and whole computer just hangs for a couple of minutes before starting to work again but doesn't open the file. Does this mean I now have to re-scan all the documents as jpegs or convert the documents (many from others) from pdfs to jpegs for FH to use them properly? <<snipped>> Do NOT do this unless you want to really start wasting your disk space - a .JPG of a simple text document will take a lot more disk-space than the .PDF version of it. In addition, you will lose ANY ability to look inside the "document" except with the human eye - no searching inside, because there is NO inside to a .JPEG. My gut feeling is that something is wrong with the way Windows is attempting to deal with a .PDF on your machine. I just tried a bit to refresh my memory - if I open up the multimedia record containing the .PDF, I see an icon for the .PDF. It's the icon for Adobe Acrobat Reader in my case. When I double click the icon, up comes Reader with the .PDF. My guess is that as soon as you double click, FH has handed control over to Windows to open that file. If it's hanging and can't open it, then that suggests there's something wrong with the linkage to .PDF stuff. Totally outside FH. Can you double click a .PDF file OUTSIDE FH but inside Windows and have it work correctly? Do you know what .PDF reader should be used in Windows? Adobe's Reader or have you got something else? Have you got two? I'd be inclined to do an uninstall (in Windows) of anything .PDF connected. That way - I hope - Windows will revert to a total position of ignorance re .PDFs. Then close down and reboot everything just in case stuff is lurking. Double check by double-clicking a .PDF - should fail totally. Now reinstall Adobe Acrobat Reader (and frankly I'd install the proper thing first before playing about with anything else). Then try again.... If it still doesn't work - err, I'm not sure, especially if you can open up a .PDF in Windows by double clicking outside FH. At that point I'd suspect something odd in how Parallels is working. Best of luck........ Adrian B

> -----Original Message----- > From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family- > historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ian Thirlwell > Sent: 04 September 2011 20:39 > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FHU] Media files - corrected version! > > A couple of ways to get jpg files from a pdf: > 1) in Adobe Reader use the snapshot tool to copy the required part > of the > document to the clipboard then paste it into an appropriate graphics > program > & save as jpg > 2) if you have Adobe Photoshop or Elements (not sure if this works > for all > versions) you can use it to open a pdf & manipulate & save as jpg. > Ian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Jolly > Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 7:26 PM > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FHU] Media files - corrected version! > > > > > > > I've started to have some trouble with media files and hope > someone can > > help. > > > >>snipped > > > > And if so, how do you convert a pdf to a jpeg? > > > > Andrew > > > Using Windows 7 with Parallels. You can also convert pdfs into jpegs in some Desktop Publishing packages, I use Serif Page Plus but I don't know about Microsoft Office Publisher. I import the pdf into Page Plus and then export it as a JPEG. Ian

A couple of ways to get jpg files from a pdf: 1) in Adobe Reader use the snapshot tool to copy the required part of the document to the clipboard then paste it into an appropriate graphics program & save as jpg 2) if you have Adobe Photoshop or Elements (not sure if this works for all versions) you can use it to open a pdf & manipulate & save as jpg. Ian -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Jolly Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 7:26 PM To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: [FHU] Media files - corrected version! > > > I've started to have some trouble with media files and hope someone can > help. > >>snipped > > And if so, how do you convert a pdf to a jpeg? > > Andrew > Using Windows 7 with Parallels. > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

> > > I've started to have some trouble with media files and hope someone can help. > > My logic, rightly or wrongly, is that I save documents as pdf files and pictures as jpg files. > > When I used FH3 I added all media as ole files but these just don't seem to work anymore. So in v4 apart from re-arranging them all in the the project folder I am now copying them into the project folder as files: > > 1 But FH doesn't have any preset when adding a file for pdfs only about 10 other types of files. So why not? > > 2 When I add the pdf file to a person and then try to open it, the programme and whole computer just hangs for a couple of minutes before starting to work again but doesn't open the file. > > Does this mean I now have to re-scan all the documents as jpegs or convert the documents (many from others) from pdfs to jpegs for FH to use them properly? > > And if so, how do you convert a pdf to a jpeg? > > Andrew > Using Windows 7 with Parallels. > >

I've started to have some trouble with media files and hope someone can help. My logic, rightly or wrongly, is that I save documents as pdf files and pictures as jpg files. When I used FH3 I added all media as ole files but these just don't seem to work anymore. So in v4 apart from re-arranging them all in the the project folder I am now copying them into the project folder as files: 1 But FH doesn't have any preset when adding a file for pdfs only about 10 other types of files. So why not? 2 When I add the file to a person and then try to open it, the programme and whole computer just hangs for a couple of minutes before starting to work again but doesn't open the file. Does this mean I now have to re-scan everything or convert he documents (many from others) for FH to use them properly? And if so, how do you convert a pdf to a jpeg? Andrew

Assuming you have a Project and Version 4, copy your Project folder to the new location and then click on the Project Location link on the Project Window and select the new location. On 2 September 2011 10:29, Karen Gardner <karenndean@ntlworld.com> wrote: > I am in the process of moving my tree and all the related media onto a new > hard drive, but cant figure out how to change the location of where FH > saves > to, please help > -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk

Morning all, I am in the process of moving my tree and all the related media onto a new hard drive, but cant figure out how to change the location of where FH saves to, please help I am moving it across so that I can be mobile with my research on my laptop as well as the PC. Unfortunately I am unable to use the remote access feature with the setup on my PC so this is the easiest option without having to duplicate anything. Also is a good excuse to tidy up all my folders of documents etc. Thanks Karen

Thank you David, I thanked Adrian before your contribution came in. I still have not decided which way to go but am leanig toward havig the one source. Regards Ray G

Adrian Thanks for those insights, thet are most useful, I may well go that route. Regards Ray G

<<snipped>> to treat each record as a separate Source is only going to give you a headache with the number of sources you will end up with. <<snipped>> Ah - the eternal argument between the Splitters and Lumpers! David and I will have to agree to disagree on this. To be honest Ray, it probably depends on how you've arranged the rest of your sources. If you have a single source record entitled (say) "England & Wales Birth Registrations 1837 to date", or a single source record entitled "1851 Census England & Wales", then it makes no sense to split up other things like the Ancestry Apprenticeship images and you may as well have one source record. If you've got individual birth certificates, or individual census schedules, then it would be more consistent to have individual source records for each apprenticeship. Personally, I'm a Splitter 98% of the time and I don't have any headache with 2,955 sources for my 2,641 individuals. Whether you lump sources up into big things like one source for "1851 Census England & Wales" or split them down into individual records for each schedule, you _will_ have the same number of citations in the yellow pane to the right (usually) of your individual. What I find is that if I need to go back and check something about a document, it's easier to find stuff inside Source Records (just do Edit/Find Record or hit the binoculars icon). It's **** difficult to find stuff written inside citations. (And I just worked out I have 32,810 citations!) So, I split my sources so I can put the text to be found inside the Source Record. It really is up to you - are you being consistent? Have you got sensible names for your source records to help you find them again even without "Find Record"? I'd just encourage people to think about splitting source down because the numbers aspect of sources is seriously not a problem, while the numbers aspect for citations is! Adrian B

On 29 August 2011 09:50, Nev.Ramsden <nevramsden@ukfsn.org> wrote: > I managed to download a duplicate set of one custom query from the FHUG > site. When I try to delete one of the pair I end up with the error message > “An error has occurred. On or more deletions failed.” > It sounds like your PC has write protected the files. Once you have opened the Custom Query folder, try right clicking on the file and use Properties to turn off the Read only flag. > Also – Where does Family Historian store the custom queries ? > Queries are stored in Application/Program Data folder dependant on your version of windows. See http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=how_to:move_settings -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk

Hi, I managed to download a duplicate set of one custom query from the FHUG site. When I try to delete one of the pair I end up with the error message “An error has occurred. On or more deletions failed.” How do I proceed? Also – Where does Family Historian store the custom queries ? Nev.

Hi Ray Yes, to treat each record as a separate Source is only going to give you a headache with the number of sources you will end up with. You are correct in assuming that the Citation links your bit of data to a generalised Source (Register of duties Paid...). The only time you would need a new Source for apprentices is for a new register, say for 1812 - to whatever. I am sure someone else will answer the rest of your query. David Banks Quote "I realise that I could proceed treating each record as an individual source, but that does'nt seem right. The sort of process I am looking for is that achieved by the excellant AS input program in relation to multiple Baptisms in the same church."