Ron, I think there are two issues here. It is my understanding that Diagrams, and saved Charts, are format dependent on your Printer setup. So unless you both have identical Printers and settings, the Diagrams may be presented slightly differently. File > Import/Export only applies to Custom items - Query, Fact Set, Text Scheme, etc, but NOT Standard ones. This is true even if you have edited the Standard ones. The workaround is to make a Custom copy of each customised Standard item. The commands are different for each type of item, but for Text Schemes you use the Clone button. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of info@genealogyprinters.com Sent: 25 January 2012 13:46 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: [FHU] Diagram Text Scheme Export Opening someone else's gedcom and saved diagram I am not seeing exactly the same diagram as they are, some aspects of the diagram are out of position Some text boxes are overlapping, this to me would usually indicate that we are not using the same diagram text scheme. It appears that we are but just to make sure I asked them to send me the text scheme from their system but when trying to instruct the other person as to how to do that we have hit a problem. Click File, Import/Export, Diagram Text Scheme and then in the next window that opens there are no text schemes listed, the box is empty. Any ideas please. Thanks Ron

Ron Mike is quite right that the layout of diagrams is in part dependent on your printer (as well as text scheme and other diagram settings, and even on what fonts you have installed). Even if you both have all the same fonts, different printers render different fonts differently, and this can affect layout. What you see on the screen with a diagram, is what you will get (and what looks best) when printed. Unless you and your friendly have identical printers (and printer drivers) there may be differences. And even very small, subtle differences get magnified at the tips of tree branches. The best and simplest solution would be to ask your friend to send you a PDF. But if you don't want to do that, and if he keeps his data in a project, you might do this: ask him to save the diagram in chart format and send you the entire project, including the chart file. By sending you a chart file you ensure that you will have all the options that he used. But before he saves his diagram in chart format he should select all boxes in the chart and disable auto-sizing (e.g. zoom back and click-and-drag to draw a stretchy box to 'lasso' all boxes and thereby select them. Then right-click on any box and untick 'Autosize Box' on the menu that appears). When you open the chart, because auto-sizing has been disabled, the boxes shouldn't have changed size or position. It will all be much easier in version 5. You will be able to open any chart with autosize disabled for all boxes, even if the chart wasn't saved like that. Simon Orde List Administrator & Family Historian designer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beryl & Mike Tate" <post@tatewise.co.uk> To: <info@genealogyprinters.com>; <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [FHU] Diagram Text Scheme Export > Ron, > > I think there are two issues here. > > It is my understanding that Diagrams, and saved Charts, are format > dependent on your Printer setup. > So unless you both have identical Printers and settings, the Diagrams may > be presented slightly differently. > > File > Import/Export only applies to Custom items - Query, Fact Set, Text > Scheme, etc, but NOT Standard ones. > This is true even if you have edited the Standard ones. > The workaround is to make a Custom copy of each customised Standard item. > The commands are different for each type of item, but for Text Schemes you > use the Clone button. > > Regards, Mike Tate > > > -----Original Message----- > From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > info@genealogyprinters.com > Sent: 25 January 2012 13:46 > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FHU] Diagram Text Scheme Export > > Opening someone else's gedcom and saved diagram I am not seeing exactly > the > same diagram as they are, some aspects of the diagram are out of position > > Some text boxes are overlapping, this to me would usually indicate that we > are not using the same diagram text scheme. > > It appears that we are but just to make sure I asked them to send me the > text scheme from their system but when trying to instruct the other person > as to how to do that we have hit a problem. > > Click File, Import/Export, Diagram Text Scheme and then in the next window > that opens there are no text schemes listed, the box is empty. > > Any ideas please. > > Thanks > > Ron > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

> The best and simplest solution would be to ask your friend to send you a > PDF. But if you don't want to do that, and if he keeps his data in a > project, you might do this: ask him to save the diagram in chart format > and > send you the entire project, including the chart file. By sending you a > chart file you ensure that you will have all the options that he used. > But > before he saves his diagram in chart format he should select all boxes in > the chart and disable auto-sizing (e.g. zoom back and click-and-drag to > draw > a stretchy box to 'lasso' all boxes and thereby select them. Then > right-click on any box and untick 'Autosize Box' on the menu that > appears). > When you open the chart, because auto-sizing has been disabled, the boxes > shouldn't have changed size or position. > > It will all be much easier in version 5. You will be able to open any > chart > with autosize disabled for all boxes, even if the chart wasn't saved like > that. > He's got V3 the Autosize Box is not there, looks like it's down to the PDF option but because he's got V3 that's a new ball game I've got to explain to him. Thanks all Best Wishes. Ron