To export your Family File to GEDCOM: 1. From the File menu, select Copy/Export Family File (ALT, F, C). 2. Click the Save as type drop-down list and select GEDCOM (*.GED). 3. In the File name field, type a name for the GEDCOM file. It must have the extension .GED. 4. In the Save in fields, select the drive and folder where you want to place your file. 5. Click Save. Family Tree Maker displays the Export to GEDCOM dialog box. 6. Make your selections from the dialog box. Each of the options is described below. File Type The "Destination" field allows Family Tree Maker to check for special requirements of the program that will read the GEDCOM file. The table below will help you make a selection. FTW offers the most complete export; select it if you plan to later re-import the file into Family Tree Maker for Windows. If the program you are exporting to is not listed, choose FTM. Select this To create this type of file FTM Family Tree Maker for DOS FTW Family Tree Maker for Windows TempleReady Temple submission to LDS Church PAF Personal Ancestral File, 3.0 or later ROOTS Roots II, Roots III, Roots IV, Roots V, Visual Roots When you make a selection in the "Destination" field, Family Tree Maker makes suggestions for the "GEDCOM" and "Character set" fields. However, if Family Tree Maker's suggestions are incorrect for your purposes, make your own selections. Whenever possible, choose Version 5.5 in the "GEDCOM" field; it offers the best export. When you don't know which file type to use, select Version 4. Options — Select the Indent records check box to make the file more readable in a word processor. Some programs cannot read indented records, in which case this setting will be ignored. Select the Abbreviated tags check box to use abbreviations for the GEDCOM tags, instead of full names. 7. Click OK. Family Tree Maker creates the GEDCOM file. Note: The Genealogy.com Online Help Center is a resource for answers to technical or customer service-related questions — 24 hours a day. Here you’ ll find easy to understand articles, tips, step-by-step instructions and tools for using Family Tree Maker. From the Internet menu, select Technical Support, or point your browser to www.genealogy.com/help. Family Tree Maker version 10 Have A Great Day John S. Wilkinson WILKINSON, McCOTTER, GREENWELL - Maryland DELAMAR, McCOTTER - North Carolina -----Original Message----- From: JohnFiala [mailto:searcher@kdsi.net] Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 11:21 AM To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [FO] GEDCOM from FTM help A person who was supposed to be sending me a little GEDCOM from his FTM software actually sent me a 10.6 MB file named with his name, but with an extension of .FTW He says he "sent me everything he had" and that is the way he "has exported before". (Maybe it's the whole program?) Having never seen FTM I'd like some step by step direction thru the menu in order to tell him what he should do to create a GEDCOM. Thanks. John Fiala ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== GETTING THE MOST OUT OF FAMILY ORIGINS by Bruce Buzbee - FO DEMO http://formalsoft.com NO WEB ACCESS? Write to FormalSoft@aol.com for ordering information.