I have my XP system that I use for data entry for FTM-2006/16 and also my Windows 7 Ultimate system. I have FTM-2006/16 on the Windows 7 system but do not use it for data entry or report generation as the PDF internal generator does not work properly. However, I have "Windows XP Mode" installed on the Windows 7 Ultimate system and this allows me to run Windows XP on a virtual machine and use FTM-2006/16 on this virtual machine and it works exactly the same as on my XP systems. Also have a notebook with Windows 7 Ultimate with the same "Windows XP Mode" that allows me to run FTM-2006/16 on that machine as well. This is my solution and preparation for the day when my old XP system gives up the gost. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Arnold E. Krause 1611 Arlington Ave., Saskatoon, Sask., CANADA, S7H 2Y6 Tel: (306) 374-3348 email address: [email protected] Homepage: http://members.shaw.ca/arnie-krause/index.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Randy Sent: 11 February, 2014 4:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] I am absolutely disgusted with FTM 2012 > From:[email protected] > > > I'm curious. What version of Windows are you running? > > I am absolutely disgusted with FTM 2012 and am thinking of going back to FTM Version 16. Does anyone know if I can run it on Windows 7. I don't believe it will load over FTM 2012,. > > Does anyone know how I might convert to V. 16 given my circumstances.? > > Look forward to any suggestions out there. > Dorothy I am running FTM v16 on my Windows 7, 64 bit machine. I also have version 2014 on it. I have had a many as 3 different versions on this machine at one time with no problems. Import your latest gedcom into v16, but be aware Gedcoms don't import media files. Randy ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Version 2008 - 2012 http://ancestry.custhelp.com/app/home ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

> From:[email protected] > > > I'm curious. What version of Windows are you running? > > I am absolutely disgusted with FTM 2012 and am thinking of going back to FTM Version 16. Does anyone know if I can run it on Windows 7. I don't believe it will load over FTM 2012,. > > Does anyone know how I might convert to V. 16 given my circumstances.? > > Look forward to any suggestions out there. > Dorothy I am running FTM v16 on my Windows 7, 64 bit machine. I also have version 2014 on it. I have had a many as 3 different versions on this machine at one time with no problems. Import your latest gedcom into v16, but be aware Gedcoms don't import media files. Randy

I'm curious. What version of Windows are you running? I am absolutely disgusted with FTM 2012 and am thinking of going back to FTM Version 16. Does anyone know if I can run it on Windows 7. I don't believe it will load over FTM 2012,. Does anyone know how I might convert to V. 16 given my circumstances.? Look forward to any suggestions out there. Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 2:00:05 AM Subject: FTM-TECH Digest, Vol 8, Issue 43 ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Online Support for Family Tree Maker Version 16 and earlier http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ Version 2008-2011 http://ftm.custhelp.com/ Today's Topics: 1. Re: Version 16 Web Search not working ([email protected]) (Randy) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2014 05:58:28 -0500 From: Randy <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Version 16 Web Search not working ([email protected]) To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > 3. Version 16 Web Search not working ([email protected]) > > > Message: 3 > > My old faithful workhorse FTM Version 16 has been stable and working > perfectly until a couple of weeks ago. It continues to work fine in every > aspect except for the Web Search. Sure hope someone can help. > > Here is what happens: > 1. When I click Web Search Resources, it does seem to switch over to > start the search but progress with the blue bar stops BEFORE completing one run. > 2. It then abruptly switches to a page that shows "Please Wait" just > above a box with magnifying glass moving back and forth. Below that are the > words "Your search results are being retrieved." > 3. Unfortunately, nothing is ever retrieved and that page stays with the > magnifying glass moving indefinitely. I've let it run for over an hour > with the same result. Previously, retrieving was instantaneous as was merging > the selected records. > I don't have the blue bar and waiting problem you do, but occasionally, the search screen comes up blank. Very scary the first time it happened. Close and backup your family file. Have you tried cleaning the temp file? If you know how to "run", you can use that OR Go to Start, bottom left corner and in the little box directly above, type %temp%\ftw hit enter. Then go to Organize, select all, hit the delete button on your keyboard. Close that window. Works for me every time. Randy ------------------------------ End of FTM-TECH Digest, Vol 8, Issue 43 ***************************************

I run FTM 2014 on under Windows 8.1 64-bit. Can you give us some background on why you are disgusted with FTM 2102? Are you experiencing some problems? Or isn't it running as fast as you want? Or do you just don't like the new look and feel of the user interface? You can run FTM 16 under Windows 7. Also FTM 2012 will not stop you from installing FTM 16. Many are running both FTM 16 and FTM 2008 - 2014. Both will be installed in different sub-folders in the Programs folder. It has been some time since I did anything with FTM 16 but as I recall the only way you can convert your FTM 2012 file back into FTM 16 is by exporting the file to a GEDCOM file. This is how you do it: 1. Open your file in FTM 2012. 2. Click File and select Export. 3. Ensure all options are checked EXCEPT for the "Make file private". 4. Click the down arrow in the Output format and select GEDCOM 5.5. 5. The Export to GEDCOM dialog box will open. 6. Accept the destination defaults which should be "FTM 16" and "ANSI". 7. This should produce a GEDCOM file which can be imported into FTM 16. I hope this answers your question. BJ On 2/10/2014 3:09 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I'm curious. What version of Windows are you running? > > I am absolutely disgusted with FTM 2012 and am thinking of going back to FTM Version 16. Does anyone know if I can run it on Windows 7. I don't believe it will load over FTM 2012,. > > Does anyone know how I might convert to V. 16 given my circumstances.? > > Look forward to any suggestions out there.

I contacted Ancestry customer support at [email protected] and asked how one can submit suggestions on improvements to Family Tree Maker. Below is the helpful response I received back. The response mentions the web address BJ provided earlier for submitting suggestions. Regards, Jim Hoke Thank you for contacting Ancestry.com in regards to providing feedback about the Family Tree Maker product. Thank you for the kind words and your desire to offer feedback to help add to the product. Below you will find a link that will take you to the proper place to provide feedback and suggestions about the product. <http://ancestry.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_er4cyPjj5BJKIZf> http://ancestry.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_er4cyPjj5BJKIZf If the link doesn't work, please just copy and paste the web address into your URL window. If you need additional assistance, please feel free to reply to this message or call us at 1-800-ANCESTRY (1-800-262-3787) between the hours of 9am to 11pm Eastern, seven days a week. Sincerely, Shannon Customer Solutions Associate Ancestry.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 08:12:11 -0800 From: BJ < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Custom Report Sort (Submitting FTM enhancement suggestions) To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Message-ID: < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed You are correct in that of the ten charts available, the relationship chart is the only one which does not have the option to include items. That is because the Relationship chart is the only specialty chart offered in that collection. The other nine are simply different views of the same basic pedigree chart. If you examine the other specialty reports such as Kinship, Parentage, etc. you will see what I'm talking about. As to the "preferred method for submitting an enhancement". I can't find a good link. There used to be a link on the Online Help page but the Online Help web site has been redesigned and it no longer exists. I'm not sure why. I tried searching using "enhancements", "customer feedback", "submitting enhancements". None of which offered any articles or addresses. Eventually I stumbled across a page which seems to offer an opportunity to provide feed back. I don't know whether it is still good or not. Once I navigated away from it, I could not find it again but luckily, I copied its URL. I've included it below but I have no idea whether it is still good or not. <http://ancestry.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_er4cyPjj5BJKIZf> http://ancestry.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_er4cyPjj5BJKIZf Hope this helps. BJ

> 3. Version 16 Web Search not working ([email protected]) > > > Message: 3 > > My old faithful workhorse FTM Version 16 has been stable and working > perfectly until a couple of weeks ago. It continues to work fine in every > aspect except for the Web Search. Sure hope someone can help. > > Here is what happens: > 1. When I click Web Search Resources, it does seem to switch over to > start the search but progress with the blue bar stops BEFORE completing one run. > 2. It then abruptly switches to a page that shows "Please Wait" just > above a box with magnifying glass moving back and forth. Below that are the > words "Your search results are being retrieved." > 3. Unfortunately, nothing is ever retrieved and that page stays with the > magnifying glass moving indefinitely. I've let it run for over an hour > with the same result. Previously, retrieving was instantaneous as was merging > the selected records. > I don't have the blue bar and waiting problem you do, but occasionally, the search screen comes up blank. Very scary the first time it happened. Close and backup your family file. Have you tried cleaning the temp file? If you know how to "run", you can use that OR Go to Start, bottom left corner and in the little box directly above, type %temp%\ftw hit enter. Then go to Organize, select all, hit the delete button on your keyboard. Close that window. Works for me every time. Randy

Just an update: There has been no progress on this issue. I keep clicking on "Check for Updates", but nothing. The DO NOT BUY OR UPGRADE TO FTM MAC3 still stands. John On 1/25/2014, 5:58 PM, Ken Tarbox wrote: > After reading the issues on the Forums with FTMM3 and the latest MAC OS (Mavericks), I completely agree with John’s comment. I am having a lot of problems with this combination and FTMM3 absolutely does not function as advertised when using MAVERICKS. > Ken. > > > On Jan 25, 2014, at 4:36 PM, John Yates <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Here we go, it is a continuing problem as we speak: >> >> http://ancestryforums.custhelp.com/posts/eb962511af?page=1 >> >> If you run Mavericks, DO NOT UPGRADE TO FTM MAC3! >> >> John >> >> On 1/24/2014, 1:53 AM, John Yates wrote: >>> On 1/23/2014, 10:26 PM, John Donaldson wrote: >>>> Try running is as follows from FTMM3 >>>> >>>> Open FTMM3 >>> >>> ok. >>> >>>> >>>> Click on Start a new tree >>> > > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Version 2008 - 2012 > http://ancestry.custhelp.com/app/home > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Read the whole. He is using TeamViewer on his iPad to see and control his PC. Ole 2014-02-07 Beth Bowling <[email protected]>: > BJ, > Are you saying that you have FTM downloaded onto an iPad? I had no idea > that this was possible....or do you have some other way to use FTM on the > iPad? I am a real "dummie" about using things like FTM on my iPad. I > certainly have lots to learn. > BB > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of BJ > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 11:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FTM-TECH] Usitng FTM on two computers > > There is another way you can use FTM on two computers. You can run FTM by > using the remote controlling feature of windows. in fact I'm writing this > message from my home computer but doing everything using my iPad mini. I > was > able to open FTM 2014 and could enter data just as though I was sitting at > it's keyboard. > > The main disadvantage of using this method is you must leave your computer > on while you're not present but it can be done. > > I think the Windows remote controller may be to difficult for many but I'm > using TeamViewer which is really fairly easy to use. I used it to help a > fellow researcher in Australia. I was able to do the activities while he > watched. you can even include use your webcam to view and talk to each > other. It worked out well. > > Just thought I would mention another alternative. > > BJ > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Version 2008 - 2012 > http://ancestry.custhelp.com/app/home > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Ole P. Bielefeldt www.familytreemaker.dk

Thanks Ole....I went back and read it all again and I see what he is talking about. BB -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ole P. Bielefeldt Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 1:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Usitng FTM on two computers Read the whole. He is using TeamViewer on his iPad to see and control his PC. Ole 2014-02-07 Beth Bowling <[email protected]>: > BJ, > Are you saying that you have FTM downloaded onto an iPad? I had no > idea that this was possible....or do you have some other way to use > FTM on the iPad? I am a real "dummie" about using things like FTM on > my iPad. I certainly have lots to learn. > BB > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of BJ > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 11:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FTM-TECH] Usitng FTM on two computers > > There is another way you can use FTM on two computers. You can run FTM > by using the remote controlling feature of windows. in fact I'm > writing this message from my home computer but doing everything using > my iPad mini. I was able to open FTM 2014 and could enter data just as > though I was sitting at it's keyboard. > > The main disadvantage of using this method is you must leave your > computer on while you're not present but it can be done. > > I think the Windows remote controller may be to difficult for many but > I'm using TeamViewer which is really fairly easy to use. I used it to > help a fellow researcher in Australia. I was able to do the > activities while he watched. you can even include use your webcam to > view and talk to each other. It worked out well. > > Just thought I would mention another alternative. > > BJ > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Version 2008 - 2012 > http://ancestry.custhelp.com/app/home > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Ole P. Bielefeldt www.familytreemaker.dk ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Version 2008 - 2012 http://ancestry.custhelp.com/app/home ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

BJ, Are you saying that you have FTM downloaded onto an iPad? I had no idea that this was possible....or do you have some other way to use FTM on the iPad? I am a real "dummie" about using things like FTM on my iPad. I certainly have lots to learn. BB -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of BJ Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 11:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [FTM-TECH] Usitng FTM on two computers There is another way you can use FTM on two computers. You can run FTM by using the remote controlling feature of windows. in fact I'm writing this message from my home computer but doing everything using my iPad mini. I was able to open FTM 2014 and could enter data just as though I was sitting at it's keyboard. The main disadvantage of using this method is you must leave your computer on while you're not present but it can be done. I think the Windows remote controller may be to difficult for many but I'm using TeamViewer which is really fairly easy to use. I used it to help a fellow researcher in Australia. I was able to do the activities while he watched. you can even include use your webcam to view and talk to each other. It worked out well. Just thought I would mention another alternative. BJ

My old faithful workhorse FTM Version 16 has been stable and working perfectly until a couple of weeks ago. It continues to work fine in every aspect except for the Web Search. Sure hope someone can help. Here is what happens: 1. When I click Web Search Resources, it does seem to switch over to start the search but progress with the blue bar stops BEFORE completing one run. 2. It then abruptly switches to a page that shows "Please Wait" just above a box with magnifying glass moving back and forth. Below that are the words "Your search results are being retrieved." 3. Unfortunately, nothing is ever retrieved and that page stays with the magnifying glass moving indefinitely. I've let it run for over an hour with the same result. Previously, retrieving was instantaneous as was merging the selected records. I'm using a Dell Windows 7 Professional laptop with 64-bit operating system, 8 GB of installed RAM. I think it was Courtney who helped me a couple of years ago with the work-around installing Version 16 on my 64-bit machine and it has worked beautifully so that doesn't appear to be the current problem. I tried the usual "fixes" by compacting my FTM, then using CCleaner and defragmenting my computer, turning computer off and on, etc. Best Buy's Geek Squad just did a thorough check and my computer is considered healthy in every other way. I contacted Ancestry.com by phone but was told they are no longer offering phone support for Version 16 but that I might try writing to Ancestry. Was also told that my AOL browser could be the problem and to try Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome, etc. Sooo, I tried connecting with Internet Explorer and also with Chrome. Sigh...all to no avail. Web Search seems stuck in perpetual motion trying to retrieve. I'm working on a major genealogy project for a national organization and truly NEED the use of FTM Version 16's Web Search feature. For reasons too complicated to get into here, it is not feasible for me to use a later version so I'm hoping one of you can offer some assistance. Many thanks for any help! Pat

BJ, Many thanks for the response. You mention that many special charts/reports don't have an option to specify the items to include. In FTM 2014 there are 10 chart options available. The Relationship Chart is the only one not having the green option icon to specify the items to include. In responding to a query I received several days ago from a family member, it would have been quite helpful if this option existed for the Relationship Chart. I've been away from this message board for about seven years. Retirement has allowed me to get back to FTM, upgrade it to the 2014 version, and enjoy once again reading this board. What is the preferred way nowadays for submitting suggestions to the developers for enhancing future releases of FTM? I'd like to submit this one regarding the Relationship Chart. Best regards, Jim ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 10:43:40 -0800 From: BJ <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Custom Report Sort To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed The Relationship Chart is a hard coded report to simply show the relationship between two individuals showing only the name, birth and death information in addition to the relationship path. As is in the case of many special charts/reports, they do not provide for the Items to include option. BJ

You are correct in that of the ten charts available, the relationship chart is the only one which does not have the option to include items. That is because the Relationship chart is the only specialty chart offered in that collection. The other nine are simply different views of the same basic pedigree chart. If you examine the other specialty reports such as Kinship, Parentage, etc. you will see what I'm talking about. As to the "preferred method for submitting an enhancement". I can't find a good link. There used to be a link on the Online Help page but the Online Help web site has been redesigned and it no longer exists. I'm not sure why. I tried searching using "enhancements", "customer feedback", "submitting enhancements". None of which offered any articles or addresses. Eventually I stumbled across a page which seems to offer an opportunity to provide feed back. I don't know whether it is still good or not. Once I navigated away from it, I could not find it again but luckily, I copied its URL. I've included it below but I have no idea whether it is still good or not. http://ancestry.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_er4cyPjj5BJKIZf Hope this helps. BJ On 2/7/2014 6:31 AM, Jim Hoke wrote: > BJ, > > Many thanks for the response. You mention that many special charts/reports don't have an option to specify the items to include. In FTM 2014 there are 10 chart options available. The Relationship Chart is the only one not having the green option icon to specify the items to include. In responding to a query I received several days ago from a family member, it would have > been quite helpful if this option existed for the Relationship Chart. > > > > I've been away from this message board for about seven years. Retirement has allowed me to get back to FTM, upgrade it to the 2014 version, and enjoy once again reading this board. What is the preferred way nowadays for submitting suggestions to the developers for enhancing future releases of FTM? I'd like to submit this one regarding the Relationship Chart.

There is another way you can use FTM on two computers. You can run FTM by using the remote controlling feature of windows. in fact I'm writing this message from my home computer but doing everything using my iPad mini. I was able to open FTM 2014 and could enter data just as though I was sitting at it's keyboard. The main disadvantage of using this method is you must leave your computer on while you're not present but it can be done. I think the Windows remote controller may be to difficult for many but I'm using TeamViewer which is really fairly easy to use. I used it to help a fellow researcher in Australia. I was able to do the activities while he watched. you can even include use your webcam to view and talk to each other. It worked out well. Just thought I would mention another alternative. BJ

Glad to be of help. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Arnold E. Krause 1611 Arlington Ave., Saskatoon, Sask., CANADA, S7H 2Y6 Tel: (306) 374-3348 email address: [email protected] Homepage: http://members.shaw.ca/arnie-krause/index.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beth Bowling Sent: 06 February, 2014 6:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Open two FTM on same computer Arnie, thanks so very much for this help. I wish I did have two monitors but will have to get by with just opening each as large as I can handle them on my one screen. I really do appreciate your clear instructions for what I need to do. I have really not used the 2012 bur a couple of times, so it is another whole ballgame! I am so thankful for you and all the good people on this list who help those of us struggling to get our trees planted. Thanks again, Beth -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arnie-Krause Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 2:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Open two FTM on same computer Hi Beth, Yes, you can have two different files open at the same time on the same computer and using the same FTM program. The easiest thing is if you have dual screens so you can have one file shown on one screen and the second one on the second screen. Once you have the first file open then just click on tab for File and select Open/Open in New Window then when the Open Family file window opens select the second file that you want opened. Hope this helps. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Arnold E. Krause 1611 Arlington Ave., Saskatoon, Sask., CANADA, S7H 2Y6 Tel: (306) 374-3348 email address: [email protected] Homepage: http://members.shaw.ca/arnie-krause/index.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Version 2008 - 2012 http://ancestry.custhelp.com/app/home ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Arnie, thanks so very much for this help. I wish I did have two monitors but will have to get by with just opening each as large as I can handle them on my one screen. I really do appreciate your clear instructions for what I need to do. I have really not used the 2012 bur a couple of times, so it is another whole ballgame! I am so thankful for you and all the good people on this list who help those of us struggling to get our trees planted. Thanks again, Beth -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arnie-Krause Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 2:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Open two FTM on same computer Hi Beth, Yes, you can have two different files open at the same time on the same computer and using the same FTM program. The easiest thing is if you have dual screens so you can have one file shown on one screen and the second one on the second screen. Once you have the first file open then just click on tab for File and select Open/Open in New Window then when the Open Family file window opens select the second file that you want opened. Hope this helps. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Arnold E. Krause 1611 Arlington Ave., Saskatoon, Sask., CANADA, S7H 2Y6 Tel: (306) 374-3348 email address: [email protected] Homepage: http://members.shaw.ca/arnie-krause/index.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------

Hi Beth, Yes, you can have two different files open at the same time on the same computer and using the same FTM program. The easiest thing is if you have dual screens so you can have one file shown on one screen and the second one on the second screen. Once you have the first file open then just click on tab for File and select Open/Open in New Window then when the Open Family file window opens select the second file that you want opened. Hope this helps. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Arnold E. Krause 1611 Arlington Ave., Saskatoon, Sask., CANADA, S7H 2Y6 Tel: (306) 374-3348 email address: [email protected] Homepage: http://members.shaw.ca/arnie-krause/index.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beth Bowling Sent: 06 February, 2014 1:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [FTM-TECH] Open two FTM on same computer I have Windows 7 64 bit and FTM 2012 on this PC. I have several small individual trees for different branches of the family. I would like to add the small files to my mail FTM tree. Is it possible to open a second FTM on this computer so that I can open one file on that and have my main file open on the first FTM that I open? I would like to have these open side-by-side so that I can compare the information in both files and add what is different from small file to main tree. Hope this makes sense. I do have Version 16 so I could reinstall that on this PC to use for second file, but it seems much more simple if they are both open to the same version. Thanks for your help, BB ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Version 2008 - 2012 http://ancestry.custhelp.com/app/home ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have Windows 7 64 bit and FTM 2012 on this PC. I have several small individual trees for different branches of the family. I would like to add the small files to my mail FTM tree. Is it possible to open a second FTM on this computer so that I can open one file on that and have my main file open on the first FTM that I open? I would like to have these open side-by-side so that I can compare the information in both files and add what is different from small file to main tree. Hope this makes sense. I do have Version 16 so I could reinstall that on this PC to use for second file, but it seems much more simple if they are both open to the same version. Thanks for your help, BB

BJ, The "Items to include" is a very helpful feature in the Custom Report and other reports and charts. It doesn't appear to be available, however, for the Relationship Chart. Am I overlooking some control or is the "Items to include" feature really not available for this chart for some reason. Thanks for the help, Jim Hoke ----------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 15:20:12 -0800 From: BJ <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Custom Report Sort To: Drew DUBLER <[email protected]>, [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I'm assuming you are talking about the name shown on the Custom Report which is First name Middle name Surname. If this is true, you may change no only the order of the names shown for the individual but also elect to show only the last name, etc. To do this 1. Generate the Custom Report 2. Click on the "Items to include" icon (the one with the green arrow) 3. A dialog box opens showing various options and the items to be included in the report. 4. Select Name 5. Select Name Options 6. The "Options: Name" dialog box opens. 7. Click on the down arrow in the "Format" field. 8. A list of formatting options is displayed. Select the one you want. 9. Click OK until you return to the generated custom report. I hope that helps. BJ

The Relationship Chart is a hard coded report to simply show the relationship between two individuals showing only the name, birth and death information in addition to the relationship path. As is in the case of many special charts/reports, they do not provide for the Items to include option. BJ On 2/6/2014 9:51 AM, Jim (home gmail) Hoke wrote: > BJ, > > The "Items to include" is a very helpful feature in the Custom Report and > other reports and charts. It doesn't appear to be available, however, for > the Relationship Chart. Am I overlooking some control or is the "Items to > include" feature really not available for this chart for some reason.