FTM 2012 TreeSync - Differences between Desktop and Online Trees Ancestry.com has released the following FAQ about _Family Tree Maker 2012_ (http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-2370517-10488504?sid=blog+post) 's TreeSync. Differences Between Desktop and Online Trees Most content in trees is uploaded and/or synced seamlessly between Family Tree Maker and Ancestry. However, because Ancestry.com and Family Tree Maker trees are in different formats, there are a few differences you should be aware of. * Facts In general fact dates, names, places, and descriptions (including custom and alternate facts) are the same in Family Tree Maker and Ancestry trees. However, you may find that some fact types are labelled differently. For example, the Physical Description fact in Family Tree Maker is the Description fact in Ancestry trees. * Media items * The caption of a media item in Family Tree Maker is the same as the Picture name field on Ancestry. * Audio and video items are not transferred between Family Tree Maker and Ancestry. * Media items attached to relationships in Family Tree Maker are not uploaded to Ancestry.com. * Records you've found on Ancestry.com and merged into Family Tree Maker won't be re-uploaded to Ancestry. * Documents in Family Tree Maker will be uploaded to an Ancestry tree only if they are in one of these formats: .pdf, .doc, .txt, .rtf, and .htm. * Photos uploaded to Ancestry Member Trees cannot exceed 15MB, so a photo in your desktop tree that exceed this size limit will be resized when it is copied to Ancestry - your original file will not be affected. Images need to be in one of these formats: .jpeg, .bmp, .png, .gif, and .tiff. * Notes In Family Tree Maker you can create a variety of notes: person, research, fact, relationship, media, and source citation. When you upload a tree to Ancestry only person notes will be included; they can only be viewed by people you have invited to your online tree. * Places If you have entered shortened display names for locations or custom GPS coordinates in Family Tree Maker, they will not be included in your Ancestry tree. * Publications Saved reports, charts, and books cannot be transferred from Family Tree Maker to Ancestry. * Relationships In Family Tree Maker only you can view information you've entered for a living individual. In your Ancestry tree, anyone who is invited to your tree can view information about living individuals. * Sources * Sources created in Family Tree Maker using source templates will transfer to Ancestry, but you cannot edit these sources online. * Media items attached to source citations in Family Tree Maker will be uploaded; media items attached to sources in Family Tree Maker will not be uploaded. * Stories * A story created on Ancestry.com will become a .htm file in Family Tree Maker, which can be viewed in a Web browser. You can edit the text in a word-processing program. * Smart Stories created in Family Tree Maker will become .rtf text files in Ancestry. The story can't be viewed within your Ancestry tree but the document can be downloaded. (Smart Stories are uploaded only if they are attached to individual