Ali, Thank you for responding. I am using FTM16. Having tried FTM8 and 9, I and found they do not meet my needs. Ed Broecker ----- Original Message ----- From: Ali To: edward broecker ; ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Straight-line descendant reports What version of FTM is this for? Ali ----- Original Message ----- From: edward broecker To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 2:12 AM Subject: [FTM-TECH] Straight-line descendant reports To all who answered my question -- I had a chance to try for a straight-line descendant report, and tried the following suggestion from Courtney: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Report (icon), Outline Descendant - Contents, Individuals to include, change secondary individual - pick the descendant from the list, click OK, OK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These steps gave me the result I was looking for. It is a great solution to my problem. Again, my gratitude to all of you, and a special thanks to Courtney. Ed Broecker ********************************** 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/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message