The Add new media option seems fairly straightforward, BUT how does one copy & paste a piece of media from one's browser, and I do NOT mean the built-in browser. I like to have my browser open and would like to copy & paste as I did in FTM 16. If need be, I could save the media item with a file name and be done, but I HOPE for the old, simple, straightforward way. SKS? John Okerson Memphis, TN

John, It's pretty simple. Right click the image you want in your browser and click Copy. Open the Media Tab in FTM and click in the Media Pane. Then either use the Media menu and click on paste or Ctrl+V. The dialog will open to assign a category and select whether the image is linked or copied to the Media Folder. In this case of course you would want to copy that media item to the media folder. Click OK and then the image will appear in the Media Gallery. Select that media item and rename it if necessary and add a caption if you desire. Linda in Costa Rica Monroe County, New York Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys Monroe County, New York History http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys -----Original Message----- From: John Okerson Sent: Tuesday, 29 November, 2011 4:22 PM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: [FTM-TECH] Adding media in 2012 with Windows 7 The Add new media option seems fairly straightforward, BUT how does one copy & paste a piece of media from one's browser, and I do NOT mean the built-in browser. I like to have my browser open and would like to copy & paste as I did in FTM 16. If need be, I could save the media item with a file name and be done, but I HOPE for the old, simple, straightforward way. SKS? John Okerson Memphis, TN

> Right click the image you want in your browser and click Copy. Done. > Open the Media Tab in FTM and click in the Media Pane. Then either use the Media menu and click on paste or Ctrl+V. The dialog will open to assign a category and select whether the image is linked or copied to the Media Folder. In this case of course you would want to copy that media item to the media folder. Click OK and then the image will appear in the Media Gallery. Select that media item and rename it if necessary and add a caption if you desire. I tried the Media dropdown menu AND Ctrl-V but in BOTH cases Paste is NOT black, so does not work. I suspect that I am missing something fairly simple, but have not come across it YET! Finding the Paste option is a MAJOR step in the right direction though. John

Did you click inside the Media Gallery before pasting? Linda in Costa Rica Monroe County, New York Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys Monroe County, New York History http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys -----Original Message----- From: John Okerson Sent: Tuesday, 29 November, 2011 6:59 PM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Adding media in 2012 with Windows 7 > Right click the image you want in your browser and click Copy. Done. > Open the Media Tab in FTM and click in the Media Pane. Then either use the Media menu and click on paste or Ctrl+V. The dialog will open to assign a category and select whether the image is linked or copied to the Media Folder. In this case of course you would want to copy that media item to the media folder. Click OK and then the image will appear in the Media Gallery. Select that media item and rename it if necessary and add a caption if you desire. I tried the Media dropdown menu AND Ctrl-V but in BOTH cases Paste is NOT black, so does not work. I suspect that I am missing something fairly simple, but have not come across it YET! Finding the Paste option is a MAJOR step in the right direction though. John

I don't normally use this technique but I've just tried it. Here is what I've done: 1. Using FireFox or IE 9.0, I've opened Ancestry.com and gone to a tree. I used the right mouse button to copy the image. 2. I've tested the image is in the clipboard by opening an email message and pasting the image there. 3. I opened FTM 2012 (tried it with FTM 2011 also). 4. Go to the Media work area. Where there there are two types of possibilities. 1. Clicking anywhere in the Collection, normally selects a media item in the collection. 1. I click the right mouse button Copy and other options are available but Paste is dimmed. 2. I click Ctrl+V and nothing happens. 3. I click Edit and Paste and Ctrl+V are dimmed. 4. I click Media and Paste is dark. When I click paste I get the dialog box for assigning categories to the media item. I assign a media category, tell FTM 2012 to copy the media item to the media folder and link to it there. The media item is inserted. 2. In the Collection work area, I scroll to the end of the list and click on some white space; i.e. no media item is selected. 1. I click the right mouse button but this time all items are dimmed. 2. I click Ctrl+V and nothing happens. 3. I click Edit and Paste and Ctrl+V are dimmed. 4. I click Media and Paste is dark. When I click paste I get the dialog box for assigning categories to the media item. I assign a media category, tell FTM 2012 to copy the media item to the media folder and link to it there. The media item is inserted. I am not sure why different testers are experiencing different operations. I am running FTM 2012 under Windows 7 Pro. As I said, I don't normally use this technique. Rather I right click on the image in the browser and select Save As. This way I can select where the image is saved to and I can rename the image using a more meaningful name. Once I've saved the file, I go to FTM 2012 Media work area and Add Media item. BJ On 11/29/2011 4:59 PM, John Okerson wrote: > I tried the Media dropdown menu AND Ctrl-V but in BOTH cases Paste is > NOT black, so does not work. I suspect that I am missing something > fairly simple, but have not come

I couldn't get the right click > paste option to work either, but Ctrl-V worked just fine -- and I never knew you could do that! Arf! Arf! (Sound of old dog learning new tricks!!) Judy in Ocala -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Linda H Gutierrez Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 7:36 PM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Adding media in 2012 with Windows 7 John, It's pretty simple. Right click the image you want in your browser and click Copy. Open the Media Tab in FTM and click in the Media Pane. Then either use the Media menu and click on paste or Ctrl+V. The dialog will open to assign a category and select whether the image is linked or copied to the Media Folder. In this case of course you would want to copy that media item to the media folder. Click OK and then the image will appear in the Media Gallery. Select that media item and rename it if necessary and add a caption if you desire. Linda in Costa Rica Monroe County, New York Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys Monroe County, New York History http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys -----Original Message----- From: John Okerson Sent: Tuesday, 29 November, 2011 4:22 PM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: [FTM-TECH] Adding media in 2012 with Windows 7 The Add new media option seems fairly straightforward, BUT how does one copy & paste a piece of media from one's browser, and I do NOT mean the built-in browser. I like to have my browser open and would like to copy & paste as I did in FTM 16. If need be, I could save the media item with a file name and be done, but I HOPE for the old, simple, straightforward way. SKS? John Okerson Memphis, TN ********************************** 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

I bought FTM 2012 so I could create books on my 64-bit machine. I have succeeded in that, but there are no end-notes. How can they be included? I see information on attaching sources to individuals, and that might be a back-up option. However, I have a lot of just citations, without the formal Source designation. I want those to appear in the book also, preferably in the end-notes but attached to the individual if that's the only way to get the citation information into the book. Any suggestions? Forrest

Forrest, In the Items to Include for the Chapters in your Book, check your settings for Sources. Russ ___________________________ Mailto:rworthington@att.net ________________________________ From: Forrest Ladd <forladd@ionet.net> To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, December 1, 2011 8:56:09 AM Subject: [FTM-TECH] How to put endnotes into a book using Ver 2012 I bought FTM 2012 so I could create books on my 64-bit machine. I have succeeded in that, but there are no end-notes. How can they be included? I see information on attaching sources to individuals, and that might be a back-up option. However, I have a lot of just citations, without the formal Source designation. I want those to appear in the book also, preferably in the end-notes but attached to the individual if that's the only way to get the citation information into the book.