Joanne, I fully agree!!! Ole 2015-02-21 19:52 GMT+01:00 Joanne Hintz via <ftm-tech@rootsweb.com>: > Just a few thoughts as I try to update a book produced in 2005 and > updated through v.16 ... > > Genealogy report - inline sources are preferable for a general > audience. If only endnotes are available, I won't print them. The > genealogists can ask for an exception if they want, but the kindest word > from the rest is "trash" and they won't flip to the pages. Photos that > were added aren't worth much - too small, though supposedly they can be > increased in size but only some were resized when I tested that option. > > When the books/reports are imported from v.16, why can't the report > options - at least paper size, margins, font & size, nbr generations - > be imported. Early on, I asked that question - answer was that they > were using a 3rd party text processor and couldn't get the parameters, > but that seemed bogus. The parameters are no doubt being saved in FTM > and could be read, translated if necessary, to the new format. > > Descendant chart (horizontal) - text is only to the right or left of the > photo. Option I used in v.16 placed the text above the photo. It took > less horizontal space, looked better (OK, that's an opinion), and a > large family fit nicely on a tabloid foldout. Even if I do a book now in > v.2014, I'll go back and do this chart on v.16! > > Book - Table of Contents - if the next page starts a section and should > start on the right-hand (odd) page, the blank page behind the TOC is not > generated and pagination is off in the entire book. (Why wasn't this > patched long ago?) > > Book - Place Holder - cannot set the number of pages, or I'd have used 1 > as a temporary 'fix' for the TOC, or at least tried it. (Again, why is > this still a problem? I know doing the new stuff is more fun, but get > rid of the annoying little problems!) > > Smart Story used as the blank text item - this should be WYSIWYG but it > doesn't work for all output options. I don't have time to retest it > today, but I believe the PDF output is one where it appears the margins > are adjusted by the system, or maybe applied twice. It takes a lot of > back and forth to get a page to "stick" within margins for output - also > somewhat a problem in v.16, but seemed to be limited to the PDF writer. > Full Adobe instead of the one with FTM worked correctly when the one > with v.16 FTM did not. > > Data entry screen - Lower part of the screen, not the chart ... select > parents of one of the couple displayed, but if there are multiple > marriages another of the spouses and other children can be displayed. > BJ did some testing and I think determined that a 'preferred' spouse was > being brought up instead of the couple that should display. > > I'd like to have an option to hide the Facts I'll never use so I don't > have to scroll through the extras. As a global setting, it would be > easy to go back and add in one if I change my mind. > > No doubt there's more. Development should sit down with the reports > side-by-side and compare options. In fact, they should learn the old > system and do this before they start coding. You're going to tell me > it's too late for that, aren't you? <G> > > Joanne > > On 2/20/2015 10:47 PM, Judy in Ocala via wrote: > > We are coming up on 8 years since v. 16 was completely reprogrammed to a > new database structure. In the beginning, we all felt that v. 2008 was > lacking many of the features that we loved in 16. > > > > Over the years many improvements and enhancements have been made to > succeeding versions and upgrades. As a result, version 2014 is a much more > stable, robust, and versatile program than 2008 was. > > > > But in spite of the many improvements, there is an bedrock of loyal > users of v. 16. One of the reasons often given for sticking with 16 is the > reports, but there hasn't been much discussion about why the reports in 16 > are better. > > > > So I'm asking those who are still using v. 16 to share their opinions. > And not just about reports, but if you think there are other ways in which > v. 16 is superior. > > > > Please give examples, and keep your comments constructive. > > > > Judy in Ocala > > ********************************** > > List information page > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Ole P. Bielefeldt www.familytreemaker.dk