John, I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble with the leaves. I don't use the shaky-leaf hints, so I haven't experienced the problem you describe. I do think I have an explanation, though, although I'm afraid I don't have a ready solution. The leaves in /Family Tree Maker/ are deciduous leaves, which means that they should fall off in the Fall the the year. That is what they are supposed to do in Nature. Of course, since you live in the upside-down part of the World, you are just now entering Fall, while the rest of us are entering Spring. Deciduous leaves have what is called an /abscission layer/, which is simply a layer of special cells that have been programmed, through millions of years of evolution, to die when the photoperiod — the duration of light on any given day — falls below a certain threshold on average over time. Another factor that enters into how the abscission layer cells die is temperature, which is contributing to your problem because the temperature trigger is calibrated in degrees Fahrenheit (ºF), while you live with degrees Celsius (ºC), so the leaves must convert ºC to ºF before they can die. That may be why we're not seeing the problem here in the right-side-up part of the World. I don''t know how they managed to do it, but Provo has genetically engineered the formation of the abscission layer _out_ of their so-called /Shaky leaf hints/ so that the leaves are, effectively, evergreen rather than deciduous. So it seems to me that the only solution is for Provo to put their staff biologists and geneticists to work on the problem /immediately /and either breed out the offending gene or, through genetic engineering, cut the gene out of the leaf stock. In that way, future generations of shaky leaves will not carry the gene for the development of the abscission layer, and over time, all will be well. Plus, since I'm not seeing the problem you describe, I have nothing I have to rake up and compost. Oh, that reminds me: when you do compost, you're supposed to turn the compost regularly to ærate it; otherwise, it may not break down completely and simply rot. Best wishes, Lawrence -- *Lawrence Bouett* lbouett@yahoo.com <mailto:lbouett@yahoo.com> 925.357.5294 On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:20 PM, John Donaldson via <ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> wrote: I have notice recently whilst in the tree view that the shaky leaves attached to people are becoming dislodged and falling to the bottom of the screen. I have tried to reattach them by selecting them with the mouse and then dragging them back to the individuals involved. I have had some problems with this technique as if I accidentally reattach them to the wrong person the hints do not work correctly. This is very annoying and composting does not seem to fix it. Has anyone seen this issue? I cannot find anyting on the issie in the Companion Guild or the support pages. John D

Thanks Lawrence It sounds like an Autumnal issue? Certainly the FTM Find missing leaves report doesn't seem to be working John D -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lawrence Bouett via Sent: Wednesday, 1 April 2015 11:05 AM To: ftm-Tech List Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Falling Leaves John, I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble with the leaves. I don't use the shaky-leaf hints, so I haven't experienced the problem you describe. I do think I have an explanation, though, although I'm afraid I don't have a ready solution. The leaves in /Family Tree Maker/ are deciduous leaves, which means that they should fall off in the Fall the the year. That is what they are supposed to do in Nature. Of course, since you live in the upside-down part of the World, you are just now entering Fall, while the rest of us are entering Spring. Deciduous leaves have what is called an /abscission layer/, which is simply a layer of special cells that have been programmed, through millions of years of evolution, to die when the photoperiod — the duration of light on any given day — falls below a certain threshold on average over time. Another factor that enters into how the abscission layer cells die is temperature, which is contributing to your problem because the temperature trigger is calibrated in degrees Fahrenheit (ºF), while you live with degrees Celsius (ºC), so the leaves must convert ºC to ºF before they can die. That may be why we're not seeing the problem here in the right-side-up part of the World. I don''t know how they managed to do it, but Provo has genetically engineered the formation of the abscission layer _out_ of their so-called /Shaky leaf hints/ so that the leaves are, effectively, evergreen rather than deciduous. So it seems to me that the only solution is for Provo to put their staff biologists and geneticists to work on the problem /immediately /and either breed out the offending gene or, through genetic engineering, cut the gene out of the leaf stock. In that way, future generations of shaky leaves will not carry the gene for the development of the abscission layer, and over time, all will be well. Plus, since I'm not seeing the problem you describe, I have nothing I have to rake up and compost. Oh, that reminds me: when you do compost, you're supposed to turn the compost regularly to ærate it; otherwise, it may not break down completely and simply rot. Best wishes, Lawrence -- *Lawrence Bouett* lbouett@yahoo.com <mailto:lbouett@yahoo.com> 925.357.5294 On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:20 PM, John Donaldson via <ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> wrote: I have notice recently whilst in the tree view that the shaky leaves attached to people are becoming dislodged and falling to the bottom of the screen. I have tried to reattach them by selecting them with the mouse and then dragging them back to the individuals involved. I have had some problems with this technique as if I accidentally reattach them to the wrong person the hints do not work correctly. This is very annoying and composting does not seem to fix it. Has anyone seen this issue? I cannot find anyting on the issie in the Companion Guild or the support pages. John D ********************************** 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