Now that I'm back at my computer I can give you page numbers for the instructions for web clipping images and merging them to your desktop FTM file. Go to Help > Companion Guide, then to the following pages: Version 2008: p. 232 Version 2009: p. 313 Version 2010: p. 344 Version 2011: p. 148 Version 2014: p. 127 Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of the Companion Guide for Version 2012. But you should be able to find the instructions in Chapter 8: "Researching Your Tree Online." This will also work for Mac versions of FTM. Judy in Ocala On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Judy in Ocala <[email protected]> wrote: > I had forgotten that you have to copy the URL to the internal browser. I > was away from my computer when I wrote my earlier replay. > > However, to your point #2, you can merge web media directly into FTM > without saving first to your hard drive. To make it work, you must first > click the media tab in the lower left pane. Then when you mouse over the > desired web image, it will be surrounded by a dotted green border. Click > the image to copy it to the lower tight merge window. It may also open in > an image viewer, but close that. You can add additional images if desired. > When you click "Merge" all media items and text info will be linked to the > selected person in one slick step. > > Judy in Ocala > > On Feb 2, 2014, at 4:45 PM, BJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > This may not be as simple as you think. The Web Clipping will copy > images; however, there are a couple of qualifiers. > > 1. It only works when the image is displayed within the internal > browser of the Web Search window. Unfortunately, when you click on > a match to FAG, FTM doesn't use the internal browser but rather > opens the site in an external browser. You can get around this by > copying the URL from the external browser and pasting it into the > Address line of the Web Search work area. Then you need to click the > right mouse button to select the Save Image As option. > 2. The web clipping feature normally merges the selected information > into the data base. This does not happen with the images. They are > stored in the folder you specify but you must then use the Add Media > item to create the thumbnail and the link to the media file. > > BJ > > > On 2/2/2014 11:46 AM, Judy in Ocala wrote: > > I don't remember in which version it was introduced, but the later > versions of FTM have a feature called web clipping. It will do what you > want. > > > > Go to Help>Companion Guide and search for web clipping. If your version > supports this feature, you'll find the instructions there. It is very cool. > > > > But be careful. Find a Grave photos are copyrighted by the photographer. > Be sure you get permission to use those photos. > > > > > > > > Nancy wrote: > > > > Is there a way to copy a picture from FAG to FTM 2011? If not, does > > FTM have a fairly easy way to do this? I might upgrade if this is the > > case. > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Version 2008 - 2012 > http://ancestry.custhelp.com/app/home > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you, Judy. Nancy On 2/3/2014 8:38 AM, Judy in Ocala wrote: > Now that I'm back at my computer I can give you page numbers for the > instructions for web clipping images and merging them to your desktop FTM > file. > > Go to Help> Companion Guide, then to the following pages: > > Version 2008: p. 232 > Version 2009: p. 313 > Version 2010: p. 344 > Version 2011: p. 148 > Version 2014: p. 127 > > Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of the Companion Guide for Version 2012. > But you should be able to find the instructions in Chapter 8: "Researching > Your Tree Online." This will also work for Mac versions of FTM. > > Judy in Ocala > > >

Have seen this guide mentioned many times on this site. It appears to be a popular source of information and how-to hints. How does one access the Companion Guide on FTM? Allie

Allie The HELP menu Russ   ___________________________ Mailto:[email protected] ________________________________ From: Allie <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 3, 2014 11:16 AM Subject: [FTM-TECH] Companion Guide Have seen this guide mentioned many times on this site.  It appears to be a popular source of information and how-to hints.  How does one access the Companion Guide on FTM?

Been there done that. -----Original Message----- From: H R Worthington Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 7:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Companion Guide Allie The HELP menu Russ ___________________________ Mailto:[email protected] ________________________________ From: Allie <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 3, 2014 11:16 AM Subject: [FTM-TECH] Companion Guide Have seen this guide mentioned many times on this site. It appears to be a popular source of information and how-to hints. How does one access the Companion Guide on FTM? ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Version 2008 - 2012 http://ancestry.custhelp.com/app/home ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message