I am referring to the personal ID number assigned to each person. Fred -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rosemary Jones Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 8:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] FTM 2014 all in one chart and reindexing database Perhaps by Reindex, we should think Compact the file under Tools>Compact. This effectively reindexes the file removing unwanted space. Backing up beforehand is essential. The Compact command has an option to backup before continuing. Rosemary On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 5:17 PM, BJ <[email protected]> wrote: > You can use the Share, Export to one page PDF to send the chart to a > PDF file. The only problem is if the chart is more than about 200 x > 200 inches, you will get a message saying the chart is too big and > will be clipped. There is no way to get around this. FTM uses a 3rd > party's PDF generator and there are no controls or options. The 3rd > party generator is developed to the PDF Version 1.3 or about Acrobat > 4.x > level) which controls the maximum page size. > Up to Acrobat 3.0 - 45 x 45 inches (max) > From Acrobat 4.0 - 200 x 200 inches (max) As I understand it Adobe > 8 and above have a higher max page size but most readers will not > handle the custom sizes. > > I have BullZip PDF installed. It can match Adobe 8 and I was able to > use it to create a PDF with 1000 x 1000 inches page. I set that as my > default printer. FTM then used that as a printer and I could specify > the Extended Family Chart be produced on a page 1000 x 1000. I could > see the chart in FTM 2014 and I was able to print it using the BullZip > PDF driver; however, when I opened the PDF in any reader, the page > always appeared blank. There was no way to view the chart. > > As for the maximum number of generations for the Pedigree chart, I > suspect that has to do with the maximum page size of 200 inches when > you export it to a One page PDF. It is difficult to get 16 > generations on a single 200 inch high page. If I used the chart > defaults for the information and format, I could not even get 16 > generations on one page. The bottom of the chart was always clipped. > Playing around with the format, i.e. using "squished" and with the > information included (Birth, Married, Death with date and location > only, i.e. no description); I was able to get it to 199 inches. Check > the size of the chart in the upper right corner of the Preview. The > format is width x height. > > I'm not sure what you mean when you say, "Reindex the file". You can > change the sort of the index displayed but other than that there is no > way to reindex the file. Can you explain with a bit more information > exactly what are you trying to do? > > Hope this helps. > > BJ > > On 2/17/2014 7:03 AM, Fred & Marie wrote: > > Can any of you tell me how to generate a poster chart or other kind > > of > chart > > like in the older versions of FTM that shows all ancestors on one > > chart > so I > > can create a PDF file of it as one page. It will create a chart but > > it > is > > on like 70 pages but still only 16 generations not as one page like > > the older versions of FTM. Saving it as one PDF file lets a person > > move > around > > the tree and see where everyone. > > > > I went to pedigree chart and selected poster, but it only lets me do > > 16 generations . > > > > Is there any way to reindex a file in FTM 2014 > > > > > > ********************************** > 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 > ********************************** 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