Hugh Watkins wrote: > FTM 2008 is new technology and a necessary development > but give it time to mature It is actually a junk piece of software. It was not ready for any kind of public release. It is way short of even beta quality. There is NO excuse for any professional company to even think of selling something so shoddy.

Get Legacy: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Index.asp?mid=4A17Nvi It will have LegacyChart included with Leg7. Have seen some betas and I really like it! <kos@panix.com> kirjoitti viestissä:Pine.NEB.4.64.0711081332000.24642@panix2.panix.com... >I dread to bring up the new version of FTM here but here goes... > > I've always liked the all-in-one tree, which I then export to a .PDF and > share with relatives and interested parties. > > In FTM 16, one could export to a single, unbroken .pdf file. > > In FTM 2008, the .pdf shows the page breaks very noticeable, and is very > unattractive. > > Has anyone figured out a way to export the all-in-one to .pdf without > those page breaks? (I've had to import back to FTM 16 to get the desired > result.) > > Thanks! > > Bob

kos@panix.com wrote: > I dread to bring up the new version of FTM here but here goes... > > I've always liked the all-in-one tree, which I then export to a .PDF and > share with relatives and interested parties. > > In FTM 16, one could export to a single, unbroken .pdf file. > > In FTM 2008, the .pdf shows the page breaks very noticeable, and is very > unattractive. > > Has anyone figured out a way to export the all-in-one to .pdf without > those page breaks? (I've had to import back to FTM 16 to get the > desired result.) just use FTM 16 as usual FTM 2008 is new technology and a necessary development but give it time to mature Hugh W -- For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/ http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

What would be the best way to export Reunion for Mac v7.05 to Reunion for Windows v4.07 or FTM 2005. From what I understand, a gedcom only exports the "common" data fields, and uses data in different ways. Is there a better way to do this that will export all of the data?

I dread to bring up the new version of FTM here but here goes... I've always liked the all-in-one tree, which I then export to a .PDF and share with relatives and interested parties. In FTM 16, one could export to a single, unbroken .pdf file. In FTM 2008, the .pdf shows the page breaks very noticeable, and is very unattractive. Has anyone figured out a way to export the all-in-one to .pdf without those page breaks? (I've had to import back to FTM 16 to get the desired result.) Thanks! Bob

Hi guys thanks so much for the quick response. Wasn't able to pull it off using MS wordprocessor so dwnloaded "Open Office" & followed Steve's instructions, However when I clicked final OK the text file reappeared with ALPHABETICAL INDEX at the top. Saved the document but there is no index. Wondering what is "native word processor format"? Am I saving the document wrong. I'm Jesse from "the colonies" Oklahoma USA that is. I see you Steve from South Africa & I think Helen's from Queensland, right? Again thanks guys jessemc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Hayes" <hayesmstw@hotmail.com> Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.computing To: <gencmp@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 7:07 AM Subject: Re: Legacy > On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 17:55:05 +1000, "Helen Castle" > <helen.castle@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > >>What you created is an .rtf (rich text file) document which needs to be >>taken to a wordprocessor which can generate a table of contents or index. >>In the document is some embedded code which shows the indexer what to >>index. > > I've just tried it with Open Office. > > One needs to call up the rft file > > Go to Instert, Index and Table of Contents. > > Choose Alphabetical Index > > Save the document in native word processor format. > > Call it up and print it. > > > -- > Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa > Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm > Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com > E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop > uk > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENCMP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

What you created is an .rtf (rich text file) document which needs to be taken to a wordprocessor which can generate a table of contents or index. In the document is some embedded code which shows the indexer what to index. If you dont have a work processor you have a couple of options. I would be happy to do it for you or talk you thru doing it if you have a word processor or download Open Office from http://www.openoffice.org/ from Sun Microsystems - it is free and virtually can replace MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint. I just checked and it does index and table functions. Helen Castle Narangba Qld Download a free version of Office One "jesse mc" <roho29@allegiance.tv> wrote in message news:mailman.113.1194402300.7651.gencmp@rootsweb.com... > Need help from knowledgable Legacy users. Problem when creating a > decendants in RTF I'm unable to create an index of those individuals in > the file. I check all the apparrent "right buttons" on index options but > there is never an index. Notice when I open the file the following, [using > your word processor, generate a Table of Contents here.] I have windows XP > home but find no way to generate a table of contents from Legacy. Hopefull > someone has answers. > jessemc

On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 17:55:05 +1000, "Helen Castle" <helen.castle@optusnet.com.au> wrote: >What you created is an .rtf (rich text file) document which needs to be >taken to a wordprocessor which can generate a table of contents or index. >In the document is some embedded code which shows the indexer what to index. I've just tried it with Open Office. One needs to call up the rft file Go to Instert, Index and Table of Contents. Choose Alphabetical Index Save the document in native word processor format. Call it up and print it. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 17:55:05 +1000, "Helen Castle" <helen.castle@optusnet.com.au> wrote: >What you created is an .rtf (rich text file) document which needs to be >taken to a wordprocessor which can generate a table of contents or index. >In the document is some embedded code which shows the indexer what to index. > >If you dont have a work processor you have a couple of options. > >I would be happy to do it for you or talk you thru doing it if you have a >word processor >Helen Castle >Narangba Qld Wow! I sometimes lose sight of the fact that there are still some people who are very willing to help others. I'm not sure I pass the test but you made me think, Helen. Hugh

Hi Terry, As others have said - first and foremost make a backup of your main file. Don't do what I did, import a gedcom into my main file only to find I had doubled up on many of my ancestors. It took me hours and hours to sort it out. I now have a Main file, plus one to play with by adding pics and gedcoms etc, and a backup of both. Good luck with it. Di "Terry Pinnell" <terrypin@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message news:fqtmi3drnq9v2mi3471q2b2vgb4be79pj4@4ax.com... > I'm returning tentatively to my family researching after a very long > break. Via the 'Hot Matches' facility of GenesReunited, I've > established a common ancestor in another GenesReunited tree. What is > the recommended procedure for adding that entire common branch into my > own tree please? Is it dependent on the other party first going to the > trouble of exporting that sections as a GEDCOM file, so that I can > then import it? Or is there some way I can achieve it without > troubling them? (I also suspect a good proportion of GenesReunited > users might have difficulty in doing this.) > > If it's relevant, I also have FTM 2006. > > I'd like to avoid manually adding every entry. > > Any advice would be appreciated please. > > -- > Terry, East Grinstead, UK

Hello Robert, I am using 2003 Office Professional and before that I used Office 2000 Professional. Robert, I think I may have misled you - I am able to right click on images in HTML to save them with the "Save picture as" - and I can't find an embedded one in Word to try it out, only in emails. Sorry if I confused you. I cant remember regarding the pixel size - so I can't answer that question for you. Di "Robert G. Eldridge" <robert.eldridge@hunterlink.net.au> wrote in message news:u8ovi3lb7tahrbmso38ukra67u8tscsuit@4ax.com... > On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 21:36:00 +1100, "Di" <1sascar@alphalink.com.au> > wrote: > >>"Robert G. Eldridge" <robert.eldridge@hunterlink.net.au> wrote in message >>news:484qi3tda2fig1ictdt6a2f8m5r3k0dg8t@4ax.com... >>> On occasions when I ask somebody to send a scanned copy of a >>> certificate they send it in a Word document. >>> >>> Whilst I can ask them to send it as an image file in many cases they >>> simply don't know what they're doing so this is not always a solution. >>> >>> Does anybody know a method of copying the image from the Word doc >>> whilst retaining its original quality, ie pixel size. You can tell in >>> the Word doc that it is a high DPI image but getting it out of Word is >>> the issue. > (snip) > >>Hi Robert, >>Another way to save the picture/image is to right mouse click and "save >>as" - this works for me and then I can edit it through my image view ie. >>Irfanview. >> >>Di > > Using Word 2002 I don't get a right-click menu including "save as" > when I select an imbedded image. > > a) What version of Word does this? > b) Is the image saved the same pixel size as the original image, > especially when the image is less than 100% to fit the Word page size? > > -- > Bob

Need help from knowledgable Legacy users. Problem when creating a decendants in RTF I'm unable to create an index of those individuals in the file. I check all the apparrent "right buttons" on index options but there is never an index. Notice when I open the file the following, [using your word processor, generate a Table of Contents here.] I have windows XP home but find no way to generate a table of contents from Legacy. Hopefull someone has answers. jessemc

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On Nov 6, 4:06 am, "Di" <1sas...@alphalink.com.au> wrote: > Hi Terry, > > As others have said - first and foremost make a backup of your main file. > Don't do what I did, import a gedcom into my main file only to find I had > doubled up on many of my ancestors. It took me hours and hours to sort it > out. > > I now have a Main file, plus one to play with by adding pics and gedcoms > etc, and a backup of both. > > Good luck with it. > Di Agree. Always a good idea to keep separate copies of your main file at least two or three updates back. My experience has been that if you are going to try merging gedcoms the best program is perhaps Legacy. It does a nice job of looking for possible duplicates and letting you look at extensive data from both families. Not blindly merging them. Then you decide if they are indeed duplicates. The "Deluxe" version has the option of marking two individuals as not related so they get bypassed when looking for duplicates. I have what seems like hundreds of "Anna" that must be bypassed. After marking those them as not the same indivdual I can quickly move on.

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I have used Legacy for about 10 years I suppose and have always been aware of Intellishare and thought I understood it - however I have a question. I have one version of my data on my laptop and one on my PC - the main file being my PC. How I understood Intellishare was that if I made a copy of my data and sent it elsewhere - generally another user who would make changes (my laptop) I could then rely on Intellishare to keep track of the duplicates when I re-imported the laptop file to my main machine the unchanged data would be merged using the Intellishare indicators and the changed data would not be. The reason I do this is I take a copy of my main file on my laptop and edit it "out in the field" then upload the changes to my PC. I know this was not the intention of Intellishare however I figured it should work - I gave another user my data and they changed it and I reimported it - it just so happens the other user is me but could have been hubby, son, sister etc. When I did this the main file of 30,000 ended up having 90,000 entries and did not auto merge the unchanged data. I started a manual merge which then kicked into an automerge It then happily automerged 30,000 entries and then asked me to manually merge the rest - I then selected and deselected the automerge function and it happily then merged all the unchanged data again. Has anyone else successfully used the Intellishare function in a similar manner? I would be grateful if you have used Intellishare and you have some feedback Helen Castle Narangba -- regards Helen Castle Narangba Qld 4504 Are you going to Vanuatu on holidays? http://au.geocities.com/donate_yci_vanuatu/index.htm Have a look at a project my sister and I are working on.

Hi Robert, Another way to save the picture/image is to right mouse click and "save as" - this works for me and then I can edit it through my image view ie. Irfanview. Di "Robert G. Eldridge" <robert.eldridge@hunterlink.net.au> wrote in message news:484qi3tda2fig1ictdt6a2f8m5r3k0dg8t@4ax.com... > On occasions when I ask somebody to send a scanned copy of a > certificate they send it in a Word document. > > Whilst I can ask them to send it as an image file in many cases they > simply don't know what they're doing so this is not always a solution. > > Does anybody know a method of copying the image from the Word doc > whilst retaining its original quality, ie pixel size. You can tell in > the Word doc that it is a high DPI image but getting it out of Word is > the issue. > > When I change the File/Page setup to, for example A3, and then enlarge > the image in Word to fit on the altered page size (and it looks good > on-screen) if I then copy/paste to a graphics application sometimes > only part of the certificate image is usually copied. > > Any hints, tip or thoughts appreciated. > > To date the best approach I've found is enlarging the page size in > Word, enlarging the image in Word to suit the larger page and then > printing the page as a PDF. Whilst this gives a significant saving in > file size whilst still retaining a reasonable ability to zoom in where > needed I would prefer to retain the image as an image file. > > -- > Robert G. Eldridge Toronto NSW Australia > http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~ddrge/ > Now researching ELDRIDGE families world wide > 1000's at my Web site * Wanted * Any Eldridge related information

Eagle@roadrunner.com (J. Hugh Sullivan) wrote: >On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:15:52 +0000, Terry Pinnell ><terrypin@dial.pipex.com> wrote: > >>Eagle@roadrunner.com (J. Hugh Sullivan) wrote: >> >>>On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:24:29 +0000, Terry Pinnell >>><terrypin@dial.pipex.com> wrote: >>> >>>>I'm returning tentatively to my family researching after a very long >>>>break. Via the 'Hot Matches' facility of GenesReunited, I've >>>>established a common ancestor in another GenesReunited tree. What is >>>>the recommended procedure for adding that entire common branch into my >>>>own tree please? Is it dependent on the other party first going to the >>>>trouble of exporting that sections as a GEDCOM file, so that I can >>>>then import it? Or is there some way I can achieve it without >>>>troubling them? (I also suspect a good proportion of GenesReunited >>>>users might have difficulty in doing this.) >>>> >>>>If it's relevant, I also have FTM 2006. >>>> >>>>I'd like to avoid manually adding every entry. >>>> >>>>Any advice would be appreciated please. >>>> >>>>-- >>>>Terry, East Grinstead, UK >>> >>>This is the way I would do it - people are welcome to agree or >>>disagree. >>> >>>No other person does his genealogy EXACTLY the way I do. Therefore I >>>prefer to make all entries myself. Others have their own way of >>>presenting names, locations and facts. I want my genealogy to be >>>absolutely consistent. I don't like it when a state is spelled AL and >>>Al and Ala and Alabama for example. I like county as Co., not County. >>>Cemetery is Cem. There is no comma in Tuscaloosa AL. Those are a few >>>nits I pick by choice. >>> >>>Also, I find that, by entering each name for myself, I tend to >>>remember the names and perhaps even something about them. That is >>>somewhat important to me. >>> >>>I presume you frequently back up data so it is unnecessary to remind >>>you (even though I just did)! >>> >>>Hugh >> >>Thanks. I certainly share your desire for consistency, and like you I >>would edit spelling, abbreviations, etc. But, assuming I'm confident >>that the *relationships* are accurate below the common ancestor, then >>I really do not want to enter scores of these again. I want to import >>the structure and then edit each individual entry in FTM. >> >>-- >>Terry, East Grinstead, UK > >May I then suggest that you import the file to a new data base, do >your editing there, and only then import to your main data base. > >That may be your intent. > >Hugh Thanks both, I'll try that approach. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK

Everett M. Greene wrote: > David Harper <devnull@obliquity.u-net.com> writes: > [snip] > >>...since BMP is a proprietary Microsoft format which is not >>recognised by many non-Microsoft web browsers. > > You're certain about bitmap format is proprietary to M$? > Bitmaps are the lowest form of image format and have been > in use since Bill Gates was in diapers. BMP is a specific file format; 'bitmap format' and 'bitmaps' are generic terms. -- Thomas M. Sommers -- tms@nj.net -- AB2SB

On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:46:47 -0000, "William Kirk" <nospam@home.com> wrote: >Robert: > >You lose quality (dpi) if you cut and paste from Word. A known trick is to >save the file as a web page from within Word (most versions) and then locate >the file for the image using Windows Explorer. > Thanks William & Hugh. It seems David lost the plot. -- Bob