I have come a cropper, trying to copy and paste chunks of family tree from FTM into gmail emails. The superscript that appears frequently in FTM reports reverts to ordinary text, producing dates, for instance, as 17228. Although one can eliminate some superscript by not including References, generation are linked by superscript. I have therefore been removing the offending numbers manually. The best way out of this seems to be to attach the info as a Word file, but not everyone has Word. Is there any other way round this? Adrian

> From: Adrian Abbott via > Sent: 19 February 2015 11:54 > > I have come a cropper, trying to copy and paste chunks of family tree > from FTM into gmail emails. The superscript that appears frequently in > FTM reports reverts to ordinary text, producing dates, for instance, > as 17228. Although one can eliminate some superscript by not including > References, generation are linked by superscript. I have therefore > been removing the offending numbers manually. > > The best way out of this seems to be to attach the info as a Word > file, but not everyone has Word. Is there any other way round this? RTF or PDF are more universally readable formats than Word, and Word will save as either. Or export from FTM to Word and then copy-and-paste into Gmail. As long as you don't have plain text mode on pasting from Word seems to work (I tried a paragraph I wrote this morning including superscripts and Greek letters and it worked fine). Best wishes Andrew -- Andrew Millard - A.R.Millard@durham.ac.uk Chair, Trustees of Genuki: www.genuki.org.uk Maintainer, Genuki Middx + London: www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/MDX/ + ../LND/ Academic Co-ordinator, Guild of One-Name Studies: www.one-name.org Bodimeade one-name study: community.dur.ac.uk/a.r.millard/genealogy/Bodimeade/ My genealogy: community.dur.ac.uk/a.r.millard/genealogy/

I usually tend to assume that everyone can download and read a word document attachment, but add into the body of the email a statement saying that if they have difficulty reading or downloading, to contact me and I will send it either in a different format or in the body of the email. I can't remember the last time anyone actually asked for a document in a different format though. The other strategy I have is to produce a pdf as again, most people seem to be able to download those. The way I produce pdfs is via cutepdf http://www.cutepdf.com/ - this installs under your printer options, so you just "print" the document, selecting cutepdf as the printer. Corinne Curtis #5579 On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 12:14 PM, MILLARD A.R. via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> From: Adrian Abbott via >> Sent: 19 February 2015 11:54 >> >> I have come a cropper, trying to copy and paste chunks of family tree >> from FTM into gmail emails. The superscript that appears frequently in >> FTM reports reverts to ordinary text, producing dates, for instance, >> as 17228. Although one can eliminate some superscript by not including >> References, generation are linked by superscript. I have therefore >> been removing the offending numbers manually. >> >> The best way out of this seems to be to attach the info as a Word >> file, but not everyone has Word. Is there any other way round this? > > RTF or PDF are more universally readable formats than Word, and Word will save as either. Or export from FTM to Word and then copy-and-paste into Gmail. As long as you don't have plain text mode on pasting from Word seems to work (I tried a paragraph I wrote this morning including superscripts and Greek letters and it worked fine). > > > Best wishes > > Andrew > -- > Andrew Millard - A.R.Millard@durham.ac.uk > Chair, Trustees of Genuki: www.genuki.org.uk > Maintainer, Genuki Middx + London: www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/MDX/ + ../LND/ > Academic Co-ordinator, Guild of One-Name Studies: www.one-name.org > Bodimeade one-name study: community.dur.ac.uk/a.r.millard/genealogy/Bodimeade/ > My genealogy: community.dur.ac.uk/a.r.millard/genealogy/ > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I always send information in PDF format. Then it can't be changed. All the superscripts etc. are retained. Anne Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html http://duncalfonenamestudy.tribalpages.com/ Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk -----Original Message----- From: goons-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:goons-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Abbott via Sent: 19 February 2015 11:54 To: GOONS@rootsweb.com Subject: [G] Superscript in emails details I have come a cropper, trying to copy and paste chunks of family tree from FTM into gmail emails. The superscript that appears frequently in FTM reports reverts to ordinary text, producing dates, for instance, as 17228. Although one can eliminate some superscript by not including References, generation are linked by superscript. I have therefore been removing the offending numbers manually. The best way out of this seems to be to attach the info as a Word file, but not everyone has Word. Is there any other way round this? Adrian _____________________________________________ RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5645 / Virus Database: 4284/9143 - Release Date: 02/19/15 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5645 / Virus Database: 4284/9143 - Release Date: 02/19/15

AFAIK it can be changed unless you've secured it with a good password. You just need suitable software (eg. Adobe Acrobat) HTH Andy At 15:07 19/02/2015, Anne wrote: >I always send information in PDF format. Then it can't be changed. All the >superscripts etc. are retained. http://andymick.magix.net/public/micklethwaite.htm Sent from VirtualBox running in Linux Mint

Hi Folks Anyone with a Mac does not need special software to create a PDF. It can then be read in Preview or Adobe Reader. But having created a PDF, I could not figure out how the text could be changed. Could anyone please explain? June Willing Guild of One-Name Studies member no 2117 Willing/Willings One-Name Study http://one-name.org/name_profile/Willing/ Willing/Willings DNA Project http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Willing/ Dominicus One-Name Study http://one-name.org/name_profile/dominicus/ On 19 Feb 2015, at 16:01, Andy Micklethwaite via wrote: > AFAIK it can be changed unless you've secured it with a good > password. You just need suitable software (eg. Adobe Acrobat) > HTH Andy > > At 15:07 19/02/2015, Anne wrote: >> I always send information in PDF format. Then it can't be changed. >> All the >> superscripts etc. are retained. > > http://andymick.magix.net/public/micklethwaite.htm > Sent from VirtualBox running in Linux Mint > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

There is much more to the 'Adobe System' than the ubiquitous 'Adobe Reader' that is free and on most computers and devices. Those with the full Adobe System available can manipulate text in PDF files unless a file is password protected. On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 11:28 AM, June Willing via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi Folks > > Anyone with a Mac does not need special software to create a PDF. It > can then be read in Preview or Adobe Reader. > > But having created a PDF, I could not figure out how the text could be > changed. Could anyone please explain? > > June Willing > Guild of One-Name Studies member no 2117 > Willing/Willings One-Name Study > http://one-name.org/name_profile/Willing/ > Willing/Willings DNA Project > http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Willing/ > Dominicus One-Name Study > http://one-name.org/name_profile/dominicus/ > > > > > > On 19 Feb 2015, at 16:01, Andy Micklethwaite via wrote: > >> AFAIK it can be changed unless you've secured it with a good >> password. You just need suitable software (eg. Adobe Acrobat) >> HTH Andy >> >> At 15:07 19/02/2015, Anne wrote: >>> I always send information in PDF format. Then it can't be changed. >>> All the >>> superscripts etc. are retained. >> >> http://andymick.magix.net/public/micklethwaite.htm >> Sent from VirtualBox running in Linux Mint >> >> _____________________________________________ >> >> RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Gene Prescott Greenville, NC Guild of One-Name Studies: http://one-name.org/name_profile/prescott/ C. Eugene Prescott, CPA web/blogsite: http://taxtechcpa.blogspot.com/

Hi, You could try Libre which is an open source Publisher that is compatible with MS Word and can create PDF's as well, being open source means that you get the latest version and upgrades all Free. Of course you can donate to the Author/s of the program if you so wish. As for PDF's as some else pointed out they can be edited with Adobe Publisher I think it's called and you pay for that one, there may be other programs that can also edit the PDF files as well, however password protecting them is an added security if you wish to go done that path however that is not to say that can be got around as well. Most folk will not bother and will take the PDF as is. Another option is to import your GEDCom into Legacy and then create the PDF's for each branch or twig of the surname you want. This is not a sales pitch, just a happy user of Libre and Legacy. Regards, David J Grimshaw (or is it Grimason?) Genealogical Researcher of the "Grimason" surname and variations of the "Grimason" surname World Wide. A One Name study registered with the Guild of One Name Studies (GOONS): 6138 formally 2962 The "Sherlock Holmes" of this family according to some. On 20/02/2015 12:54 a.m., Adrian Abbott via wrote: > I have come a cropper, trying to copy and paste chunks of family tree > from FTM into gmail emails. The superscript that appears frequently in > FTM reports reverts to ordinary text, producing dates, for instance, > as 17228. Although one can eliminate some superscript by not including > References, generation are linked by superscript. I have therefore > been removing the offending numbers manually. > > The best way out of this seems to be to attach the info as a Word > file, but not everyone has Word. Is there any other way round this? > > Adrian > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >