In FTM on your Family Page, choose and cursor your oldest person you want to start with. Click on Outline icon. Then click on Contents pulldown, click on "Items to include in each entry" and set all of these items as you want like you can include places or not include places; you can just include names with no dates, no places and/or no info. After items is done, then where you clicked on "Items to include....." click on "# of Generations to show" and select your number of generations. Leave your outline up. Go to File pulldown, select/click on "Copy/Export Individuals in Outline Descendant Tree. Name your file and choose/click on from "Save as type" the FTW extension or GED extension. Then follow selection process. Choosing the extension GED is text and all type tree programs should be able to import your file into their own tree program. Remember what directory your file is in so you can find it when and if you want to send it as an attachment on an email. ATTACHMENT SETTINGS IN YOUR EMAIL PROGRAM: Check your settings in your email program. Don't know what program you are using so use your EMAIL PROGRAM pulldowns until you find your attachment settings. I use Eudora so I find mine under Tools then Options. Make sure your attachment setting is NOT set for "putting text attachments in body of message." If your email program is set to put attachment text in body of msg, a GED will go ON an email msg in pages and pages of coded text. Now, that text code on an email can be converted back for any tree program but kinda hard for a beginner because you gotta be careful you copy all of the text code when converting. Holler. Gloria At 12:04 PM 7/10/99 EDT, you wrote: >Can someone please explain to me an easy way to make files of JUST A PART of >my files? for example to send just my half of the record without my husbands >3000 people. I have both PAF and FTW. I have read my instruction books and >they are not very helpful. I can seperate out a descendant tree, but that is >not always sufficient. > >Thanks, Kate > > >==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== >Please send questions, comments and ideas for the Macoupin County, ILGenWeb Home Page and Mail List to: >Eric Adcock, Macoupin County, IL GenWeb Coordinator - eadcock@dave-world.ne >Kathleen Mirabella, Macoupin County, ILGenWeb Mail List Manager - KathieMir@aol.com > > ------------------ Gloria Frazier Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm