I use Windows 7 and like it very much, after I made the necessary corrections to make it compatible with old programs. When I want to print in .pdf I 1st save it in .rtf and then using Adobe make a copy in .pdf and save it. Ross GH Cotton Burlington ON CAN 905)639-2929 Skype me at - Cottonian Library Genealogy of the Cotton surname is my Enigma I haven't sent an attachment if the details aren't mentioned above GOONS member responsible for tracking the surname COTTON, #1437 Coordinator for Cotton DNA testing Project, Worldwide See http://home.comcast.net/~Cottondna/ -------------------------------------------------- From: "DON RUBARTS" <ndrubarts@verizon.net> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 12:11 PM To: <paf-5-users@rootsweb.com> Subject: [PAF-5] Need Help Printing with Win-7 > > Due to a power surge that fried every computer in my neighborhood, I had > to > buy a new one. Naturally with my luck, it has Win-7. > > I remember all the mails with PAF and Win-7 not recognizing PDF writers > but > I ignored them since it wasn't a problem for me. > > Paf only lists the true printers attached to the PC. How can I get my > print > to a PDF format? > > Simple explanations please. > > Thanks, > Don Rubarts > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Don, PAF does not have the option to print to PDF. However, you can use a PDF printer if you designate it as the default printer before you start PAF up. I use Cute PDF Writer. It works well for me on an XP machine. I don't know about WIN 7. I am sending you a paper that will explain it. Since I can't send attachment on this list it will come by separate email. Lynn -----Original Message----- From: DON RUBARTS <ndrubarts@verizon.net> To: paf-5-users@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, Oct 16, 2010 10:11 am Subject: [PAF-5] Need Help Printing with Win-7 ue to a power surge that fried every computer in my neighborhood, I had to uy a new one. Naturally with my luck, it has Win-7. I remember all the mails with PAF and Win-7 not recognizing PDF writers but ignored them since it wasn't a problem for me. Paf only lists the true printers attached to the PC. How can I get my print o a PDF format? Simple explanations please. Thanks, on Rubarts ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

Okay, I did the PTF option and it produced a report Word document. I was then able to use CUTE to print the report as a PDF. It is an extra step but it works. Thanks, Don

On XP when I wanted to print, I could produce PAF reports directly to PDF format. Just click on print and it let you select which one you wanted. I used a PDF writer given to me by someone on this list plus I had CUTE PDF writer. So these plus actual printers, I had a lot of capability. I tried to print your attachment on another computer and printer and it printed blank. I will try to figure that one out. I just don't like Win-7. Don

Due to a power surge that fried every computer in my neighborhood, I had to buy a new one. Naturally with my luck, it has Win-7. I remember all the mails with PAF and Win-7 not recognizing PDF writers but I ignored them since it wasn't a problem for me. Paf only lists the true printers attached to the PC. How can I get my print to a PDF format? Simple explanations please. Thanks, Don Rubarts

The PAF forum on Genforum has been very quiet too. http://genforum.genealogy.com/paf/ Bill Buchanan On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Jo Cox <jocox@hughes.net> wrote: > I haven't received any either. Just quiet I guess. > > Jo > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ross G. H. Cotton" <rgcotton@skylinc.net> > To: <paf-5-users@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 8:40 AM > Subject: Re: [PAF-5] No emails > > > No it still works. > > > > Ross GH Cotton Burlington ON CAN 905)639-2929 > Skype me at - Cottonian Library > Genealogy of the Cotton surname is my Enigma > I haven't sent an attachment if the details aren't mentioned above > > GOONS member responsible for tracking the surname COTTON, #1437 > Coordinator for Cotton DNA testing Project, Worldwide > See http://home.comcast.net/~Cottondna/ > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "C Pingenot Forrest" <cb4rest@sbcglobal.net> > Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 9:07 AM > To: <paf-5-users@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [PAF-5] No emails > > > It has been a long time since I have received any emails - have I > > accidentally fallen off the list? > > > > > > > > C Forrest > > > > >

I haven't received any either. Just quiet I guess. Jo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ross G. H. Cotton" <rgcotton@skylinc.net> To: <paf-5-users@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 8:40 AM Subject: Re: [PAF-5] No emails No it still works. Ross GH Cotton Burlington ON CAN 905)639-2929 Skype me at - Cottonian Library Genealogy of the Cotton surname is my Enigma I haven't sent an attachment if the details aren't mentioned above GOONS member responsible for tracking the surname COTTON, #1437 Coordinator for Cotton DNA testing Project, Worldwide See http://home.comcast.net/~Cottondna/ -------------------------------------------------- From: "C Pingenot Forrest" <cb4rest@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 9:07 AM To: <paf-5-users@rootsweb.com> Subject: [PAF-5] No emails > It has been a long time since I have received any emails - have I > accidentally fallen off the list? > > > > C Forrest > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I thought the same thing. Don Rubarts -----Original Message----- From: paf-5-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:paf-5-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of C Pingenot Forrest Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 8:07 AM To: paf-5-users@rootsweb.com Subject: [PAF-5] No emails It has been a long time since I have received any emails - have I accidentally fallen off the list? C Forrest ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

No it still works. Ross GH Cotton Burlington ON CAN 905)639-2929 Skype me at - Cottonian Library Genealogy of the Cotton surname is my Enigma I haven't sent an attachment if the details aren't mentioned above GOONS member responsible for tracking the surname COTTON, #1437 Coordinator for Cotton DNA testing Project, Worldwide See http://home.comcast.net/~Cottondna/ -------------------------------------------------- From: "C Pingenot Forrest" <cb4rest@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 9:07 AM To: <paf-5-users@rootsweb.com> Subject: [PAF-5] No emails > It has been a long time since I have received any emails - have I > accidentally fallen off the list? > > > > C Forrest > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It has been a long time since I have received any emails - have I accidentally fallen off the list? C Forrest

genealogy wrote: > I need help for saving and cataloging images found online, so I can find them again. These would be birth, marriage, death and census images. Do I somehow attach them to individuals in PAF5 or save them to other folders? > > I am using PAF5 and Windows XP. My genealogy data is in the following file---- > > C:\Documents and Settings\genie_grannie\MyDocuments\MyFamily5.paf > Since many websites have gotten savvy enough to give you d/l images named image.gif, I've had to change the name when I save it anyway, so I've been using WVrr_bc_Charles_Harmison or MDrr_mc_Belle_and_Chris ... I tried bc_wv_Charles_Harmison but found myself being briefly confused over the real source of the item. with the rr attached to the state, it tells me it's from the state's own on-line database. I don't think I'd go so far as to call that "cataloging", or even "indexing" but it does tell me just from the name what it is. (g) And, I keep those in a directory called "GeniePics" to keep them separate from the so-called normal photos of family and friends, or of the azalea bush in front of the house or the 80-ft tree that fell on the roof or the giant toadstool after a week of rain ... Cheryl

On 9/27/2010 1:47 PM, genealogy wrote: > I need help for saving and cataloging images found online, so I can find them again. These would be birth, marriage, death and census images. Do I somehow attach them to individuals in PAF5 or save them to other folders? > > I am using PAF5 and Windows XP. My genealogy data is in the following file---- > > C:\Documents and Settings\genie_grannie\MyDocuments\MyFamily5.paf > > Thank you, > Gladys If I may, I would just like to add to Bills excellent answer. As for where to put the image files: With your PAF file at: C:\Documents and Settings\genie_grannie\MyDocuments\MyFamily5.paf I would put images at: C:\Documents and Settings\genie_grannie\MyDocuments\XXXXXX.jpg or C:\Documents and Settings\genie_grannie\MyDocuments\images\xxxxxx.jpg or C:\Documents and Settings\genie_grannie\MyDocuments\MyFamily5_images\xxxxxx.jpg or C:\Documents and Settings\genie_grannie\MyDocuments\MyFamily5_images\birth_cert\xxxxxx.jpg C:\Documents and Settings\genie_grannie\MyDocuments\MyFamily5_images\death_cert\xxxxxx.jpg C:\Documents and Settings\genie_grannie\MyDocuments\MyFamily5_images\census\xxxxxx.jpg or C:\Documents and Settings\genie_grannie\MyDocuments\MyFamily5_images\surname1\xxxxxx.jpg C:\Documents and Settings\genie_grannie\MyDocuments\MyFamily5_images\surname2\xxxxxx.jpg If you put the image files in any of these folders PAF will store just the part of the path that is different from the PAF file's path. I.e. for that last example PAF will store just .\MyFamily5_images\surname2\xxxxxx.jpg Whereas if you put an image file at C:\temp\images\xxxxxx.jpg PAF will store C:\temp\images\xxxxxx.jpg The mode where PAF stores just the last part of the path, the part that is different is called a 'relative' path. The later example is called an 'absolute path'. If you are going to use PAF5MediaPacker to assemble a single zip archive (to share with family) containing all of your multimedia files along with the PAF file then you want relative paths. Bill covered linking images in to the scrapbook. But there is another place to link images in. These would be images of evidence documents. In the citation window, to the right of 'Comments' and below the 'Actual Text' button there is a button that is labeled: 'Image...' That is where you link in an evidentiary image (or audio recording, or video, ... ) -- I've written a book(let) *"The God I Know"* available at Lulu.com

Gladys I shared my own method of archiving a few years ago on another list. I was contacted by a woman who asked to 'tweak it' for a website where just about any topic might be covered. It's still there...and is still a tried and true method I use. http://ezinearticles.com/?Organizing-Your-Family-Tree-Photographs&id=164937 Hope it helps. Jayne Madison, WI ----- Original Message ----- From: genealogy To: PAF-5-USERS@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 12:47 PM Subject: [PAF-5] Saving and cataloging images I need help for saving and cataloging images found online

I need help for saving and cataloging images found online, so I can find them again. These would be birth, marriage, death and census images. Do I somehow attach them to individuals in PAF5 or save them to other folders? I am using PAF5 and Windows XP. My genealogy data is in the following file---- C:\Documents and Settings\genie_grannie\MyDocuments\MyFamily5.paf Thank you, Gladys

I cannot figure out how to cite sources in a Modified Register Report. This is what I want to do. I want to have the full text of the sources print out at the end of a book report, with each source printed out only once. For example, Mary Smith, the first person in the report, was born on 3 April 1900. I know this because I found the record in the XYZ Church records for 1900. I want a superscript 1 to appear after the birth date, and the full text of the source to appear at the end of the report as "1. XYZ Church Records for 1900." If later in the report, I cite John Brown, who also appears in the XYZ Church Records for 1900, I want the superscript 1 to appear after his birth date, which will point to "1. XYZ Church Records for 1900" in the source list. In other words, I want the full text of any given source to appear only once. I do not want a bunch of ibids. My main genealogy program is Brother's Keeper, which does what I want to do beautifully. However, I want to use PAF for backup and for some of their reports. I have stepped through all the options in PAF a dozen times, and still cannot achieve what I want. Any help will be much appreciated. Carole

Gladys, In your place, I would create a folder for your images and either move your PAF data file into that folder or place the folder beside your PAF data file. This will allow PAF to use Relative links, which means that you can copy your data and images to a flash drive, external drive, or a different computer without breaking the links. To catalog the images, there are many possibilities. The simplest I have found is to rename the image files so something like "Wright Thomas Richard (1852) 1881 Census" (and leave the rest of the original image name if you wish). Images that refer to multiple members of a family can be linked to each person or to the head of the family. This naming convention identifies the image as the 1881 census image of Thomas Richard Wright born in 1852. If you have two people with exactly the same name born the same year you can add a description that makes it clear which one it is. To link a PAF record to an image, highlight the person's record, click the camera and browse to the image (another good reason to have all images in the same folder). If the image is in Adobe PDF format, you will need to say the item is a video clip rather than a photo. The process is repetitive but not complicated. To view all of the images linked to an individual, highlight the individual, click on the camera icon and then click on Scrapbook. Remember that the images do not become part of the PAF database. PAF has simply added links that point to where the images are really located. So if you delete an image from the folder it is gone from PAF. If you move EITHER the data file or the images folder without moving the OTHER, the relative links will not work. I have probably made it sound more complicated than it really is. If you need further help, please post another message. Bill Buchanan website: http://billbuchanan.byethost17.com blog: http://billbuchanan.blogspot.com On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:47 AM, genealogy <genie_grannie@frontier.com>wrote: > I need help for saving and cataloging images found online, so I can find > them again. These would be birth, marriage, death and census images. Do I > somehow attach them to individuals in PAF5 or save them to other folders? > > I am using PAF5 and Windows XP. My genealogy data is in the following > file---- > > C:\Documents and Settings\genie_grannie\MyDocuments\MyFamily5.paf > > Thank you, > Gladys > > >

Thanks for the help. It did the job. I tried this method, and it took the items off, but left the separator bar "Other Events", which I can live with. Bea ----- Original Message ---- > From: Bill Buchanan <genealogistbuchanan@gmail.com> > To: paf-5-users@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sat, September 25, 2010 11:57:38 AM > Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Removing User Events > > Bea, > > Try this: > 1. Create a new backup in case something goes wrong > 2. Edit menu > Individual Event > 3. Select the event you wish to delete > 4. Click Delete > OK > I haven't done this for a long time, but I am quite sure this is how I did > it. > > -- > Bill Buchanan > website: http://billbuchanan.byethost17.com > blog: http://billbuchanan.blogspot.com > > > > > On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Bea <bea1935@yahoo.ca> wrote: > > > I have used special templates for specific files. One such template had an > > event > > selected that I no longer care to use. > > > > > > I checked the format of the template and that event is not listed among the > > items that should show up on the family screen, but it does. I can see no > > way of > > getting rid of that event other than opening each file and selecting > > "Other" and > > then selecting "Delete event/attribute." > > > > Since I have 500 entries to be removed, is there a quicker way of doing > > this? > > Preferably all at once. :-) > > > > Bea > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message >

Bea, Try this: 1. Create a new backup in case something goes wrong 2. Edit menu > Individual Event 3. Select the event you wish to delete 4. Click Delete > OK I haven't done this for a long time, but I am quite sure this is how I did it. -- Bill Buchanan website: http://billbuchanan.byethost17.com blog: http://billbuchanan.blogspot.com On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Bea <bea1935@yahoo.ca> wrote: > I have used special templates for specific files. One such template had an > event > selected that I no longer care to use. > > > I checked the format of the template and that event is not listed among the > items that should show up on the family screen, but it does. I can see no > way of > getting rid of that event other than opening each file and selecting > "Other" and > then selecting "Delete event/attribute." > > Since I have 500 entries to be removed, is there a quicker way of doing > this? > Preferably all at once. :-) > > Bea > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have used special templates for specific files. One such template had an event selected that I no longer care to use. I checked the format of the template and that event is not listed among the items that should show up on the family screen, but it does. I can see no way of getting rid of that event other than opening each file and selecting "Other" and then selecting "Delete event/attribute." Since I have 500 entries to be removed, is there a quicker way of doing this? Preferably all at once. :-) Bea

I just want to say that I've had exactly the same experiences as Maureen's, so I sympathise with her.The problem I still have is that the photos for quite a lot of family members do not show up. There is still the little chequered triangle, but the picture doesn't show up when that person is in LH position. Sometimes not even when I click on the camera logo.And there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it!!!Kind regardsJoy