Mareen: If you want an RTF file, like you'd get in PAF, you use the method Bill outlines. The "Publish a Family Book" allows you to combine several reports all into one large report with a master table of contents and master index. This option does not have the capability of generating to an RTF file -- you can either print it directly to your printer or to a PDF file. Gaylon Bill Buchanan wrote: > Maureen, > > In my copy of PAFwiz2, I can select the File menu > Reports and Charts then > select Books > Modified Register > and choose RTF as the destination. And > click Print to create an RTF file of book. I am not sure whether this is > what you are looking for. > > Bill Buchanan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "maureenoc" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 2:40 PM > Subject: [PAF-5] Re PAF2wiz > > > >> I posted the following to the list last week but it did not appear, so >> > here goes again: > >> Gaylon or anyone else who has PAF2WIZ would you mind please advising me of >> > the following. I am using PAF2wiz > >> and would like to know when I go to click on"Publish A Family Book" style >> > if there is > >> any way I can convert my details to an rtf file which I can then put in My >> > Documents > >> and edit - perhaps change wording before printing the Book. I know I can >> > do this when > >> I am in my PAF5 mode by ticking Print to File. Your advice would be >> > helpful. Many > >> thanks. Maureen >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

Gaylon Findlay wrote: > Mareen: > > If you want an RTF file, like you'd get in PAF, you use the method Bill > outlines. > > The "Publish a Family Book" allows you to combine several reports all > into one large report with a master table of contents and master index. > This option does not have the capability of generating to an RTF file -- > you can either print it directly to your printer or to a PDF file. > > Gaylon > > > Bill Buchanan wrote: > Gaylon, couldn't you install a generic text printer and select that as the default? And then once you've got the text file, you can do whatever you want with it by way of fonts, insertions, etc etc. You'd probably have to remark all the index entries, and that might not be worth minor tweaks in the layout/presentation. Also, seems to me I've heard about a freeware/shareware program that lets you edit pdf files -- will PAFWhiz let you install that one? Cheryl -- There should be no attachments on this message, unless I specifically mentioned them above.

Cheryl, I am aware of the free Java-based program "PDF Split and Merge", which allows you to add or delete pages in a PDF document. But it doesn't allow you to edit the contents of the pages. I would like to know if there is a free PDF to Text or RTF utility. I just sent two PDF files to the free file conversion service at Zamzar.com to see if they will do it. I have asked to have them converted to Word .DOC format. I will let you know whether it worked. It may depend upon the complexity of the documents. Bill Buchanan ----- Original Message ----- From: "singhals" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 6:02 AM Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Re PAF2wiz > Gaylon Findlay wrote: > > > Mareen: > > > > If you want an RTF file, like you'd get in PAF, you use the method Bill > > outlines. > > > > The "Publish a Family Book" allows you to combine several reports all > > into one large report with a master table of contents and master index. > > This option does not have the capability of generating to an RTF file -- > > you can either print it directly to your printer or to a PDF file. > > > > Gaylon > > > > > > Bill Buchanan wrote: > > > > > Gaylon, > > couldn't you install a generic text printer and select that > as the default? And then once you've got the text file, you > can do whatever you want with it by way of fonts, > insertions, etc etc. You'd probably have to remark all the > index entries, and that might not be worth minor tweaks in > the layout/presentation. > > Also, seems to me I've heard about a freeware/shareware > program that lets you edit pdf files -- will PAFWhiz let > you install that one? > > Cheryl > > -- > There should be no attachments on this message, unless I > specifically mentioned them above. > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.6/1360 - Release Date: 4/4/2008 6:02 PM > >

Cheryl: I haven't tried this, but I think you could. The problem with this approach is that you'd lose all the nice formatting, and the text would contain the information, but not be very pretty. If you're primarily working with the two narrative reports -- the Ahnentafel and Modified Register, there are better ways to do this (described below.) For other reports you might include such as fan charts, descendant charts, pedigree charts, family group sheets, etc., this text format would not be presentable in a published book. If you're primarily using the Ahnentafel and Modified Book reports in your family book, don't even use the 'Publish a Family Book' feature. Just create these reports to RTF or WordPerfect format, then use Word or WordPerfect to combine the various smaller reports into a single larger report, along with any other documents, and finally generate the index -- when you generate these two reports from PAFWiz to an RTF or WordPerfect file, it puts the index entries into the document, so this should be an easy task. Gaylon singhals wrote: > Gaylon Findlay wrote: > > >> Mareen: >> >> If you want an RTF file, like you'd get in PAF, you use the method Bill >> outlines. >> >> The "Publish a Family Book" allows you to combine several reports all >> into one large report with a master table of contents and master index. >> This option does not have the capability of generating to an RTF file -- >> you can either print it directly to your printer or to a PDF file. >> >> Gaylon >> >> >> Bill Buchanan wrote: >> >> > > > Gaylon, > > couldn't you install a generic text printer and select that > as the default? And then once you've got the text file, you > can do whatever you want with it by way of fonts, > insertions, etc etc. You'd probably have to remark all the > index entries, and that might not be worth minor tweaks in > the layout/presentation. > > Also, seems to me I've heard about a freeware/shareware > program that lets you edit pdf files -- will PAFWhiz let > you install that one? > > Cheryl > >