Hi Listers, Last week I used the German function of PAF and tried to print a Descendany Chart to file. When I opened it in Word, nothing appeared on the screen except the headings and the connecting lines--no names an dates. I didn't have time to work with it and thought I'd done something wrong. This morning I was using the English function and the same thing happened. This time I looked at print preview, and the preview looked fine, so I printed it and the printed copy is fine. I closed it and attached it to E-mail and sent it to myself as a test. It opens with the lines only showing on the screen in Word, but prints fine, so I sent it on to my networking partner. No time for feedback yet, but I've warned her not to panic when it opens, because it will (I hope) print okay. I can't recall this ever happening before, and still wonder if I'm doing something stupid. Any ideas? Lila in frigid Nebraska

Lila, I have found fewer problems by printing to a PDF writer. That way it looks the same to everyone regardless what computer or operating system is being used. Two excellent free PDF writers are PrimoPDF and CutePDF. They can be used by selecting the PDF writer as the "printer" for any print job from any software. (When printing to a PDF writer in PAF, you need to remove the check mark from "Print to file".) Bill Buchanan > Hi Listers, > > Last week I used the German function of PAF and tried to print a Descendany Chart to file. When I opened it in Word, nothing appeared on the screen except the headings and the connecting lines--no names an dates. I didn't have time to work with it and thought I'd done something wrong. > > This morning I was using the English function and the same thing happened. This time I looked at print preview, and the preview looked fine, so I printed it and the printed copy is fine. > > I closed it and attached it to E-mail and sent it to myself as a test. It opens with the lines only showing on the screen in Word, but prints fine, so I sent it on to my networking partner. No time for feedback yet, but I've warned her not to panic when it opens, because it will (I hope) print okay. > > I can't recall this ever happening before, and still wonder if I'm doing something stupid. Any ideas? > > Lila > in frigid Nebraska > > ------------------------------- > 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 Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.5/1279 - Release Date: 2/14/2008 6:35 PM > >

Thanks for that tip, Bill, and I'll try to remember it. I got caught up in a brain-consuming pursuit and forgot nearly everything I knew. :-) I have Cute PDF writer, and could do that easily. Most times, however, I want to do a little editing (if nothing else, place some name or date in Boldface or colored font) to emphasize one thing or another to the networker. The editing capability, and the German language function, are the reasons I'm sticking with PAF until it won't work any longer. Lila ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Buchanan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 15 February, 2008 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Printing a descendany to file > Lila, > > I have found fewer problems by printing to a PDF writer. That way it looks > the same to everyone regardless what computer or operating system is being > used. Two excellent free PDF writers are PrimoPDF and CutePDF. They can > be > used by selecting the PDF writer as the "printer" for any print job from > any > software. (When printing to a PDF writer in PAF, you need to remove the > check mark from "Print to file".) > > > Bill Buchanan > >> Hi Listers, >> >> Last week I used the German function of PAF and tried to print a > Descendany Chart to file. When I opened it in Word, nothing appeared on > the > screen except the headings and the connecting lines--no names an dates. I > didn't have time to work with it and thought I'd done something wrong. >> >> This morning I was using the English function and the same thing >> happened. > This time I looked at print preview, and the preview looked fine, so I > printed it and the printed copy is fine. >> >> I closed it and attached it to E-mail and sent it to myself as a test. It > opens with the lines only showing on the screen in Word, but prints fine, > so > I sent it on to my networking partner. No time for feedback yet, but I've > warned her not to panic when it opens, because it will (I hope) print > okay. >> >> I can't recall this ever happening before, and still wonder if I'm doing > something stupid. Any ideas? >> >> Lila >> in frigid Nebraska >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.5/1279 - Release Date: >> 2/14/2008 > 6:35 PM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >