I want to send, by e mail, a one page pedigree chart. I thought I would be able to print it to file and then send it as an attachment but print to file just produces a vertical list that is quite useless rather than a chart. Can it be done? John

Hi John Yes. It is not PAF that is the problem. When you print a report to a file, it creates an .rtf file which is a Rich Text File format. PAF will automatically open your default word processor which sounds like Microsoft Word. Your Word program is set to open the file in a View format that runs all the rtf records one per line which gives you the vertical list you describe. In Word, click on the View pull down menu and select the Print Layout format. That should change the report to what you would expect. Richard Rands At 02:46 PM 6/25/2005 -0700, john burns wrote: >I want to send, by e mail, a one page pedigree chart. I thought I would be >able to print it to file and then send it as an attachment but print to >file just produces a vertical list that is quite useless rather than a >chart. Can it be done? >John > > >==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== >PAF-5-USERS Mailing List >http://www.ausbdm.org/p5uindex.php

Thanks everyone for straitening me out. There is always snail mail. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Rands" <rrands@cfmc.com> To: "john burns" <johnburns@telus.net>; <PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 3:37 PM Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Print to file > Hi John > Yes. It is not PAF that is the problem. When you print a report to a > file, it creates an .rtf file which is a Rich Text File format. PAF will > automatically open your default word processor which sounds like Microsoft > Word. Your Word program is set to open the file in a View format that runs > all the rtf records one per line which gives you the vertical list you > describe. In Word, click on the View pull down menu and select the Print > Layout format. That should change the report to what you would expect. > > Richard Rands > > > > At 02:46 PM 6/25/2005 -0700, john burns wrote: > >I want to send, by e mail, a one page pedigree chart. I thought I would be > >able to print it to file and then send it as an attachment but print to > >file just produces a vertical list that is quite useless rather than a > >chart. Can it be done? > >John > > > > > >==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== > >PAF-5-USERS Mailing List > >http://www.ausbdm.org/p5uindex.php > > >