Linnea, I have a PC and my mom has a Mac. She has been looking for a program. I forwarded on your letter to her. She loves her Mac and I love my PC. Thank goodness for the internet or we would never be able to share files. Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: Linnea Miller <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 7:55 PM Subject: Re: [PENNA-DUTCH-L] transferring files >Hi! > >I use a Mac and even FTM files from others cannot be directly imported by >my FTM. What I need is a GEDCOM file. All I do is open (or convert on my >Mac) into my WP (Clarisworks). Then I "save as" a plain text file. This is >what I now can "import" as a gedcom into FTM. In FTM as you are importing >there are buttons on your window which you can scroll to choose the type of >file you are importing. (I'm hoping this is the same in a PC FTM version! ><G>) Choose "gedcom" and you should be in business!! It's the same on >exporting FTM files - scroll the button & choose "gedcom". Some questions >will be asked on both as far as what fields you'd like to import/export and >then it will convert it for you. > >BTW - I have recently purchased Reunion for the Mac as my main gene >program. It's *fabulous* and is a "native" Mac program. I was really >disgusted with Broderbund for sucking me in to purchase the Mac version of >FTM and them having almost zero support for it. It has never been upgraded >in almost a year and a half!! Can't import images or even fully utilize an >FTM web page at their site, since the Mac version does not support those >features. > >One note of mention when importing gedcoms from anyone: no program is >*exactly* the same. The additional fields which may be included just may >not fit in to the same fields in your program or they may be too long and >are cropped. Always go back & double-check to make sure your have the right >information in the correct fields. > >Hope this helps a bit! > >-Linnea > >At 16:51 6/30/99, L.A.McGinnis wrote: >> Sure would like to know this as well - >> >> I think it must depend on the software and / or the >>computer and / or the setup of these - because I can't do it either even >>though everything says this is possible - but I'm NOT a computer whiz - >> >> >> >> >>> >>> I really feel stupid here, but how do you export an FTM file to a gedcom >>> file? >>> >> >> join the club - I have some GEDcom files which have been >>sent to me, but I can't figure out how to access them even though my FTW >>program supposedly does this; I think something is defective, but no one >>will admit this - they just agree it's a befuddling problem - >> :) :) :) >> >>anne-ology >>[email protected] >>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/8739/index.html > > > >==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== >New lists and web sites that are about the PA DUTCH >are gladly advertised here. >