On 8/3/2015 5:17 PM, Teresa Elliott via wrote: > Using Word, I have set the left margin at 1" so that I can hole punch the > page and reset the default. But when TMG sends the report to Word, it resets > that margin back to .5". Is there a setting in TMG that I can tell it what > I want the margins to be, since it isn't using the Word default template. If > I change it after the ID is printed, it shifts everything right .5" and then > the text flows off the page. Teresa, I'd not expect the report to use the default settings in Word since it has it's own setting - you can't have two sets working on the same document. To access the settings in TMG click the Properties button in the lower half of of the Report Definition screen. Terry Reigel

John, >> so I cannot go to her house and her computer to try to help her. There are way to directly control her computer from a remote machine assuming you have a broadband connection and not dial up. I have used both WebEx and TeamViewer for this, both free, but there are others. You could also use DropBox or OneDrive to share files rather than sending a zip file. Walter -----Original Message----- From: tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John B. Windham via Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 12:09 PM To: 'Dennis Lee Bieber' <bieber.genealogy@earthlink.net>; tmg@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TMG] OT-recommendations for UnZip freeware Dennis, Your question has jerked back to the reality that I did not state the *real* problem/question. I will retry: My friend lives a long distance from me, so I cannot go to her house and her computer to try to help her. I have been communicating with her by email but I can, if necessary get her on the phone while she is sitting at her computer. I send her an email with an attachment and, at the same time, I send others the same email with that same attachment. Everyone else gets the attachment and can open and view the attachment. My friend claims she does not get the attachment and claims she cannot see it. I assumed that she did not have an Un Zip program on her computer. Now, after your question of 'what functions are you really asking for', I realize I just have not been able to explain to her what she needs to do in order to be able to see/view the attachment that is probably already on her computer. Also, part of the problem is that 'it is the blind, trying to lead the blind'. That is, I have not been able, thus far to instruct her properly. -----Original Message----- At 05:49 AM 8/3/2015, John B. Windham via wrote: >I use WinZip (paid-for version) but have a friend who needs a good >Unzip freeware package for Windows. >Googling UnZip freeware gives many choices but I don't know enough >about these freeware UnZip programs to help my friend make a choice. > >My friend is not very computer literate but she needs a UnZip package >that is free, reliable, and fairly easy to use. >Can anyone make recommendations. What functions are you really asking for? For simple (no password/encryption) pure ZIP format files, Windows 7 already is capable of opening them (they look just like any other directory window) to permit one to copy files out (I'm not sure if the "Extract All" context menu is Win7 also). I don't believe it supports adding files to an archive. Neither will it handle LHA, LZH, GZ (I don't think), TGZ (aka .tar.gz), BZ2, etc. compression modes. On my current desktop, I have 7-Zip installed (and I believe that is what is authorized for installation at work also). One of my laptops (not sure if the newer Win7 or the ancient WinXP) has PeaZip. -- bieber.genealogy@earthlink.net Dennis Lee Bieber HTTP://home.earthlink.net/~bieber.genealogy/ The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Using Word, I have set the left margin at 1" so that I can hole punch the page and reset the default. But when TMG sends the report to Word, it resets that margin back to .5". Is there a setting in TMG that I can tell it what I want the margins to be, since it isn't using the Word default template. If I change it after the ID is printed, it shifts everything right .5" and then the text flows off the page.

Trying to print an Individual Detail. Do not want a report name. Tried - but it prints. How do I go about not having a report name on the ID report? and how do I get rid of the line with the flags and reference number. Don't want it either.

I also use Good Reader to see my TMG project on my iPad whenever connection to the internet is not available and I can't get to my Second Site website. It took me a while to figure it out, but it works great as a viewing platform. Kaye On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 2:23 AM, Garry F Bell via <tmg@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi > > I have no desire to take leave of TMG on my Windows PC but when I am > waiting for someone/something I like to browse my iPad, and in this case > my Genealogy. Can someone suggest an App to which I can GedCom my Tree > (except for Witnesses) and take it from there. I reiterate - it is only > for browsing purposes. It will be food for thought. > > With thanks > Garry > The TMG archive is found here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Can she see any attachment at all? Have you tried sending her a JPEG? I'd send her something like a photo (JPEG) to see if she can see that attachment and if she can open it. Donna -----Original Message----- From: tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John B. Windham via Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 12:09 PM To: 'Dennis Lee Bieber'; tmg@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TMG] OT-recommendations for UnZip freeware Dennis, Your question has jerked back to the reality that I did not state the *real* problem/question. I will retry: My friend lives a long distance from me, so I cannot go to her house and her computer to try to help her. I have been communicating with her by email but I can, if necessary get her on the phone while she is sitting at her computer. I send her an email with an attachment and, at the same time, I send others the same email with that same attachment. Everyone else gets the attachment and can open and view the attachment. My friend claims she does not get the attachment and claims she cannot see it. I assumed that she did not have an Un Zip program on her computer. Now, after your question of 'what functions are you really asking for', I realize I just have not been able to explain to her what she needs to do in order to be able to see/view the attachment that is probably already on her computer. Also, part of the problem is that 'it is the blind, trying to lead the blind'. That is, I have not been able, thus far to instruct her properly.

Hi John, 7-zip works well and is fairly easy to use. Best wishes Paul On 03/08/2015 10:49, John B. Windham via wrote: > I use WinZip (paid-for version) but have a friend who needs a good Unzip > freeware package for Windows. > Googling UnZip freeware gives many choices but I don't know enough about > these freeware UnZip programs to help my friend make a choice. > > My friend is not very computer literate but she needs a UnZip package that > is free, reliable, and fairly easy to use. > Can anyone make recommendations. > > Thanks, John B. Windham, Metairie, Louisiana > > > > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dennis, Your question has jerked back to the reality that I did not state the *real* problem/question. I will retry: My friend lives a long distance from me, so I cannot go to her house and her computer to try to help her. I have been communicating with her by email but I can, if necessary get her on the phone while she is sitting at her computer. I send her an email with an attachment and, at the same time, I send others the same email with that same attachment. Everyone else gets the attachment and can open and view the attachment. My friend claims she does not get the attachment and claims she cannot see it. I assumed that she did not have an Un Zip program on her computer. Now, after your question of 'what functions are you really asking for', I realize I just have not been able to explain to her what she needs to do in order to be able to see/view the attachment that is probably already on her computer. Also, part of the problem is that 'it is the blind, trying to lead the blind'. That is, I have not been able, thus far to instruct her properly. -----Original Message----- At 05:49 AM 8/3/2015, John B. Windham via wrote: >I use WinZip (paid-for version) but have a friend who needs a good >Unzip freeware package for Windows. >Googling UnZip freeware gives many choices but I don't know enough >about these freeware UnZip programs to help my friend make a choice. > >My friend is not very computer literate but she needs a UnZip package >that is free, reliable, and fairly easy to use. >Can anyone make recommendations. What functions are you really asking for? For simple (no password/encryption) pure ZIP format files, Windows 7 already is capable of opening them (they look just like any other directory window) to permit one to copy files out (I'm not sure if the "Extract All" context menu is Win7 also). I don't believe it supports adding files to an archive. Neither will it handle LHA, LZH, GZ (I don't think), TGZ (aka .tar.gz), BZ2, etc. compression modes. On my current desktop, I have 7-Zip installed (and I believe that is what is authorized for installation at work also). One of my laptops (not sure if the newer Win7 or the ancient WinXP) has PeaZip. -- bieber.genealogy@earthlink.net Dennis Lee Bieber HTTP://home.earthlink.net/~bieber.genealogy/

At 05:49 AM 8/3/2015, John B. Windham via wrote: >I use WinZip (paid-for version) but have a friend who needs a good Unzip >freeware package for Windows. >Googling UnZip freeware gives many choices but I don't know enough about >these freeware UnZip programs to help my friend make a choice. > >My friend is not very computer literate but she needs a UnZip package that >is free, reliable, and fairly easy to use. >Can anyone make recommendations. What functions are you really asking for? For simple (no password/encryption) pure ZIP format files, Windows 7 already is capable of opening them (they look just like any other directory window) to permit one to copy files out (I'm not sure if the "Extract All" context menu is Win7 also). I don't believe it supports adding files to an archive. Neither will it handle LHA, LZH, GZ (I don't think), TGZ (aka .tar.gz), BZ2, etc. compression modes. On my current desktop, I have 7-Zip installed (and I believe that is what is authorized for installation at work also). One of my laptops (not sure if the newer Win7 or the ancient WinXP) has PeaZip. -- bieber.genealogy@earthlink.net Dennis Lee Bieber HTTP://home.earthlink.net/~bieber.genealogy/

On 8/3/2015 5:49 AM, John B. Windham via wrote: > I use WinZip (paid-for version) but have a friend who needs a good Unzip > freeware package for Windows. > Googling UnZip freeware gives many choices but I don't know enough about > these freeware UnZip programs to help my friend make a choice. > > My friend is not very computer literate but she needs a UnZip package that > is free, reliable, and fairly easy to use. > Can anyone make recommendations. John, If she wants something free, why not use the ZIP features built into Windows? It's obviously free, and couldn't be much simpler to use. To un-ZIP, simply click on the ZIPed folder and drag the desired files to another location, or right-click on the folder and choose Extract All. To Zip a file or files, right-click and choose Send To > Commpressed (zipped) Folder. Terry Reigel

I use WinZip (paid-for version) but have a friend who needs a good Unzip freeware package for Windows. Googling UnZip freeware gives many choices but I don't know enough about these freeware UnZip programs to help my friend make a choice. My friend is not very computer literate but she needs a UnZip package that is free, reliable, and fairly easy to use. Can anyone make recommendations. Thanks, John B. Windham, Metairie, Louisiana

On 8/2/2015 6:08 PM, GlendaP via wrote: > Thank you for your input. I finally compared the File Name on the Individual Narrative that I was able to create and found that the 4-generation DIN file name was different. After changing the file name from C:\Documents and Settings\Glenda\My Documents. .. . to C:\Users\Glenda\Documents. . . . the report was created, opened in Word Perfect, and I was able to print it. This was the first time I’ve tried to create a report in v. 9.05, so it looks like the default path didn’t change for some reason upon installation. (I forgot to mention that I use Windows 7.) Glenda, That sounds like the result of installing TMG on a new computer and transferring your Project files. None of the default paths are automatically updated when you move your data from one version of TMG to another, or from one computer to another. I recommend you check all the paths specified in your various project files to see if they are valid and sending data where you intend. Details are in my "Moving" article, at http://tmg.reigelridge.com/new-computer-version.htm#paths Terry Reigel

On 8/2/2015 3:01 PM, Michael J. Hannah via wrote: > However, since I still have old versions of TMG installed I tested this > merging today in various earlier versions. The behavior we expected and > described *was* the behavior in Version 7.04 (which is the last version > where I tested this specific issue). Testing now shows that the > behavior is different in Version 8.08, and the final Version 9.05 > retains that different behavior. Thanks, Michael, I no longer have any old versions installed. My article on Merging, which covers this issue, was last updated in Apr 2005, when TMG 6 was new. And I don't know that the part that covers this issue was updated then - it may have been last tested with TMG 5. I know Jim and I spent a large amount of time with the developers trying to get the Merge Data Sets feature to work in a reasonably logical way, and I think that was when multiple Data Sets were first introduced with TMG 5. I believe this article was first written when or soon after TMG 5 was released. I never merge data sets so I'm sure I've not looked at the issue in years. Thanks to your testing we now know we did all correctly understand how it was supposed to work, and that it did change without anyone noticing. > In summary as Terry noted, as of Version 8 the only way to retain the > old values from the sending dataset is to first create a flag of the > same name in the receiving dataset. Actually, I noted that it works correctly if the custom Flag is created and set in the "receiving" data set. It did not occur to me that you can make it work with the flag in the "sending" data set provided you create one of the same name in the other data set too, which I think is what you are saying you found works. If so, that does provide a workable work-around as long as one knows it is required. Terry Reigel

Terry Reigel replied: > Thanks to your testing we now know we did all correctly understand how > it was supposed to work, and that it did change without anyone noticing. Yep, I guess these changes/bugs can happen. The fact that no one noticed before now is probably an indicator of how seldom people merge with custom Flags in the "sending" dataset which do not exist in the "receiving" data set. > ... you can make it work with the flag in the "sending" data set > provided you create one of the same name in the other data set too, > which I think is what you are saying you found works. Yes. If you want to retain the values of a custom Flag in the "sending" data set, all that is required is to create a custom Flag with the exact same name in the "receiving" data set. [Hmmm... I think the names are case insensitive, but should probably retest that. Later...] You do not even have to create the same list of values in the "receiving" data set (although it would probably be wise to do so). The people from the "sending" data set will retain their Flag values even if such values are not in the list of defined values for that Flag in the receiving data set. A bit wierd to see people with values which are not in the defined list and thus cannot be set manually, but it works. > ... that does provide a workable work-around as long as one knows > it is required. Yes, it takes an extra step first to create the custom Flags, but otherwise everything works as one would probably expect. Michael

Glenda, I don't have a particularly helpful response for you. I don't know if you have been successful with a DIN report going to WP in the past, or if you're just trying it now for the first time. I also have a 64 bit system, with TMG 9.05; I also have WP X5. I just generated a 4-generation DIN with WordPerfect chosen as the report file format and it came through without difficulty. If you were concerned with details of the layout in the report I wouldn't have answered at all, since I hardly ever use word processor reports so have little experience in that area. I just wanted to reassure you that "in principle" it ought to work! John Cordes On Sun, Aug 02, 2015 at 12:52:09PM -0700, GlendaP via wrote: > I have been trying to create a Descendant Indented Narrative with 4 generations to send to Word Perfect X5, and I keep getting Error #14. I’ve tried creating with 3 and 2 generations, but the only report that can be created is an Individual Narrative. I have done validate file integrity, reindex, and optimize. I have a 64-bit HP computer and using TMG 9.05. Would appreciate any help, please. > > Thanks, Glenda

Thanks to Donald and Michael. I did have embedded memos and Endnotes, Unique not checked. Checked the Unique box and the problem disappeared. Thanks John On 8/1/2015 5:52 PM, Michael J. Hannah via wrote: > John Wood asked: >> After having to reinstall TMG 9.05... the endnote >> and the source superscript numbers are Roman numerals. > Donald posted an old reference, but this is a known remaining bug in the > final Version 9.05. See my on-line document of that list of bugs: > > http://www.mjh-nm.net/BUGS.HTML#B38 > > That identifies what triggers the bug, and the "work around". > > Michael > > > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

John, Thank you for your input. I finally compared the File Name on the Individual Narrative that I was able to create and found that the 4-generation DIN file name was different. After changing the file name from C:\Documents and Settings\Glenda\My Documents. .. . to C:\Users\Glenda\Documents. . . . the report was created, opened in Word Perfect, and I was able to print it. This was the first time I’ve tried to create a report in v. 9.05, so it looks like the default path didn’t change for some reason upon installation. (I forgot to mention that I use Windows 7.) Thanks again, Glenda From: John Cordes Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2015 1:20 PM To: GlendaP ; tmg@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TMG] Error #14 Glenda, I don't have a particularly helpful response for you. I don't know if you have been successful with a DIN report going to WP in the past, or if you're just trying it now for the first time. I also have a 64 bit system, with TMG 9.05; I also have WP X5. I just generated a 4-generation DIN with WordPerfect chosen as the report file format and it came through without difficulty. If you were concerned with details of the layout in the report I wouldn't have answered at all, since I hardly ever use word processor reports so have little experience in that area. I just wanted to reassure you that "in principle" it ought to work! John Cordes On Sun, Aug 02, 2015 at 12:52:09PM -0700, GlendaP via wrote: > I have been trying to create a Descendant Indented Narrative with 4 generations to send to Word Perfect X5, and I keep getting Error #14. I’ve tried creating with 3 and 2 generations, but the only report that can be created is an Individual Narrative. I have done validate file integrity, reindex, and optimize. I have a 64-bit HP computer and using TMG 9.05. Would appreciate any help, please. > > Thanks, Glenda

Glenda reported: > I have been trying to create a Descendant Indented Narrative... > to send to Word Perfect X5, and I keep getting Error #14. Hi, Glenda, As John reported, I am also able to create such a report with no problems. You might check where you are choosing to save the report file which TMG creates. Could it be pointing to some folder which is not your system drive, such as a thumbdrive or such, or a system folder which has restricted write privileges? Michael

David asked: > I am trying to merge two data sets... I created a flag... > in the source data set and set its value to Y. This flag > does not exist in the target. When I merge the source into > the target the value of the flag is set to [the default] > for everybody including those from the source. I expected > that ... the new members merged (imported) from the source > would retain the value of Y that I had set. Terry replied: > You are right - when you merge data sets custom flags > from one of the data sets should retain the value previously > set for those people from that data set, and be set to the > default for those in the other data set. > What I find when I test now is that is works correctly > if the custom Flag is in the receiving data set, but it does not > when the custom flag is in the sending data set... > I thought it used to work correctly in either direction, > but it's been years since I've tested it. David, I also thought it worked the way that you expected and Terry stated! My on-line book has a separate chapter on Merging which focuses on what happens to the merging of custom TMG features. Its section on "Merging Data Sets" described merging Custom Flags as behaving exactly the way we all expected. However, since I still have old versions of TMG installed I tested this merging today in various earlier versions. The behavior we expected and described *was* the behavior in Version 7.04 (which is the last version where I tested this specific issue). Testing now shows that the behavior is different in Version 8.08, and the final Version 9.05 retains that different behavior. I have retested merging custom flags, and just updated its description in that section on "Merging Data Sets" of my on-line book so it now reflects both its old and new behavior since Version 8: http://www.mjh-nm.net/IMEXPORT.HTML#MergingDataSets In summary as Terry noted, as of Version 8 the only way to retain the old values from the sending dataset is to first create a flag of the same name in the receiving dataset. I agree with Terry and believe this is a bug whose changed behavior since Version 8 us beta testers did not catch. I have added a description of this unexpected behavior and its work-around in my on-line page of remaining outstanding bugs. http://www.mjh-nm.net/BUGS.HTML#B92 Hope this helps explain what you are seeing and how to get what you want, Michael

I have been trying to create a Descendant Indented Narrative with 4 generations to send to Word Perfect X5, and I keep getting Error #14. I’ve tried creating with 3 and 2 generations, but the only report that can be created is an Individual Narrative. I have done validate file integrity, reindex, and optimize. I have a 64-bit HP computer and using TMG 9.05. Would appreciate any help, please. Thanks, Glenda