I received this via another list. Thought it might help someone. > In a message dated 7/22/99 4:53:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, you wrote> > > Can you tell me how to past a chart. > > more info> > Family Tree Maker is a versatile program but most people don't realize they > can send several different types of charts as well as a quick and easy > outline via email, [without the need for attachments, which are the bane of > the Internet]. > The outline is by far the easiest, all you to is click on outline, click on > contents, items to include, choose name, all three dates [b,m,d] in location, > spouse's father, take out the short default date or you will have double > dates, click on contents again and choose 2 or 3 generations, don't send > people 10 generations down to your grandchildren unless they ask, besides it > is a bad idea to send out so much personal information to strangers. Then > just click on edit and copy the outline, and simply paste into email. You > only have to choose items to include the first time, the program remembers > this the next time. > > There are 3 charts you can create but these must be copied, pasted to word, > cut from word, and pasted to email which seems like a lot of work to me when > the outline is so easy, but. > Click on GEN REPT, click on format and choose one. Click on contents and > choose options, you don't have to include the notes, which makes a shorter > chart, then choose 2 or 3 generations. > First is the register style which prints the entire name in ALL CAPS and > skips lines between most people, this form takes up a lot of space and the > all caps are hard to read. > Second is a much better form called the NGS format, which is descent ordered > and prints a nice compact list of children, then in the second gen. lists the > children that you have more info on and their children. It is by far superior > to the register style. > Third is the ancestor chart which does just that, prints out ancestors, you > can choose how many generations, again it is best to choose only 2 or 3. > For some reason people get insulted when I say this but, Family Tree Maker is > an amazing program and every six months or so you should skim through the > manual to see if you can learn something else.