printing person's age on report
how can I print, for example a pedigree chart, showing each person's age at death?
View Articlemerge feature of FTM
after searching for hints for an individual, I find something I might want to merge into my tree and the right panel just spins on many of the entries. When it works, I can compare names, dates, spouse...
View ArticleRe: merge feature of FTM
When that happens to me, I just click on somebody else in the family - then back to this person, or the back button and then the forward button. It "jogs" the "spinning wheel" into waking up the record.
View ArticleRe: printing person's age on report
In any chart you can use the Items to Include and add any facts about the person. Click on Items to include in the RH editing Panel then click on the Blue add fact cross to see a list of Facts that you...
View ArticleRe: FTM 2006 /Windows 7 Professional
The PDF package that comes with the earlier version of FTM, will NOT work under Windows Vista, Windows 7 or 8. You need to install third party PDF printer driver and use the "Print" icon instead of the...
View ArticleRe: Converting FTM 2006, Ver.16 to FTM 2012
Yes, I upgraded from FTM16 to FTM2012 and it worked easily with no errors. I backed up all my FTM16 files so absolutely nothing could happen to them. I installed FTM2012 and opened the FTM16 files from...
View ArticleRe: merge feature of FTM
I've never had that happen - once it spins on a certain tree, it seems to always spin. I'll keep experimenting.
View ArticleRe: printing person's age on report
Thanks for that suggestion. Would I add a new field for every person called Life Span? Not sure how or where to do the computation dyyyy-byyyy. thanks again!mg
View ArticleRe: printing person's age on report
You can put age of death in a custom report along with things like age at birth of first child.Also the timeline report also shows the age of death plus a lot of other age detailsJohn D
View ArticleDeleting EMPTY Media Categories in FTM 2012
I would appreciate someone telling me how to delete a media category in FTM 2012. I have several that are empty as I have created new categories for them.Thank you, Marion.
View ArticleRe: printing person's age on report
hanks for that suggestion. Would I add a new field for every person called Life Span? Not sure how or where to do the computation dyyyy-byyyy. It is in the Add facts dialog, Items to includeJohn D
View ArticleRe: Deleting EMPTY Media Categories in FTM 2012
Open the media workspaceIn the RH editing panel go to the categories window and click on the edit buttonYou can then edit and delete categoriesSee the attachment.The test category is a dummy category...
View ArticleRe: Family Tree Maker 2012 Sync problems
I agree, mine has failed again too, I did have a work around (whereby I created a second user account, this stopped working). The original account was only synching one way, from AMT down to FTM, but...
View ArticleRe: Converting FTM 2006, Ver.16 to FTM 2012
NancyIf you go to Tools, Options in FTM 16 you will see a field Default Directory for new tree files. FTM 2012 will use this same directory if you take no action. This is how I would proceed.Create a...
View ArticleRe: merge feature of FTM
It could be that the server that the file that you have clicked on is busy, out of service or not available at that time.It could also be that the needed file was being updated at the time.
View ArticleRe: Moving Family Tree Maker from XP to Windows 7
One point not mentioned that I sadly learned. I've Windows Vista, IE Explorer 9 and upgraded to FamilyTree 11. My "old" discs of Heritage, Broderbund etc for research of FamilyTree won't play. Techs...
View ArticleNeeding to upgrade Family Tree Maker Version 7 by Broderbund
I have been using FTM v 7 off line and also have an ancestry.com membership. I am getting a new computer which probably won't be able to use the old program. I thought I would be able get the new...
View ArticleSwitching Surnames and given names - Tech question
Dear Community!My issue is technical.I made my family tree a few years earlier with a previous version of FTM, and just took it out to extend it with relatives.My problem is that when I first did the...
View ArticleRe: City Without County in Place Hierarchy?
It seems to me like to a great extent this is a clear case of "gagging at gnats;" I prefer to just make a "judgement call" where a city crosses county lines; for example I usually use Suffolk Co for...
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