Re: How to make into a book
When I clicked the underlined word File in your response I got a popup ad. Am I out of the loop-what is going on here? This has been happening to my stories too. Words are underlined and are leading to...
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Silver fox - Idea"File 1 Book - Genealogy Ancestral Ahnentafel (Register) Report for Father, indexFile 2 Book - Genealogy Ancestral Ahnentafel (Register) Report for Mother, index"You can also do this...
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"Would be nice if ancestry would include a live chat feature to connect with other members who are online at the same moment to discover their family history in a chat on the software or web." The...
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A lot depends on the situation.For example, how many cousins vs siblings do you have?Both of my parents came from a farm family with eight children. I have 25-30 first cousins on each side. If I am...
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Silver fox comment"Everyone has their own situation"I whole heartedly agree with thisIn my case I have created and saved over 63 different books - all depending on the situation and the story I want to...
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I want to thank all of you for your suggestions. Your suggestions have helped firm up the best solution for me. I want to use charts, family pages, etc but also have text and pictures. I think it...
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Unfortunately, with a well-documented file, the footnotes at the end of the page take up all of the page. Too bad FTM does not allow links in the references where one can toggle the source to view,...
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I think it would be good to think at any obstacles as ways to possible solutions to making the future of FTM a better product. It's an idea, what FTM does with it is theirs choiceI know for me it would...
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I do think solving the issues is very importantAnd I hope that FTM have learned of the issues theprogram has. Giving or supporting ideas to make the program better, should be shared as well.
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012 won't open correctly-RESOLVED!
Sorry I got the name wrong........THANKS TAMMY instead of Terry
View ArticleRe: Suggested improvements for FTM 2012
DJJONES1415 COMMENT"And, like you said, changing one parameter (like the number of generations one at a time) and having to wait to re-gen the entire report is just silly."A little time can be saved on...
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Djones said: " I liked the all-in-one and it's gone totally.What about the Extended Family Chart? I don't recall the all-in-one in detail, but I understood the EFC was the replacement for the...
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SilverfoxI agree you can change the number of generations to anything you want but in the case of the Extended Family Chart the chart is regeneration after each change, not after you have changed both...
View ArticleRe: How to detect and delete CORRUPT PHOTOS from scrapbooks?
You can run a custom report in FTM 16 to identify which family page scrapbooks contain photos. That may help you pin point the family page scrapbooks involved.If you do strip photos out, you will need...
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If you are talking about fonts in reports these are adjusted in the RH editing panel, Font button.What ever fonts and formatting you apply to a report or chart will be reflected in the PDF exportJohn D
View Articleexport to gedcom takes entire file, not just the home person & ancestors
Hello! I feel as if my question is so basic that it's not even covered in the help files. I would like to pull a cousin's family tree out of my larger one and export that as a gedcom to send to...
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Third button from right in button bar.Save settings
View ArticleRe: export to gedcom takes entire file, not just the home person & ancestors
Which version of FTM are you using? These directions are for most recent versions:Main Menu > File > Export Selected Individuals > Type name of cousin, last name first, find him/her in index,...
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How do you compact files? Please explain step by step process.
View ArticleRe: How to detect and delete CORRUPT PHOTOS from scrapbooks?
Family Tree Maker version 16 did not have a Tools>Compact button however there is a unique key combination that does the same thing.Hold down the Ctrl+Alt+Shift+ Backspace keys together (that is 4...
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