Getting Photos from FTM 2006 to FTM 2012
I finally installed FTM 2012. Everything seemed to go well except that I had photos in a saved book. The books came over fine except there were no photos in the books.Is the a problem or do I need to...
View ArticleUnicode? Chinese Characters?
Does FTM support unicode to allow Chinese character entry? There are several other geneology programs that support unicode. Is there a way to enter such in FTM?
View ArticleRe: Unicode? Chinese Characters?
I frequently used Unicode characters with FTM, though I've never tried any Chinese characters. Unicode characters work, for the most part, but some of the reports don't handle them well.I enter the...
View ArticleRe: One tree on two computers
I share a tree between a desktop and laptop, but I'm not sure I understood your description of the problem(s) you're experiencing.
View ArticleRe: One tree on two computers
I'm now sure there is something to do with Permissions but haven't figured what it is.See JPG.RON C
View ArticleRe: Parent problems
First make sure you have all three wives attached to the proper husband.First go to the child and detach him from the mother he is currently attached to. Once he is detached go to the correct mother...
View ArticleRe: Unicode? Chinese Characters?
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View ArticleRe: Unicode? Chinese Characters?
Funny. Matt doesn't know what he's talking about and was too lazy to take the 10 seconds required to use a Unicode character in FTM.You seem to be struggling with this in spite of my previous response....
View ArticleRe: Unicode? Chinese Characters?
It is interesting that they say:"Family Tree Maker doesn't currently support foreign characters."Yet as Marco said and I have experienced we can easily use Norwegian characters. Even though I don't...
View ArticleRe: Unicode? Chinese Characters?
Marco,Do you use Alt codes to enter Chinese? I can't find a charater map for these as alt+code.
View ArticleRe: Unicode? Chinese Characters?
I just copied and pasted from the character map to FTM. There are several sets of Chinese characters in there. FTM properly displayed one from each set that I tested. (I'm sure they won't all work in...
View ArticleRe: Auto RTPatch update fails
I unstall program and then re-install per Sarah at family tree help. This worked and to see what other problems I have with this program. Thanks for the help!
View ArticleRe: Print Hierarchical Place Name List?
I hope someone answers this as I need the same thing. The Places report is lame, doesn't allow any formatting or sorting either. Exporting most reports to Excel is also poor, as you can't get...
View ArticleRe: Unicode? Chinese Characters?
I have to admit doing this research before even knowing anything about language keyboards, language packs, how to enter the characters, nor do I know how to write or speak Chinese etc... I will need...
View ArticleFormatting charts, and exporting reports to Excel
I have two questions. I've used Family Tree Maker since version 2.0 many years ago. I used to print descendant charts with specific family members (such as two parents and their children or two...
View ArticleRe: Formatting charts, and exporting reports to Excel
I can't help you with your first question.But, as far as printing to Excel - when you export a report to Excel, some reports will ask if you want the export in rows or columns. If you say columns,...
View ArticleRe: Unicode? Chinese Characters?
Since support is "not up to par", please enter any additional helpful information here about how you entered the Chinese Characters.I always use alt-codes when entering characters that are not on my...
View ArticleRe: Formatting charts, and exporting reports to Excel
Thank you. I've done those things but the specific limitations I mentioned still exist. No person id and name on one line of output and no report available that is tabular rather than a group sort...
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