Re: Family Tree Maker 2012
Alright, my guess is that FTM creates that folder if it doesn't exist, but that's not happening for you, because FTM doesn't get that far. Anyway, the point was to learn if the tree file was the cause...
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I do save a lot of things to PDF, but unfortunatly not all display devices can display a PDF on the web while a jpg is more usable. I've also experienced cases at work where not all PDF's can be read...
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I was the first thing I was going to do but I had deleted restore points dec 1st. Not knowing FTM was going to do this! If all runs well I delete restore points every 30 days. I wont nomore,though. And...
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these problems have been very much featured on here! wish i'd read them BEFORE i bought mine!!! pass the works. Does anyone from ancestry/FTMM take note of the problems listed here??
View ArticleRe: FTM Software -is it any good?
Thanks keith,I have not bothered to go back to try again. The 60page doc I was printing halted at 40 which is where smart story was placed. I thought I must have just forgotten to reset it as you...
View ArticleRe: FTM Software -is it any good?
I have several books for different families that are all over 40 pages, some over 200 pages, that I routinely print. (I keep short cuts to them so I have quick readable version of my database...
View ArticleRe: SUGGESTIONS FOR ENHANCING FTM 2012 WEB LINKS
I'm sure you're right that there are some issues out there with the various PDF drivers. There has been a mass proliferation of them ever since Adobe issued its public patent license for PDFs in 2008....
View ArticleRe: FTM 2012 World Edition
David's right. The software is bundled, packaged, and labeled a bit differently when sold through third parties like Amazon where there are three editions: Essentials, Deluxe, and Platinum.See...
View ArticleRe: Adding a Photo From a Book - Source? Source Citation? Media?
"Do I link the photo directly to the ancestor on the people tab?"The people tab is one place you can link photos to people. You can also do it from the Media workspace where you can link any media item...
View ArticleRe: FTM 12 for Mac - Ancestry family view problems
This isn't a problem with FTM. It's a problem with Ancestry. I have it happen all of the time, especially when I have intermarriages on the tree.FTMM2 may be junk (I have the PC version so I only know...
View ArticleRe: SUGGESTIONS FOR ENHANCING FTM 2012 WEB LINKS
Marco Scavo comment to David“David,I did a GEDCOM test using FTM v21.0.0.723 and looked at the results in a text editor. The web links are not included, not when attached to people or citations. There...
View ArticleRe: Chart like ATM
Lori,The "Family" view at Ancestry.com (or on the iPad or iPhone) is great. I wish there was a similar display option in FTM, and I'm not talking about reports, as you are.In the Publish workspace, the...
View ArticleRe: Auto Backup in FTM 2008?
HELP!!!I downloaded the mandatory FTM update and since then I have an auto backup. My question is this; When working on my tree in Ancestry.com, Do I work from the auto backup or from my original tree?...
View ArticleRe: Auto Backup in FTM 2008?
akhunter,What version of Family Tree Maker are you using? The subject line says 2008, but that is way old.You not NOT work on an Automatic Back Up, but work on your Working file. An Automatic Back Up...
View ArticleRe: SUGGESTIONS FOR ENHANCING FTM 2012 WEB LINKS
KathyMarieAnn:"Marco the above is probably why when you run, for example, a Source Usage Report, for which you have added a Web Address in a Source Citation you don’t see the actual Icon Symbol. What...
View ArticleRe: FTM 12 for Mac - Ancestry family view problems
Marco,Thanks for the reply. Good to know. I guess this confounds to my problem then.Donny
View ArticleRe: FTM 12 for Mac - Ancestry family view problems
Most of the time I can fix the family view at Ancestry if I change the focus to another person. I do that by hovering over a name and clicking the link to show that person's tree. Sometimes I have to...
View ArticleRe: FTM 12 for Mac - Ancestry family view problems
Does it help get rid of all the additional entries? I have some parent branches that go from 4 to 40 kids.
View ArticleRe: FTM 12 for Mac - Ancestry family view problems
Well, like I said, it doesn't always work, but sometimes it does remove the duplicates (i.e., gets rid of all the additional entries), or sometimes it gets rid of enough of them in the area of the tree...
View ArticleRe: Chart like ATM
Thanks Marco. I was just hoping! :) I used to use TMG and had the same issue there. I could almost create what I wanted but not quite! I could edit them though, so maybe I'll export into that for what...
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