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Virginia Blakelock

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  1. There may be no connection to your problem, but do you have the Wholly Genes PDF printer installed and - under that printer Properties - the port set to Nul ? TMG uses that printer driver for the screen display. Note it does not have to be, nor should it be, your default printer, just installed on the computer.

     

    The report configuration I sent you was for a Descendant chart. If it installed properly it should appear in the list of charts on the dropdown list at the top of the Descendant Chart configuration page.

     

    Virginia


  2. There must be something in the report definition unique to my setup. Just reading through it I can't see anything.

     

    There is a discussion of a similar very simple one-page chart in the forum here:

     

    http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index.php?showtopic=10885

     

    This lists the settings and shows the resultant chart.. You may get some ideas for a basic chart from that. At the top of the VCF forum are links to examples of other one-page charts.

     

    Sorry not to have been of more help with this particular chart.

     

    Virginia


  3. Once the file is in the correct folder, it should be listed under TMG / Reports / Ancestor Box Chart. Those files are simple text files that you can open and edit in WordPad or other text editor. There may be a folder location in that file where it was saved on my computer. When you save the file on your computer it will insert your own file path. You can always go into the file and delete my folder path if it is a problem.

     

    Virginia


  4. Note that Win10 provides a PDF printer. I don't know what options it provides but you might want to check it out.

     

    See the link to instructions for printing large charts here:

     

    http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index.php?/topic/14684-printing-large-charts-to-pdf/&do=findComment&comment=59391

     

    The Visual Chartform Forum has many examples of one-page charts. The forum is here:

     

    http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index.php?/forum/18-visual-chartform-and-chartform-delivery/

     

    and information for one page charts specifically here:

     

    http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index.php?/topic/13000-one-page-charts/

     

    Hope this helps -

     

    Virginia


  5. JeffM -

     

    Did you use the doc file type in Word? In TMG Help for the Pedigree Report:

     

    Note: If you are using Microsoft Word 2013, you should choose the Rich Text Format (RTF) file type to save the report rather than the Microsoft Word (DOC) file type. This tabular report is not compatible with the table structure used in Microsoft Word 2013.

     

    As I recall there were 3 tabular reports in TMG which showed this problem.

     

    Virginia


  6. Ruth -

     

    TMG is following the conventions of genealogy research. There is a definition of 'direct-line' and 'collateral-line' ancestors here:

     

    http://wiki.genealogytoday.com/direct_line.html

     

    The people who appear in the TMG Pedigree report are the direct-line ancestors.

     

    This is the convention for professional genealogists - but for our own purposes there is nothing wrong with modifying the way TMG presents the relationships if we find it more clear. It sounds like you have found a good work-around. In my one-page charts on the VCF forum, I often used color to show collateral lines.

     

    Virginia

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