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  1. American Townships

    Sorry, Terry. Was just trying to help. Won't happen again.
  2. The only 'Pedigree' print option is pdf. The 'Pedigree - Compressed' print options are the full list. (go figure.) As a side note: To restore the default font, pitch, etc. of any report select the default report and click delete. TMG will tell you you can't delete a default report but do you want to reset the defaults. Click 'yes' and the defaults are restored.
  3. Collate Sequence Sorting

    The collating sequence works by sorting the bit pattern of the characters. Very simply, an 'É' (00C9) is a larger 'number' than just an 'E' (0045) no matter the language. Take a look at the Windows Character Map. It displays the colating sequence of the selected language. I'm not sure that there is any way around the problem.
  4. The only way that I've seen to produce a spreadsheet from TMG7.04 is with export. I've tried producing csv, tab, xls. In all cases I get 27 files that are some what useless when I bring them into Excel 2010. The only file that seems close ends with a '$' sign and it doesn't have all the data I need. Any guidence would be appreciated
  5. Spreadsheet export

    ETA 10JUL2010: I figured out what my mental hangup was. I was stuck in MS Works 9 mode, which had been my output suite. I finally bit the bullet and got Office Home and Student 2010. But mentally I had not made the 'upgrade'. Some days it just don't pay to get out of bed. For some reason I got hung up on 'export'. It never occured to me to generate a report and output to excel. Works like a charm. THANK YOU! Before you lock/delete this thread please feel free to gather around and me.
  6. Grave GPS Coordinates

    Since about the best GPS accuacy is only going to be about 1m, I think you would be better off with traditional survey methods.
  7. Last Edited Date

    Dave, I had a similar problem. My solution was to create an 'update' tag by making a copy of the history tag, changing the label to 'update' and show the memo field which contains who submitted the update by name, record id and my custom reference number. I can add citations if needed and surities. Since the tag has a date field that never changes I don't care what the change date is. John
  8. Dave, I think John Cardinal's Utility may work. It may take a couple of passes to complete. Re-read the explantion of 'Filters' and 'Rules' on his site with reference to changing place parts. Do write out what your fileters and rules are and 'play' computer with a number of records to see if it works. If you decide to try, FIRST make a complete backup of your project to where you normaly backup, then make a second complete backup to an external media, then make a third complete backup to a different external media. (Backups have been known to be corrupted.) Pass 1: IF [date/year]<= 1807 AND [County]= St. James Parish THEN the Rule would move Acadian Coast to [County] ENDIF. That would complete Pass 1. Throughly check that all is correct. If not try to figure out why, restore you project from a backup and try again until it is right. When you get it right, make the three complete backups as above. Pass 2: (there is no reason to chck the date as you have done that in Pass 1. All the correct records were selcted/changed.) IF [County]=Acadian Coast THEN the Rule would move whatever you want to the other place fields ENDIF. That would complete Pass 2. Throughly check that all is correct. If not try to figure out why, restore you project from a backup made after Pass 1 and try again until it is right. Do one step at a time. Verify and check after each pass.
  9. I don't think that TMG v7 plays well with anything 64bit. But, that will be fixed 'in the fullness of time'.
  10. See: http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index...6&hl=update . You can also check for the most current version in the upgrades center here: http://www.whollygenes.com/Merchant2/merch...screen=UPGRADES. @cisco12: See: http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index...showtopic=12005 . (Search is your friend )
  11. Lloyd's previous question was how to produce a file that could be edited in MS Word on an W7/64 machine. If TMG7 will produce a .txt file that can be opened in Word then there is no reason to produce a .pdf file. It, as you stated, is an extra step with no benefit. I was under the impression that TMG would only produce a .pdf file under W7/64.
  12. Lloyd, have you tried generating a .pdf, opening the .pdf and then saving it as a .txt file? I have the free Adobe Reader. It has the ability to save a .pdf file as a .txt file. Not the most elegent work-around but maybe(?) the simplist.
  13. I need to send my files, TMG .szq file plus external exhibits folder, to another family member on a regular basis. As reported by Windows the current .sqz is 44.6MB, the external exhibits folder is 38.6MB. The problem I am encountering is that the files are to too big to attach to an email message. Email errors out. I have tried zipping both the .sqz plus the exhibits folders into a new folder, tried sending individualy zipped, tried sending individualy unzipped. All failed. I do understand that zipping a .sqz and photos gains little if anything. Also, I would prefer not to have to put them on a memory stick and snail mail them. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
  14. Transmitting files

    That was it! (Being 'stupid smart' I had checked every box so I wouldn't forget anything.) That reduced the size to 5.9MB. Once I go through unchecking the other 'stupid smart' stuff it may reduce the size somewhat more. Thank you. Jim, Virginia your suggestions about Server space and dropbox WILL be investigated as at some point I'll probably need to use them. Thanks all! ----- ETA: Going through all the stuff and unchecking reduced the size to 884KB.
  15. I hope that the above will be implemented and released first. Even independently of v8.0 (Perhaps as v.7.10?) I've been looking forward to getting a new machine running W7 and 64bit but I can't until the report module is resolved. Just as a WAG, I'm sure that there are others in the same situation, and others who have decided not to use TMG because it. Having said that, I very much agree that v8.0 should not be released until it is thouroughly debuged.
  16. I have a follow on question to vabopi's original question. I've just started to use exhibits and they are external. I will be sending my TMG .sqz file and the external exhibits file to another person, in a zipped folder, for them to use. When they unzip and restore my files to their machine will TMG be able to find the external exhibits automaticaly? Or is there some function in TMG or TMG Utilities to update the external exhibit paths?
  17. I have some 13 printed reports from my family association that go back to 1978 that I want get into TMG. The TMG file is complete (mostly) up to about 1984. I have a scanner and OCR program that I can use to produce either a .csv file which I can then use to build a spreadsheet or just a .txt file. Adding the RIN#'s to link to the TMG record and tag types would be no problem and not nearly as time consuming as manualy entering all the data (BMD and residence's as of the report year.) A spreadsheet would be prefferable due to the format and editing ease. I know that TMG will import from most genealogy programs but I have not seen a plain text or spreadsheet import. Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
  18. Thanks all. The point about manually entering is well taken and I will be entering new people just that way. I just was not looking forward to entering hundreds of 'residence' tags. Michael, thanks for the reminder about the utilities. (There are days that I should change my name to 'Oblivious'.) With frequent backups and starting off with just a few records, I should be fine.
  19. TreeDraw file into FTST?

    I know nothing of TreeDraw but from what you describe it is producing a graphics file (think .jpg, .gif, .tif) and as such there are no text elements that you can send to another program. Very similar to scanning a page from a book and trying to work on it in a text editor. If you can get TreeDraw to produce a plain vanilla text file (.txt, .rtf, .doc), that may solve your problem. You will need to check what file formats FTST will accept. A somewhat cumbersome work around would be to print your TreeDraw files, scan them, and run the scans through an OCR program which will produce a text file. Again, like scanning and OCR'ing a book page to get a text file that can be used in a word processor. On the up side, if you have a scanner, it probably came with an OCR program. Every scanner I've ever bought has had one. If it dosn't, you should be able to buy a stand alone program.
  20. Do you happen to have 'duplex printing' (printing on both sides of the paper) turned on in your printer setup? On my Canon it allows for a 'staple' area which narows the print area. Just a thought.
  21. Compiler as source

    Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I've got something that will work. Virginia's suggestion pointed me in the direction I needed. I did try Michael's but it just didn't quite work the way I wanted. (Michael: My question about a 'one sided tag' was not a separate question but just a different way of asking the same question.) I made a copy of the History tag, changed the 'Label' to "Update", 'Roles and Sentences' as "Updated: <[M]> <[D]> <[WO]>", and 'Display witnessed tag' marked for 'Using the label above'. In use, the date is the date subbmitted, I put the submitter ID information (Name, Reference and RIN) in the memo field, the witness is the individual the tag is attached to (but is not used), the citation is the source of the information (in my case they are some form of email) with what what was changed in the citation memo. When looking at the Person pane it shows as "Update {date} (w); ; {submitter info from the Memo}". I have not been able to eliminate the '(w); ;' but that is a minor annoyance. By doing a 'List of...' report for Update tags I can get all those people who have been updated so I don't miss any. And 'Management' is happy to have sources and citations. Thanks again all. John
  22. Compiler as source

    A related question: I'm handling the genealogy for a somewhat large family. I get notes from various family members informing me of corrections and additions to their family line. "Management" wants me to record by whom and when that infomation was submitted for each person updated. None of the pre-defined TagTypes really satisfy me, as explaned below, and I would prefer not to use 'citations'. I have been trying to build new a TagType with little sucess. What I'm looking for is one that will have the person being updated as constant, the person submitting the updates also as a constant. What I'm getting is that when looking at the Person pane for the updated person I see the "Updated {date} {who updated}". However, when I switch to the {who updated} person I get "Updated {date} {person updated}". Is there a way to create a 'one sided' TagType? One that will be visible on the {person updated} but not on the {who updated}.
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