I did the export to PDF and a Picture Program, but I have 8 generations and this is impossible to do on legal paper. Any suggestions would be welcome.
Thank you. On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Francois Greeff < [email protected]> wrote: > “Is there anyway to get Legacy charts onto a MS Doc or something > different?” > > > > I figured out the same problem for myself. In Legacy Charting 7 (similar in > Legacy) you CAN save in different formats. The most useful to email is > probably pdf. Here is how: > > 1. In Legacy Charting click on the main icon top left > > 2. Click Save As > > 3. At the bottom of the new window, choose Save as type: and you > bomb out! There are no alternatives there. That does not work. Weird. > > > > Now I remember! > > 1. Click on “Publish” > > 2. Export to File > > 3. Choose jpg in the new window (better for charts than a pdf) > > 4. Select destination folder and enter your own file name > > 5. Click OK. > > > > My problem went further. I wanted different colours in a family chart, to > illustrate different branches by DNA mutations. To do that I right click on > the file name in windows, and I select “Open with….” And then open the jpg > chart with “Paint”. Then I used the “paint” program to colour in the squares > in the jpg image. It worked like a charm. > > > > There was another area in which I had to be cunning. Some charts will not > show only the direct line of descent to specified descendants. The chat > shows every one of all the siblings in every generation. That really > clutters the page with masses of useless siblings. I solved that by creating > a new tree, a duplicate of the one I was working in, and from the duplicate > I simply deleted all the unwanted siblings until I had only the people I > wanted in my chart in the family tree. Then I printed the chart I wanted. > > > > Next week I shall have to repeat the process, but with a very much larger > group of people. I have already decided to tag all the ones I want, and then > to export all the tagged ones in a gedcom. The nuisance of this is that I > have to search out and individually tag fifty people and their direct > paternal ancestors only – each one by hand. > > > > Legacy can certainly work on defining the parameters of groups more > specifically. The boolean stuff is a bit too thin in the current search > facility of Legacy. I compare the stuff we have now to the eighties, and my > mind boggles at the thought of the software our grandchildren will use! > > > > Regards, > Francois > _____________ > Francois Greeff > 36 Aston Road > London > SW20 8BE > United Kingdom > > Phone: 0044 20 8123 4224 > Mobile 0044 79 6372 2345 > Skype: Greefffrancois > Greeff Family Web Site: (www.Greeff.info) The Greeff Family Web site is > temporarily OFF the internet while I repair the great damage done by > hackers. I hope to have the web site up and running in January. > > > > *From:* Michele S [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 24 January 2010 19:29 > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Legacy Charting into MS DOC > > > > Is there anyway to get these charts onto a MS Doc or something different? i > can only print the chart and I want to email it to my family. > > Thank you, I am new :) > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
