Susan, Just to run through the process,
1) If you wish to have a look at what you have got Click Preview, and having looked, Close it 2) Set the PDF Button 3) Click the Create Button on the top right of the screen, and you will see a printer start underneath. A new screen will open 4) Select a folder, enter a file name, and then open. Note: Sometimes the screen which should open for the file name may be hidden, and the printer just seems to go on for ever, try moving the visible screen so that you can see it. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Susan Perrett Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Future of my family file? Hi Anne, I think my attempts and failures is perhaps due to selecting the Preview option, instead of the PDF - so am going to try that. Thank you for your remarks At 03:27 PM 25/06/2012, you wrote: >I have just run a text file to capture the text in my whole family >file then copied that into Word so that I could edit it easily. > >It ran to 7000 pages and transferred reasonably quickly. > >I have lost quite a lot of formatting but it is very readable. > >I now intend to do my main family lines on PDF. > >Anne > > > >On 25/06/2012 6:49 AM, JLB wrote: >> >>Oooh, I like that first idea. However, after choosing Entire Family File >>and some options and PDF file for output it ran til it froze at Page >>4296. Does something come next after a requisite period of time (have >>already waited 15 minutes) or is this where it stops? >> >>JL Beeken >>JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists >><http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/>http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ >> >>On 6/24/2012 1:24 PM, Brian/Support wrote: >>> >>>I have two suggestions: >>> >>>1. You can create a set of Family Group Sheets (FGS) for everyone in >>>your file as a single PDF file. These will show each family group and >>>you can include FGS for individuals as well. >>> >>>2. If you are not as concerned about linking the people in your file >>>into families you can also create Individual Reports for everyone in >>>your file as a PDF. >>> >>>To select everyone in your file click the record selection button on the >>>report screen. >>> >>>It is not quite true that these will not require a computer program, to >>>view the PDF files you need Adobe Reader or other programs that can read >>>a PDF file but you also need a program to read a .doc or .rtf file. The >>>only records that do not need a computer program are hard copy on paper. >>> >>>Brian >>>Customer Support >>>Millennia Corporation >>><mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >>>http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com >>> >>>We are changing the world of genealogy! >>>When replying to this message, please include all previous >>>correspondence. >>> >>> >>>Thanks. >>> >>>On 23/06/2012 21:29, Susan Perrett wrote: >>>> >>>>I would like to be able to create some sort of Report, e.g. .DOC or >>>>.RTF of the whole of my family file, so that when I depart this life, >>>>there would be some sort of readable documentation of everyone in my >>>>family (file). Not just my paternal line but everyone, including all >>>>the people around the world that are connected in some way to my family. >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>By doing this I can leave my family history recorded, without a >>>>computer program needed to see the file. >>>> >>>>Is this possible, if so, where would I start? And with whom would I >>>>start with? >> > Susan Perrett Melbourne, Australia English webpage: http://www.st.net.au/~susanp/index.html American webpage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~susanp> Research: ALSTON-Suffolk/Bedford/America,post 1850, BOURCHIER-UK, post 1650, CHUDLEIGH-Devon, All, HOLTTUM-Kent,pre 1720,MARTEN-Sussex,pre 1660, OXENDEN-Kent, All. 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
