Kathy - You can get an idea from the examples on the VCF forum of the types of charts that RM and TMG create - more freeform and customizable than Legacy - but for your purposes, RM is the better choice. TMG has 37 options for the display of each event in the chart (whether to include the memo, use abbreviations, etc.), making for more of a learning curve. In RM you get a list of events and select the ones you want.
Virginia On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Kathy Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Virginia, appreciate the input. > Will keep those in mind for after Legacy 8 comes out (and I get all my data > straight and entered in relation to these things) > > > On 26 October 2013 10:53, Virginia Blakelock <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Kathy >> >> RM allows all events, including custom, up to 8 data lines in a box. >> TMG - which uses the same underlying charting software as TMG, though >> with more editing options - allows all events up to 9 data lines. >> Both have free trial versions if you want to GEDCOM your data over to >> make a chart. TMG has a forum dedicated to charts (the Visual >> ChartForm forum) with many examples. >> >> Maybe Legacy v8 charting will have more flexibility in the allowable >> data; the preview of Legacy v8 indicated that there will be some new >> features in the charting module. There is an option once you are in >> Legacy Charting to add a few more details about basic (birth, >> marriage, death) events (not custom events), but I could not get it >> to work. >> >> Virginia >> >> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Alan Pereira >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > The Report Tab "Family" under Family Group Records allows in [Report >> > Options] to display Individual and Marriage Events. In most other >> > Reports >> > this option is greyed out, making it unavailable. >> > >> > I do not think any Charting option allows you to add Events to the >> > Charts. >> > This is the only reason I still use FTM2005 for that option. Since >> > FTM2008+ >> > the event option only allows the "preferred" Event, which for me is >> > useless >> > as I prefer all the events. >> > >> > >> > >> > Alan Pereira >> > >> > >> > >> > From: Lavern Hall [mailto:[email protected]] >> > Sent: 25 October 2013 14:56 >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Produce a Tree Chart/Report with specific events >> > >> > >> > >> > Kathy, >> > >> > >> > >> > If I'm understanding you correctly, you want to add information to the >> > chart >> > you are creating thereby making it a "custom" type chart. >> > >> > In Legacy Charting you can manipulate any chart--alter the size of >> > boxes, >> > add or delete content within those boxes, etc.--the choices are >> > limitless. >> > If you go to Help and enter "custom chart" in the search window, quite a >> > bit >> > of information comes up that may be helpful. >> > >> > >> > >> > Have a good day. >> > >> > >> > >> > Lavern Hall >> > >> > ............................. >> > >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Kathy Thompson <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > Hi everyone, >> > >> > Does anyone know if it is possible to produce a Family Tree or Ancestry >> > Chart type document that has specific Custom events on it? >> > >> > I have recorded for each relevant person what Vital Stat document/s I >> > hold >> > for them (Birth, Baptism, Marriage, Death, Burial) and I'd like to be >> > able >> > to do a printout of a family tree that I can therefore quickly glance at >> > to >> > see who I still need to obtain what documentation for (where possible >> > and >> > dependant on date etc of course). >> > >> > I'd like to be able to create either a Ancestor Fan Chart (from Legacy >> > Charting) or run an Ancestor Chart Report (from Legacy itself), but >> > neither >> > of these have the ability to include custom events. >> > >> > Any report that does allow the inclusion of Custom Events, either >> > includes >> > all events, or will only report on one single event and not in a tree >> > like >> > format. >> > >> > Anyone able to give advice please? Other than printing a name only tree >> > and >> > writing the info in? Because I've tried that, and it's very messy and >> > not at >> > all visually easy to read after essentially being scribbled all over. >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > Kathy >> > >> > >> > >> > 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 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > 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 >> > >> > >> > >> > 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 >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> > > > > 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 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). 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