Thanks to everyone for all your ideas and suggestions. I have a lot to do!! Margaret
On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 6:37 PM, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Margaret, > > You asked about pictures. > Whether or not your pictures are in the rtf depends on the setting you > choose. > See the Pictures tab in the Report Options. > Note that the pictures will turn up in the rtf in various sizes and > positions across the page. I don't know why the same sized pictures don't > come in the same - but they don't in my experience - but they're there. > > As others have said, to get back to pdf, install a free pdf printer. I've > used Bullzip for some years but sometimes now use the printer that installs > with Foxit PDF reader. > > In the RTF you generate the Table of Contents and the Indexes when you've > finished editing. You can see the embedded code for the index if you turn > on see hidden text in your Word Processor. You can add other items to the > index if you want. The Table of Contents is generated using heading levels > in the Word P rocessor. > > Have fun, 600 plus pages is a lot of editing. Don't forget to make your > corrections in Legacy as well. > > Cathy > > Wendy Howard wrote: > > > Hi Margaret, > > There is a free program called CutePDF that I find very handy. You'll > find it at http://www.cutepdf.com/ > > My one word of warning about this program - keep your eyes open when > installing it, it will offer you one or more free additional programs > such as an anti-virus program or the awful Ask, and the box(es) to > accept these are checked automatically (but easily unchecked with a > click); I recommend not accepting those offers, and only installing > CutePDF. > > Once installed, it appears to act like a physical printer - go to print > your report/document/whatever, and "Cute PDF" will be one of the > printers you have installed on the computer. When you choose that as > your printer and continue, you'll then be asked whe re you want to put > the file, and what to call it. > > Hope this helps. :-) > > Wendy > > Margaret Gagliardi wrote on 30/12/2014 04:53: > > > Thank you Alan. Will I then be able to put it back into the PDF > format, and have all the changes made? Also to have all the photos > show, or do I have to do all of that manually? I have found a few > typos, etc. > > Margaret > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Alan Pereira > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Generate the report as a Rich Text File and edit it in a word > processor. > > Alan Pereira > > *From:*Margaret Gagliardi [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] > *Sent:* 29 December 2014 14:14 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Making Changes to a Descendant Report > > Can someone tell me how to get a Descendant Report into a format > that I can make changes to it? For example: I see single lines > that stand by themselves and I want to push another line down with > it, or I see a line that needs to have a return after it. I have > 680 pages and I want to be able to work the entire report as I go > through it page by page. > > Thanks > > Margaret > > > > > > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
