Shirley: I have used TreeDraw for Legacy a number of years ago. It does have lots of flexibility, but is somewhat complex to use.
Try it and see if it fits your needs. Leon Chapman [email protected] > On Jun 2, 2016, at 4:03 PM, Shirley Brodt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Leon, > > Thank you for your advice. I tried the Legacy Charting options, but for some > reason only the current record names appear. The only chart that works with > all records is the Descendant chart under Chart Reports, which appearance is > not what I'm looking for. I think I might have to buy TreeDraw Legacy for all > the entries to appear properly. You say that none of the chart programs work > well, so I'm a bit confused. In my online search, the solution that was shown > was the TreeDraw program, in which one could format the lines, fonts, > colours, etc. once it imports the data from Legacy. If you have a chance, I'd > appreciate your feedback on this. > > Thanks again for taking the time to reply. > > Shirley > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Leon Chapman <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Shirley > > I think you are asking for something that you won't like if you had it. My > experience with any of the charting programs, you will only be able to use > maybe 4-5 generations and beyond that you are creating such a large chart, > you can't see or print it on any reasonable size of paper or poster. > > I have about 40,000 people in my database and anything over about 4-5 > generations is too large to use. Some of my families go back 15-20 > generations. In Legacy, you can create a chart of Fathers only that would > span that many generations. > > In Legacy, use the Legacy Charting icon to the right of the Internet icon and > you can plot lots of different charts. I would suggest you try some of those > before purchasing other software. > In some of my testing of Legacy Charting, I have created charts of over 100 > generations. The problem is, you cannot print that size of chart - it is just > a paper generator. > > If you only have a few people in your database with only 3-4 generations, > then you could chart something useful to be printed. > > Anyway, just my thoughts, you won't be happy with what you are asking for. > > Chap > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > > Sent from my iPad > Leon Chapman > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > ⛳ > > > On Jun 2, 2016, at 2:30 PM, Shirley Brodt <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Hi Evelyn, >> >> I have chart reports and other reports, but there are no options for either. >> Thanks for getting back to me. >> >> Shirley >> >> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Evelyn .. <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Have you tried the Legacy Charting options on the Reports tab? >> >> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Shirley Brodt <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> I just purchased Legacy, and it seems that I can't make a chart of all >> family members in one chart. I checked online, and I found that if I buy >> TreeDraw Legacy, I could use that for all the info in the Legacy data base. >> It seems like a waste of money for a genealogy program to not have the >> option to view the complete family tree. Any ideas or advice are welcome. >> >> Shirley >> >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> <http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com> >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Evelyn Wilhelmson >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> 509-998-6743 <tel:509-998-6743> >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> <http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com> >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> >> >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> <http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com> >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > <http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com> > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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