Hi Leon, As I'm working on this project for a friend, she has agreed to pay for the purchase of TreeDraw. I'll worry about the difficulty of the program another time -- I'm too tired now!
Thanks for replying. Shirley On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 7:14 PM, Leon Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> 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] >> ⛳ >> >> >> On Jun 2, 2016, at 2:30 PM, Shirley Brodt <[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]> 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]> >>> 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] >>>> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >>>> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >>>> Archives at: >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Evelyn Wilhelmson >>> [email protected] >>> 509-998-6743 >>> >>> -- >>> >>> 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]/ >>> >>> >> -- >> >> 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]/ >> >> >> -- >> >> 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]/ >> >> > -- > > 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]/ > > > > -- > > 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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