Shirley: Here are some ouput page numbers (81/2x11) from charting Ancestors: Generations # Chart Pages 5 4 8 21 10 40 12 60 15 95
It become pretty impractical to chart very many generations for any kind of output displays. For Descendants, here are the number of pages generated Generations # Chart Pages 4 ___ Leon Chapman [email protected] ----- On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 6:51 PM, Shirley Brodt <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]/ >> >> > > -- > > 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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