On packing, I really like GenoPro 1.7. You can click and drag the boxes and pack it yourself, fitting much more on a page that merely scaling the whole chart. Jonathan
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carol Wait Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 1:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy Tree Draw Walt asked: >Does Tree Draw Legacy work better than the stock charting feature of >FTM? > > John said: I think TDL produces better looking charts too (personal opinion) But you do need to work with them. They are not packed as tightly as FTM, which means they take more paper, so either you're going to be taping sheets together a lot or you've gotta have a large format printer. Maybe there's some option to get it to draw the original chart more tightly. I don't know. It does take more learning than FTM's charting. But it can produce much better charts if you have the time and a good printer or printing service. Hi John, Walt Margaret and all, I love Legacy Tree Draw. As Margaret said you can re-size by going into edit . My husband and I are in the process of making family tree "books" following a wonderful format one of his ancestors used in 1905. We are using 8 1/2" x 11 "sized paper. We have changed the fonts to be smaller, but large enough to read easily and manually move the names around. If you go to the last person on your page and beside it put "see page 2" or whatever page comes after. Then on page 2 you put that person's name again on the top of page 2 and put beside it "see page 1". If son # 4 was on page 6 and showed up again later on page 10 he would the name on both pages and put "see page whatever" beside the name. This makes it very easy to follow. Also using 8 1/2 paper allows you to put it in a binder or make a booklet out of it. Much better than taping pages together. On one page I have 29 people and it is still easy to read (this page is unusual). With version 3., I can make it even easier to follow. I have no photographs for these people, so I am not worried about that. I am also going to write notes up separately and put them at the back of these pages. My sons suggested this format when they found the Legacy descendant reports too hard to follow do to all the intermarriages. We also made several large wall charts the largest being 6' x 10'. I just updated to TD v3 and love it already. It does read a gedcom file. Carol Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp. com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
