Dan: Given all your strict requirements, the only thing that will probably work for you is to use software like Visio, SmartDraw, etc. You will have to manually reenter all you data in each box as opposed to using the data in your genealogy program. You might look at Rootsmagic, but I don't think you will find what you want. Chap
Leon Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Cline Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 7:15 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: [LegacyUG] decent charting software... please+ In the last few years I have looked around half heartedly for charting software that gives me the freedom to create what I want, not what the authors of the charting software want me to want. I want to design my charts from scratch with the ability to show any relationships I want with any visual effect I want. I want to be able to draw boxes and fill them in with ancestral information and join them by connecting lines in ways that make sense to me. I want to be able to save them and import them into a page of a book I am writing. Fans and hour glasses and bow ties don't cut it., using the charting companion. Tree draw is no closer. It's tied to the family file and the presentation possibilities are like watching paint dry. The closest I have come is to create charts using MS Power Point, saving them into my graphics program (Paint shop Pro) and then pasting them into a document as a .gif or jpeg image. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks 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
