Cathy wrote:
The problem with TreeDraw and automatically including pictures is that
it imports ALL pictures attached to an individual or none - or I haven't
found the option to include just the preferred picture.
Legacy Charting Companion doesn't have the flexibility of TreeDraw. It
also doesn't include a drop down chart.
My tip if you don't want a very long and narrow chart is to only bring
in 2 or 3 generations at a time. If you are colour coding name tags etc
at the family reunion, you can also in this way colour code the lines
joining the members of each branch of the family.
I stagger the different branches so that I get a rectangular chart
rather than a wall frieze.
Cheers,
Cathy
Thanks for the tip on colour coding Cathy, That might be a very
nice feature. I was thinking of making name tags and matching the
colour of the name tags to the different children of my
grandparents is a great idea. Coloured lines on the Treedraw
chart to match the name tags is a plus.
The fact that all pictures are imported into Treedraw is a
drawback but there are not that many people where I have more
than one so deleting the extras should not be too big a job. It
is mainly my own family where that problem would crop up.
Sounds like a special split of my file to include only my
maternal relatives and then making sure that file has only one
picture per person would be a good idea.
Thanks also for the hint on staggering the branches to condense
the chart width. Fortunately Treedraw does have the ability to
customize the layout.
Brian Kelly
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