A few days ago Martin wrote: > Seems to me that I used to have programs that could do the job better > almost 10 years ago - Reunion worked nicely, until it died in the hands > of Sierra; and I found a nice little program by Corel (forget the name) > that also worked well. Seemed to be easier to use - or maybe I'm > slower now... > > What do you use...?
I just got back from a few days on Cape Cod. Got some great pix of my grand-niece, which I'll be putting them in my FTM database. That's because I much prefer the FTM approach of embedding images in the file. No links to worry about keeping straight. Anyway, to answer Martin's question, I use FTM and Generations for printing large charts. I agree with you that Generations makes some good looking charts. At least they look good on paper, but not on a display of a computer running Win XP (Long Story). So I have FTM 10 and Generations 5.X.Y around just for making charts. I too tried tree draw, and while tree draw's output looks really great (better than the other two IMO) it has one major drawback, which is that it's got too much space between names on a big chart. Yes, it can be manually adjusted. I started that and gave up -- way too much work! Hard on the old eyes too! There is no contradiction above. Tree draw output looks great. It would look greater if it were more compressed. Or if it were easier to compresss the various names etc. It is a real shame to me and a major disappointment that Legacy does not offer native charting capability. I will not be buying Legacy 6. I'm not interested in more of what I call "database functionality". Legacy already has tons. While I would certainly welcome improvements in the reports as has been mentioned more than once in this forum by more than one user, I consider the inability to make charts such as those that FTM 3.4 could make back in 1997, to be a MAJOR hole in the product. So even if the report output is improved, including the bug that Elizabeth demonstrated to Geoff more than a year ago, it's not enough to get me to part with any money. jr 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
