Thank you for your comment Stephen I was using Family Tree Maker 2006 prior to August 2010 but was torn between persevering with this old package, updating FTM or switching to Reunion. I made the change after only a brief test and am yet to really get to try the many options available Several reasons why I chose Reunion Our Winters genealogy web site is run by a cousin in UK who is also using Reunion so I felt the transfer of my data to him via a box file would make things easier at his end Our current web site caters for 4 branches of the family to date and am looking to increase the branches to 10 with my local data FTM is not designed for the Mac although it may be in the future
With all this activity it is just as well I am in the retired category Thanks again Stephen Graeme On 25/08/2010, at 8:46 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: > > Hello Graeme, > > I have been using it on and off for about 6 months and I found the reports > (family tree prints, etc) very cumbersome and unfriendly. > > I have thought lately of trying something different, but what ? > > On 25/08/2010, at 5:38 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: > >> >> Is there anyone within the WAMUG group using Reunion for Mac >> This is a family tree package designed specifically for the Mac >> >> My current issue is this >> Having entered data for some 7 families or over 650 names, I then opted to >> print a pedigree chart for my youngest grandchild >> This printed chart covers 7 generations and when printed covers 12 A4 >> sheets. In this format the chart is quite readable although it could be >> reduced in size a little. >> I then taped and joined the 12 pages into an impressive chart , however the >> joins were not good and I had to do much trimming to make the chart at all >> reasonable in appearance. >> >> Thinking that I could get a better job done by Office Works ( whose printing >> costs seem to be better than most ) Office Works were unable to open the >> .boxchart file >> >> I then tried saving this as a pdf file but the system would only allow a >> pdf.boxchart suffix >> Again the printer could not open the file >> >> When I come to print a descendants chart I see that I will have the same >> problem. Again this will be up to 7 generations but the chart will spread >> both north and south as well as east and west >> >> Does anyone have any experience with Reunion? >> >> >> Graeme >> iMac 27" >> Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz >> 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB >> Running OS X v 10.6.4 >> Windows XP for MYOB >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > > Regards, > Stephen Chape > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> iMac 27" Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
