I haven't reviewed anything else extensively, but in defence of Reunion, I think report and chart creation is one of its better features. The flexibility is endless, with Mac-like drag & drop functionality within the charts. Drag individual person boxes to wherever you like, and the charts will automatically adjust. Auto include whatever data you like, whatever images you like. It's really quite feature rich.
One of the less obvious features you may not have come across is the ability to scale the report to a size which fits a single page (unless of course you're converting to a graphic file, as per my earlier message). From within a report window, go File > Page Setup. Select your Paper Size, then change the Settings field to Reunion. You will then see a suggestion as what percentage you need to scale the report by, for either Portrait or Landscape, in order that it fits a single page. (You're also given the option here to move the individual person boxes away from page breaks if printing a report which will exceed one page.) Make a note of the given percentage, then change the Settings field back to Page Attributes, and change the Scale accordingly. TopTenREVIEWS gives Reunion the highest ranking for Output Formats, ranking significantly ahead of 5 other products for the Mac. consumersearch rate it best genealogy software for the Mac. MacGenealogist also gives Reunion the highest ranking for charting and reporting. Reunion is iPhone compatible to boot. Cheers, Steven On 25/08/2010, at 4:46 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]>
