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Questions about charts and
reports:
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How can I colour code males and females |
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1 - Click "Tools" - "Colour
code people"
2 - Choose a colour and select "People selected from
a list" and click "OK"
3 - Click the "Mark People" button and choose "Select
people by data fields"
4 - In the first "Selected filed" area select "Sex"
5 - Then choose "Is male" or "Is female"
and click "OK"
6 - Click "OK"
7 - Click "OK"
Repeat steps 1-7 for the other sex then create your wallchart. |
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RM4 Wall chart
features limited due to being in trial mode |
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| Download and install update 4.0.2.0 or above. |
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How
can I edit Narrative reports, Individual summary reports etc.
created with RootsMagic? |
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| Simply change the "Print to" option
in the report settings screen to "Rich text file (*.rtf)"
and then a file will be created that can be edited in a word
processing package. |
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How do I copy
and paste charts together? |
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| 1 - Start RootsMagic
2 - Go to "Reports" - "Charts" - "Wall
charts"
3 - Select "Ancestors" (or whichever chart style
you want) in the options and check that you have the correct
root person. Adjust options for top to bottom as desired
4 - Click "Create"
5 - You will now be looking at RootsMagic chart. Click on
"View" - "Zoom to fit"
6 - Left-click and drag to select all of the boxes (the select
tool is the white arrow on the tool bar)
7 - With everything selected, right-click on any of the boxes
and select "Grouping" - "Group"
8 - With everything selected go to "Edit" - "Copy"
9 - Minimize RootsMagic chart and go back to RootsMagic (do
not close RootsMagic Chart)
10 - Follow steps 1 to 4 but change the option to "Descendent"
(or whichever chart style you want)
11 - A second RootsMagic chart window will appear with your
descendent chart in. Before we paste the ancestors chart in
we need to increase the canvas size so click on "Layout"
- "Canvas size"
12 - As a rough guide double the height or width (depending
on the orientation of your charts) and press OK
13 - Click "View" - "Zoom percent" - "50%"
14 - Click "Edit" - "Paste"
15 - You should now have both you ancestors and descendents
chart on the same page. Because we grouped the ancestors chart
in a previous step you can click and drag it to wherever you
want.
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How do I display
my name in the "Prepared by" box on pedigree charts? |
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Go to "Tools" - "Options" then click
on "Preparer" and enter you details in the right
hand window. |
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How do I solve
issues with RootsMagic chart crashing or locking up?
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| Press CTRL+Shift+U
and click "Reset report settings" then click "Yes"
Or
Navigate to the RootsMagic root directory (default
= c:\program files\rootsmagic) and delete the file called
"Reports.ini". Restart RootsMagic.
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Is there a chart
that will show siblings?
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| Yes, a "Photo
Tree" will show siblings of the start person. Make sure
that the "Include siblings of start person" box
is ticked. |
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What is the maximum
chart size that can be produced?
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| Windows and XP can produce charts
up to 57 foot in size.
Older versions of Windows have a maximum size of 26.6 foot. |
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Why are my charts
not saving in Vista?
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| Vista will not let
you save charts outside of the Program files folder. Save
the chart within c:\program files\rootsmagic. |
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Why are the pictures
in my charts are mixed up?
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| Download the 3.2
patch (or newer) from www.RootsMagic.co.uk. Click on "upgrades
& patches" under the heading "support"
on the left hand side of the home page. Then use the link
given on that page. |
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Why can't I add
a background image in RMchart?
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| Wait 20 seconds
and try again. You should see the path to the file appear
under "image". If there is no path, then wait longer
and try gain |
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Why is RootsMagic
V2 crashing when trying to create a report?
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| In v1 and v2 RootsMagic created
the report files in the program folder. You need to give the
user administrator access to that folder or purchase a newer
version of RootsMagic.
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