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From: Terry Reigel <>
Subject: Re: [FTST] How to get ancessders/decendents on more than one page
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 19:50:59 -0500
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"Dale C. Rutschow" wrote:

> Even though I have FTST for a while I have just really started using it. I
> like the charts it puts out but am trying to figure out two things on the
> drawing of the charts and figured someone has done this...
>
> 1. Is there a way to tell it not to make a person box on a page line? The
> only way I can do this is manually, which can take some time, I was hoping
> there was a setup somewhere?

In version 2 of VCF, which is the one shipped with FTST, there is an editing feature that will automatically rearrange the boxes so they don't fall on page boundaries. After the chart is made, use Tools/Diagram/Repaginate to do this.

> 2. How do you get it to a tree to grow up? By this I mean I tried printing
> out all the decedents of my Great-Great-Great grandfather. I get a print
> out that is 39 pages long but all the generations are on one sheet length.
> So the tree is very squat and very wide which makes for interesting lines.

Robin has already offered some suggestions. But a top to bottom descendancy chart by nature is very wide, because of number of descendants at each generation, and because of the horizontal orientation of the boxes. Creating the chart in left to right orientation will help (because the long direction of the boxes is not aligned with all the siblings, but may not give the result you have in mind.

You might look at the article on Wall Charts on my TMG tips pages - while my example deals with ancestor charts, you might pick up some ideas that will help. The site is at http://reigelridge.com/tmg

Terry Reigel

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