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From: "Frank and Annechien" <>
Subject: RE: [FTST] Save properties of charts as Templates
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 10:36:59 -0700
In-Reply-To: <000501c1ee0a$43d0b700$2a5ff4cc@tandex>


Hi John,

FTST does not have the ability to save individual chart configurations, but
you can fake it.
Take a look in the FTST program directory, default:
C:\Program Files\Family Tree Super Tools
In the \reports subdirectory you'll find the three reports that FTST
produces. These can be changed to your liking, from within FTST.
If you want to modify the configuration without losing your current setup,
do the following:
create another subdirectory wherever you like, copy the current chart you
want to save into this directory and add something to the name to identify
it for yourself.
Anytime you want to use that configuration, copy the file back to the
reports directory and change the name back to the original name.
A little clunky perhaps, but then FTST is intentionally low-featured and
cheap.

Good luck :-)

Frank van Thienen
Vernon, BC Canada
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Gregson [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 9:40 AM
To:
Subject: [FTST] Save properties of charts as Templates


I have a question about saving all the many & varied properties of a .VC2
chart.

By varied I mean such things as:
Font, Font Size, Font Color, Paper Size, Paper Orientation (portrait or
landscape), Margins, Drawing size, and all the other properties that one
must enter in order to get a chart the way a person wishes.

QUESTION: Is there any way to save as a file,all the above properties of a
selected chart.

I would like have the ability, so that when I start a new chart, I could
import all of these properties into this new drawing; it would save a lot of
work.
I can see a person having several of these 'Templates' available for use as
standard chart parameters.

If this is not possible at present then perhaps Bob V. will consider this as
a suggestion for a future release.


John Gregson
Dawson Creek, BC




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