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From: "John Liddle" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] VCF problems
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 14:22:56 -0000
References: <6.1.1.1.2.20041101213342.03056cc0@popd.ix.netcom.com>


I suggest you also see the "Export of Charts in EMF format" thread in the
VCF support forum at www.Whollygenes.com/forums

Regards,
John Liddle
Backwell, North Somerset - "Where the cider apples grow"


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Lee Bieber" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 5:53 AM
Subject: Re: [TMG] VCF problems


> On or about 11/01/04 08:39 a carrier pigeon from Steinar Vissebraaten
> delivered:
> >At 21:28 31.10.2004 Sunday, Peter R Thompson wrote the following:
> >Hi.
> >
> >Before when you choose the cut and past in VCF it just fit the size you
> >saw in the VCF. This was never a problem before. Now when you cut in the
> >VCF page that seems to be a size you want this is now always only half
the
> >size no matter what you do!!
> >
> >Try to make an A4 page in the VCF and cut and past it - I am sure you get
> >the same problem as me.
>
> Given that VCF does have an Export function, and EMF is a
> possibility, I don't think I'd ever use a screen cut&paste -- There is too
> much of a chance that a screen cut&paste may only copy the visible data at
> the screen resolution (typically 96dpi) while Word's print resolution may
> assume an image should be 150dpi or more (ie, I don't know if the
cut&paste
> transfers in a scalable vector format or as an image).
>
> Having said that, however, I should also state that the last time
> I produced a printed volume I was using TMG4.0, and don't even remember if
> the VCF of that era /had/ export... I'd had to print the charts
> stand-alone, and rig blank pages in Word to keep the page numbers correct.
>
>
> Okay, as a test...
>
> I generated an Ancestor tree (7 generations). It came up in VCF
> using 6 sheets of US-Letter (it was roughly 14"x26").
>
> I selected everything in VCF, scaled it down to 10" tall (about
6"
> wide) -- which fits 1 sheet of US-Letter. Granted, the text is practically
> impossible to read (I can read the names with a magnifying glass, but the
> dates/places are under 6pt, and only legible if you know what it meant to
> begin with).
>
> Exported as EMF format.
>
> Opened Word.
>
> Insert/picture/from file; the EMF came in and fit the page; no
> strange scaling, no cut-off data.
>
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