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by wulliam
15 Sep 2023 15:56
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Children listed vertically on a descendants chart
Replies: 3
Views: 599

Re: Children listed vertically on a descendants chart

I asked a question along these lines some time ago - see Customising diagram end of branch siblings (13391).
Perhaps that will help in the meantime?
by wulliam
11 Feb 2023 11:24
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Forcing the next source onto next page?
Replies: 4
Views: 496

Re: Forcing the next source onto next page?

Thanks Mark - a nice idea, but I'm a little technologically challenged that way!
by wulliam
11 Feb 2023 10:56
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Forcing the next source onto next page?
Replies: 4
Views: 496

Re: Forcing the next source onto next page?

Thanks Mike - will report to CP.
by wulliam
11 Feb 2023 10:08
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Forcing the next source onto next page?
Replies: 4
Views: 496

Forcing the next source onto next page?

I'm hoping there's an easy fix for this one, but can't find it... I'm adding media to sources, and generating a descendant report. When the image is too large to fit onto a page (because there's already content at the top of the page) the image drops onto the next page - fair enough. But is it possi...
by wulliam
30 Jan 2022 16:16
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Diagrams - text alignment
Replies: 16
Views: 2637

Re: Diagrams - text alignment

Birth certificates: I cite the source in the name field and birth field for the individual who was born. The father (and mother, where named) get the same source cited in their name fields. I do the same for the name field and death field for death certificates, and similar for marriage certificates...
by wulliam
30 Jan 2022 12:40
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Diagrams - text alignment
Replies: 16
Views: 2637

Re: Diagrams - text alignment

No, for anything I find (including census documents), I create a separate source, and then add a citation to the relevant fields. I daresay it's not normal practice, but it works for me, and it would be too much work to change thousands of previous entries. I'll report the looping index issue to CP ...
by wulliam
30 Jan 2022 08:12
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Diagrams - text alignment
Replies: 16
Views: 2637

Re: Diagrams - text alignment

Thanks Mike, I didn't know of that new FH7 function - very neat. I don't use Ancestral Sources, and just add my own generic sources for each document I come across. I distinguish between types of source by looking at the title. So, as far as I understand it, what I'm doing now is the only way to go....
by wulliam
29 Jan 2022 21:56
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Diagrams - text alignment
Replies: 16
Views: 2637

Re: Diagrams - text alignment

sbell95 wrote: 29 Jan 2022 05:10 @William, any chance of sharing your diagram scheme? I love how simple and clean it is!
Thanks Sarah,

Following the advice from Mike Tate below, I've attached the text scheme - please adapt it as you wish.
Hope it's useful to you.
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by wulliam
29 Jan 2022 21:45
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Diagrams - text alignment
Replies: 16
Views: 2637

Re: Diagrams - text alignment

tatewise wrote: 29 Jan 2022 11:29 @wulliam: I don't know if it is a quirk of the font you use but all the ones (1) look like a capital I (I).
e.g. I0 Aug I908
I know - it's Centaur. It's the only downside of a lovely font, but I'm sticking with it for the time being.
by wulliam
28 Jan 2022 19:47
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Diagrams - text alignment
Replies: 16
Views: 2637

Re: Diagrams - text alignment

Gowermick wrote: 28 Jan 2022 18:53 You may want to check your printer driver, and ensure it is one supplied by your printer maker, and not a generic one supplied by Microsoft.
Thanks Mike - that's worked a treat. First time I've ever tried that process, but all is good.

Many thanks to both Mikes for the suggestions :)
by wulliam
28 Jan 2022 19:31
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Diagrams - text alignment
Replies: 16
Views: 2637

Re: Diagrams - text alignment

tatewise wrote: 28 Jan 2022 18:17 With a Diagram displayed, try File > Print Setup... and set the printer Name to Family Historian PDF.
Thanks Mike, but this was the result!....
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by wulliam
28 Jan 2022 17:55
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Diagrams - text alignment
Replies: 16
Views: 2637

Diagrams - text alignment

My laptop recently started misbehaving - the first sign of it was the printer driver being 'generic/text only' which caused issues with printing, but at the same time FH7 diagrams also went wrong. I've downloaded and installed the latest Windows 11 update, which has sorted the printer driver issue n...
by wulliam
23 Oct 2021 20:20
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Search & Return plugin - error?
Replies: 2
Views: 837

Re: Search & Return plugin - error?

Very nice, too - thanks!
by wulliam
23 Oct 2021 16:26
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Search & Return plugin - error?
Replies: 2
Views: 837

Search & Return plugin - error?

Good afternoon, Some time ago I invented a new fact called 'Byname' to contain family nicknames and the like. One of the many families I'm tracking used the byname 'Cocair'. I think I have the same 1700s ancestor as the progenitor of a number of lines, and would obviously like to merge these lines. ...
by wulliam
07 Aug 2021 14:21
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Fact definitions & unwanted carriage returns
Replies: 4
Views: 1855

Re: Fact definitions & unwanted carriage returns

Thanks very much, Mike - that has solved the issues nicely.
by wulliam
06 Aug 2021 20:33
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Fact definitions & unwanted carriage returns
Replies: 4
Views: 1855

Re: Fact definitions & unwanted carriage returns

Thanks Mike - have reported it as you suggest...I simply pointed them to this thread so they should see the comment below as well. I've also replaced {note} with {%FACT.NOTE2%} and now have this, which is an improvement, although there still seems to be a leading space before "in November 1850&...
by wulliam
06 Aug 2021 16:39
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Fact definitions & unwanted carriage returns
Replies: 4
Views: 1855

Fact definitions & unwanted carriage returns

Hi. I'm trying to tidy up some of my hastily constructed facts from a few years ago, and have hit a snag that I can't get to the bottom of. fh_query.png As you can see the Sentence is picking up all of the elements but leaving carriage returns in strange places, highlighted by the red blocks. Also t...
by wulliam
27 Feb 2021 17:59
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Finding an old thread...
Replies: 3
Views: 1427

Re: Finding an old thread...

Thanks to you both - I've got a very clear memory of the thread, but no matter...if I ever find it again I'll remember to bookmark it next time!
Fair enough - the comma probably isn't needed!
by wulliam
27 Feb 2021 16:11
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Finding an old thread...
Replies: 3
Views: 1427

Finding an old thread...

I know there's a thread on here somewhere about text schemes and the awkward comma between the date and the place of, say, birth. The comma being awkward because it's not needed if there's no date, and if there's no place it's also not needed, but it is needed when both are present. Can someone poin...
by wulliam
09 Feb 2021 17:59
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Diagram Text Scheme - strange behaviour
Replies: 4
Views: 1491

Re: Diagram Text Scheme - strange behaviour

Thanks Lornna - will bear this in mind if it occurs again.
by wulliam
09 Feb 2021 16:45
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Diagram Text Scheme - strange behaviour
Replies: 4
Views: 1491

Re: Diagram Text Scheme - strange behaviour

It's a custom event, originally set up like that so that I'd remember the format I wanted to use - very clunky I know. I didn't realise there was a limit to the number of characters. By hook or by crook I have got it sorted now - apologies for wasting your time. Edit: I didn't refresh this tab befor...
by wulliam
09 Feb 2021 16:25
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Diagram Text Scheme - strange behaviour
Replies: 4
Views: 1491

Diagram Text Scheme - strange behaviour

Good afternoon, I have this as part of a textscheme: %INDI.EVEN-A_TENANT_IE_SWORDALE_TENANT_COMMA_1796.NOTE2% It works just as I wish - but if I close FH7 and re-open it, the % signs have disappeared and I just get the ugly text: INDI.EVEN-A_TENANT_IE_SWORDALE_TENANT_COMMA_1796.NOTE2 in each box in ...
by wulliam
25 Jan 2021 16:23
Forum: General Usage
Topic: how to prodece a specific relationship to selected individuals
Replies: 17
Views: 5067

Re: how to prodece a specific relationship to selected individuals

It sounds to me as though you need to use the Tools - How Related feature, although you'll need to run it once for every pairing of people you want to consider. I generally find that the graphical option is easiest to follow, particularly if you turn off the 'spouses and siblings' option. I don't fi...
by wulliam
25 Jan 2021 15:46
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Ancestor Reports - customised to follow male line
Replies: 2
Views: 1095

Ancestor Reports - customised to follow male line

Good afternoon, Is it possible to customise an Ancestor Report so that it only follows the male line? The main reason for wanting this is to be able to give a fellow-researcher all the documentation relating to the male line, without becoming distracted by the many other couples going back 6 generat...