• Skill Level: Advanced, Intermediate, and New User
• FH versions: V4, V5, V6, and V7
• In Topics: Reports and Books 

Help file (v6):  The Report Window

Introduction

Most reports are organised as tabulated, indented, or simple lists, but Narrative Reports employ Narrative Report Fact Sentence Templates to produce natural language sentences. Very few reports included Witness FactsWitness Facts allow multiple Individual records or just Names to be linked to one Fact and have & icons in the Property Box Facts tab. until ƒh V7. This article summarises the characteristics of the standard report types.

Witnessed FactsFacts are one of the key concepts at the heart of Family Historian; they are how you record the things that happened to, or described, each ancestor (Individual). are where the person who is the focus of the Report has a Role as a Fact Witness of the PrincipalThe Principal (for Individual Facts) is the person to whom the fact applies — the person who was born, had the occupation, emigrated etc.  Family Facts have two Principals — the people who married, got divorced etc. person’s Fact.
Fact WitnessesA Witness is somebody who played an important role in an event (or rarely, attribute) but were not a Principal, e.g. they could have been a bridesmaid at a wedding, rather than one of the individuals getting married. identify all the other people who have a Role as a Fact Witness against the current Principal person’s Fact.

With a Report window open (using the Publish menu or Publish > Publish Tool FInder… menu) pressing the F1 key, or clicking the Help button in its sub-windows, gives detailed advice on using the Report Window.

Standard Report Types