Customisation – Family Historian User Group

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Accessibility: Visual Customization and Quick Navigation: People with visual impairments face significant challenges using computers due to inaccessible design
Choosing What Appears in Generic Source Citations: Every generic source in takes its footnote, short footnote and bibliography entry from the same three patterns, called generic source formats
Customising Colour Schemes: Caroline O’Neill has written a primer on Customising Colour Schemes in version 7; click on the image to view
Customising Display for Generic Sources to Resemble V6 (Versions 7 and 8): Some people who upgrade to Family Historian 7 to take advantage of some of its new features (such as formatted text) will prefer to continue using Generic Sources rather than adopting Templated Sources, perhaps to maintain consistency with data previously entered, or because they do not want to learn a new way of working, […]
Customising Family Historian: A Migrant’s Experience: TMG migrant Phil Leslie explains how he customised Family Historian preferences to his own needs.
Delete a Custom Diagram, Fact Set, Plugin, Query, Record Flag, Report, etc: Family Historian offers many customisations, most of which can be removed as easily as they are created, but there are some exceptions
Family Historian Records Window custom settings comparing Rootsmagic 10: The ability to view your genealogy data in a spreadsheet format is invaluable in any family history program
Focus Window Colours: Customising the Focus Window using the Colours option
How to Customise or Print Records Window or Named List Columns: The columns in the Records Window (and Named Lists) can be customised to suit the user’s preferences
How to Turn Off the Splash Screen: When Family Historian starts up it displays a Splash screen
Named Lists in Family Historian 7: Named Lists in Family Historian are the perfect way to break down your research into groups to be completed
Narrative Report Fact Sentence Templates: These specify the wording for facts in Narrative Reports and elsewhere
Silence Deletion Sound: Silence Deletion Sound To mute the sound associated with many deletions, follow these steps: Open the Sound control panel using one of these methods: Use Windows 11 > Start > Settings > System > Sound > More Sound Settings Use Windows 10 > Start > Settings > System > Sound > Sound control panel In […]
Some Simple Customisations for Working with Facts: As you work with Family Historian, you will come to realise exactly how customisable it is, and Facts are no exception; here are four very simple ways to make it easier to work with Facts
Starting Family Historian With a Specified Project or Record: This page describes an undocumented option to start Family Historian with any specified Individual or Family Record in the Focus Window
Understanding the Scope of Features: Knowing where Family Historian stores its data and settings on your PC greatly aids routine processes such as backup or future migration/upgrade to a new or additional PC