Diagram Tips – Family Historian User Group

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Add People Using a Diagram: Using Family Historians diagram editing feature to add new people into your database.
Add Text Boxes to Diagrams: Working with the All Relatives diagram and adding and customising text boxes
Create an export GEDCOM based on a diagram: It can sometimes be useful to export all the people shown on a selected Diagram
Diagram Tips: This summarises some little known tips and tricks with Diagrams
Diagrams in Version 8: Version 8 of has a new graphics engine, which uses the graphics card where there is one, so diagrams draw faster and look different
Getting Ready to Print Diagrams: When you open any Diagram, Family Historian will be getting ready to print it, but it’s not always the best at optimising the amount of paper required
How to Display How Two People are Related: The simplest way to display how two people on your tree are related is to use
Making Branches Stand Out: Improve the look of Family Historian diagrams by colouring tree branches distinctively to make them stand out
Moving Boxes and Branches: Learn how to move boxes and branches, and even how to pull tree branches apart, to make them stand out from one another.
Resize a Diagram to Fit Your Paper: How to resize a Family Historian diagram so that it will fit exactly within one sheet of paper when you print it, or if you prefer, to fit nicely over two or more sheets of paper.
Saving Medium or Large Diagrams: You may run into problems saving even medium size diagrams or ones with a high zoom level
Showing Pictures on a Diagram: There are two stages to this
Single PDF Page of a Diagram: Creating a single page PDF can be a great way to send large diagrams to a Print Company to obtain A2 or larger charts without reverting to sticky tape or glue
Using Icons: An Icon is a small image file that will sit against a box on a diagram
Using Mark and Hide in Diagrams: How to mark and hide individuals in a diagram
Using Named Lists to Mark a Diagram: An animated tutorial on using Named Lists to Mark a Diagram
View Both Spouses’ Ancestors in Diagrams: If you select only one Individual Record before viewing an Ancestors Diagram, or Ancestors & Descendants Diagram, or All Relatives Diagram then the Ancestors of only that person are displayed in the Diagram