I wouldn't, but Legacy can - they have an order system on the Legacy Charting Tool bar - and I understand that there are also a number of companies who can do it, usually from a PDF. In the UK Staples can do it, but I do not know the names of companies in other countries.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: MJ SA Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 2:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to specify the size of a chart, first. how would you print out a large chart like that? On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 6:08 AM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > Joshua, > > You do not say which "charting software" you are referring to. If Legacy > Charting, which is included free with Legacy then you can adjust the > appearance using the Appearance Tab - I have just looked at a small 3 > generation descendant chart which I was able to enlarge to abt. 49"x24", > without effort. > > I suspect that I could manually adjust this further should I play around. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > From: Joshua Levy > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 5:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] How to specify the size of a chart, first. > > I just updated to Legacy 7.5 and treated myself to the charting software > as > well. > So I have a couple of questions about making charts. > > What I want to do, is choose a size for a chart (like 4 feet wide and 3 > feet > tall, or 14 inches wide by 11 inches high) and then experiment with > different numbers of generations and different data on each person and > different people, until I end up with a good looking chart. However, I'm > having a lot of trouble with that, because it looks like Legacy Charts > thinks in the opposite way: It wants to know how many generations, what > data, etc, and then tells you how big the chart will be). If I want a 4 > foot by 3 foot chart but only six generations, that means I want lots of > space per generation, but the charting software doesn't do that. > > So is there a way to set the page size first, and then see how much chart > you can "stuff in" to that sized page? > > Also, these specific questions: > > Lets say I create a fan chart, and it is about 25 inches in diameter. > However, I'm going to have it printed on a 4 foot by 3 foot sheet of > paper, > by generating a PDF and then taking it to a print shop. Is there any way > to > get the pie chart in the middle of the PDF? Right now, it is always in > the > upper left corner. > > Can I print out events on a chart? So people who have an immigration > event > will say "Immigrated 1921" (or whatever). It might be best of all to have > a > special event/fact just for that purpose. Something like "Chart Caption" > and just have my chart print out the description field of that. > > > It would also be nice to color code one person's background or text based > on > events. So relatives with military service would be in bold, or in red, > or > maybe have red background, or something like that. Immigrants might be in > blue, that sort of thing. > > > Any way to do any of this? > > Thanks for any help. > > Joshua Levy > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
