Joshua, I realise that the you wished to set the page size before creating the chart, but I do not think this can be done. However, part of of your question seemed to imply that it was not possible to change the size at all. I was making the point that it is possible.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Joshua Levy Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to specify the size of a chart, first. To answer MJ SA: I'd take the PDF file to FedEx/Kinkos (in the USA) on a thumb drive and pay $5 for a black and white poster which is 4 feet wide and 3 feet high. Great bargain! Color is available too, but costs more. My understanding is that anyone can read PDF files on their computer, if they have the right software, and it is often installed when you buy the computer, and also available free. To answer Ron: the charting software is the build-in "Legacy Charting" version 7.5. But your suggestion doesn't help me, because what I want to fix the size, and then see how much chart I can "stuff into" this space. Your system lets me design a chart, but I don't know until the last minute if it fits to the size I want. Plus, it gives me all these strange sizes, and I don't really want. Joshua Levy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MJ SA <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 6:39 PM 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 /12 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
