Re: [LegacyUG] Generational migration patterns

[JLB]

Well, just today I heard of a thing called Google Fusion Tables. If you
have a Google Drive (used to be Google Docs) account, that's where it
is. This is definitely map related and you may need specific
co-ordinates. I think it works by putting your data into a spreadsheet,
then somehow it all translates to a map. Ah, the magic of Google.
---
JL Beeken
JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists
http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/

On 8/15/2012 7:32 PM, Maureen Lake wrote:
> I have been doing a study of all the descendants I have been able to
> find of one ancestral couple. In about a year and a half I have gathered
> some 6000+ descendants. I am thinking it would be interesting to see,
> visually, how they disbursed from the central point that is the home of
> the original couple, i.e. Montreal.
>
> What I am looking to do is two-fold. First I need to generate some sort
> of report which will give me location breakdowns by generation. Then I
> am looking for a way to map them which will allow me to color code the
> generations. I have, thus far, 13 generations from that base-line couple.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. I know that Legacy has the
> capacity to give me the information I need, I just need to figure out
> the semantics. The mapping is another thing altogether, and I realize
> that it is partially off-topic. I know that Legacy will show me
> locations on a map, but can I save those maps, or build on them, or will
> I need to go to an outside program? Google Maps might have the
> capabilities I am looking for, but it is not necessarily the most user
> friendly interface.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Maureen Lake
>
> Las Vegas, NV
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[LegacyUG] Generational migration patterns

[Maureen Lake]

I have been doing a study of all the descendants I have been able to find of
one ancestral couple.  In about a year and a half I have gathered some 6000+
descendants.  I am thinking it would be interesting to see, visually, how
they disbursed from the central point that is the home of the original
couple, i.e. Montreal.



What I am looking to do is two-fold.  First I need to generate some sort of
report which will give me location breakdowns by generation.  Then I am
looking for a way to map them which will allow me to color code the
generations.  I have, thus far, 13 generations from that base-line couple.



Any suggestions would be appreciated.  I know that Legacy has the capacity
to give me the information I need, I just need to figure out the semantics.
The mapping is another thing altogether, and I realize that it is partially
off-topic.  I know that Legacy will show me locations on a map, but can I
save those maps, or build on them, or will I need to go to an outside
program?  Google Maps might have the capabilities I am looking for, but it
is not necessarily the most user friendly interface.



Thank you,



Maureen Lake

Las Vegas, NV




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Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Charting Deluxe

[Ron Ferguson]

Yes you make sense, but please don't do it, because '.lwc' files will *only*
open in Legacy Charting. If you like it is the non-destructible format for a
chart.

If you wish to "save" in a different format you need to export the the file.
Open it in Legacy Charting then use Publish>Export and select the format
which you require.

Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/


-Original Message-
From: MJ SA
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:59 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Charting Deluxe

Hi Wendy, it says Legacy Wall Chart (.lwc)  I use Windows 7, when I
right click on the file icon, I placed it on my desktop and go to
Properties its says it opens with Legacy Charging and there is a
button that says Change and opens a window for me to look for another
program. Does that make sense?

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Wendy Howard 
wrote:
> That probably depends on what sort of file you sent.  What extension did
> it have?  That's the three letters/numbers after the file name.
>
> Wendy




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Re: [LegacyUG] How to specify the size of a chart, first.

[Ron Ferguson]

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: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
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 
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
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
 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: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
> 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

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Re: [LegacyUG] Picture location

[Brian/Support]

Open the picture gallery where that photo is attached and select the photo.
Click Edit
In the bottom of the screen you will see where the path where the
picture is located.

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On 15/08/2012 14:35, Rita Lynn McKale wrote:
> I have two of the same picture in different folders.  One folder is in a
> Windows picture folder and one is in the Legacy picture folder.  How can I
> tell which picture I have linked to?
>
> Rita in South Carolina
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Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Charting Deluxe

[MJ SA]

Hi Wendy, it says Legacy Wall Chart (.lwc)  I use Windows 7, when I
right click on the file icon, I placed it on my desktop and go to
Properties its says it opens with Legacy Charging and there is a
button that says Change and opens a window for me to look for another
program. Does that make sense?

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Wendy Howard  wrote:
> That probably depends on what sort of file you sent.  What extension did
> it have?  That's the three letters/numbers after the file name.
>
> Wendy
>
> MJ SA said the following on 15/08/2012 1:17 p.m.:
>> I created a Legacy Charting Deluxe and emailed it to my cousin. Will
>> he be able to open it? he does not have Legacy.
>
>
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[LegacyUG] Picture location

[Rita Lynn McKale]

I have two of the same picture in different folders.  One folder is in a
Windows picture folder and one is in the Legacy picture folder.  How can I
tell which picture I have linked to?



Rita in South Carolina




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Re: [LegacyUG] How to specify the size of a chart, first.

[Joshua Levy]

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 
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
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
 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: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
> 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
>
>
>
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] Proof of relationship

[Ron Ferguson]

Alan,

When I first drew attention to the fact that the concept of “negative proof”
does not exist but is simply an estimation of probability, I certainly was
not suggesting that we should start to calculate that probability either
using Bayesian theory or otherwise. Indeed, I can see this this producing a
row of blank faces, and putting people off for life :-). For me, Legacy’s
validity assessment is good enough, with a maximum value of 2.

The point is that it should be accepted that there is always some doubt when
a relationship is derived by a process of eliminating all other options, and
such a relationship can never be set in stone.

Ron Ferguson,
http://www.fergys.co.uk/


From: Alan Pereira
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 10:31 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Proof of relationship


Brian,

I have resolved similar issues by finding the descendants of All 3 brothers.
You may find a namesake of your 6x GGfather with the other families thus
eliminating him from that line (negative proof again).  I take kb's view
that assigning a Bayesian probability may be a pragmatic approach to
identifying the value of the justification in making this assumption.  I am
not sure that I want to go into the math to provide a quantitive value or
that a later descendant would have any hope of understanding it!



Alan





From: Brian Woolvett [mailto:woolv...@one-name.org]
Sent: 15 August 2012 02:23
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Proof of relationship





I find this thread very interesting and informative, thanks to Kb and Ian
for their comments I am in a similar situation of my 6x Great Grandfather
being the probable son of 1 of 3 brothers, I will probably never be able to
prove who the father is but the idea of bypassing a generation with a
probable is giving me a way out.  Taking the argument a bit further how many
of us can say without any shadow of doubt that our father who is on our
birth certificates is true!!



Thanks again



Brian Woolvett

South Australia

www.woolvett.com





From: Ian GARDENER [mailto:ijg3...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 15 August 2012 8:55 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Proof of relationship





Hi kb,



Thanks for the tip on Bayesian probability. I must confess that the math is
way beyond me these days (maybe alwaysJ) but the underlying broad principle
is definitely something I can run with for some of my research.



I agree that Legacy seems quite weak in the research log, notes department
and it something I hope is improved in version 8. In the meantime I just
make my notes in word then create a pdf file which I attach to legacy
sourcing. I don’t use native word format because the file structure is
everchanging.



I like your idea of “demonstrating” rather than necessarily proving
relationships as I too am really laying groundwork for future family members
I hope. For that reason I also make & update hundreds of pdf reports as the
raw data may also become useless in the end.



Thanks again. You’ve given me a kick toward detailing my reasoning in more
detail.



Ian GARDENER

Australia

www.gardener.org.au









From: britton...@comcast.net [mailto:britton...@comcast.net]
Sent: Wednesday, 15 August 2012 4:37 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Proof of relationship







Alan,

I also just document reasoning in research notes.  Legacy is excellent for
organising classical genealogy material, but it's limited or poor as a
research tool or record.  It has little support for anything less than fact,
and that bites not only subsequent descendants, but also the present
genealogy researcher.  I've sympathy for Ron's position regarding "negative
proof", but some term is needed.  On balance, I see the trade off, between
violating prior use in information theory versus important advantage to
clarity in your usage, as decidedly on your side.

I'm leaving history and genealogy of my line(s) to the future, but also
everything I can find which may be useful to subsequent or collateral
researchers.  Necessarily, that includes not just my logic behind judgements
made, but also conjecture, unconnected fact, and rejected "fact" with
reasoning.  Generally, I support the position taken in the genealogy with
detailed reasoning, followed by "Alternative possibilities" with discussion
on pros and cons in less detail.  Implicit in that is acceptance and warning
that my adopted position may be wrong, but a "Negative Proof" textual label
is a much stronger message that the adopted position is not only provisional
but recognised by the author as in significant doubt.  (Thanks Alan)

If we confine ourselves to "classical fact", we don't just constrain
ourselves to documents; we risk crippling our reasoning.  Scientific
research proceeds from hypothesis to proof, yea or nay.  Hypothesis is, by
definition, provisional and uncertain.  If we don't keep clear awareness of
"na

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources

[Brian/Support]

I was on vacation when this thread started. I tried some limited
experiments on the laptop I had with me but could never get drag and
drop to work so I ignored the thread at that time. I tried again today
and discovered there are a few tricks to get drag and drop to work.

1. It only works on the first box in the photo gallery, you cannot drop
unto any other boxes. If the first box already has a picture you must
still drop your photo in that box. It will move the existing picture(s)
to the next box.
2. There seems to be a hot area in the box that you have to point to.
When you hit that the mouse cursor changes to a + sigh in a square.
Releasing the mouse button then drops the picture. The area is most of
the box but there is an area around the edges which do not work.

WARNING WARNING WARNING: I just found a major problem!! If you have an
existing picture and drop a new photo on box 1, the existing picture is
moved to box 2. If you then cancel out of the screen the new picture
will replace the older one. If you close normally both pictures are saved.

I have entered a problem report on the missing path name and on the
replace problem.

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On 31/07/2012 15:14, JLB wrote:
> Strangely, though, the file-path to the files I dragged and dropped into
> the Source Detail multimedia screen, do not show file-paths under
> Customize/Locations/View all multimedia paths and neither does the drag
> and drop method ask if I want the embedded information added to the Desc
> box.
>
> Perhaps a Legacy support person could jump in here.
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RE: [LegacyUG] Proof of relationship

[Alan Pereira]

Brian,

I have resolved similar issues by finding the descendants of All 3 brothers.  
You may find a namesake of your 6x GGfather with the other families thus 
eliminating him from that line (negative proof again).  I take kb's view that 
assigning a Bayesian probability may be a pragmatic approach to identifying the 
value of the justification in making this assumption.  I am not sure that I 
want to go into the math to provide a quantitive value or  that a later 
descendant would have any hope of understanding it!



Alan



From: Brian Woolvett [mailto:woolv...@one-name.org]
Sent: 15 August 2012 02:23
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Proof of relationship



I find this thread very interesting and informative, thanks to Kb and Ian for 
their comments I am in a similar situation of my 6x Great Grandfather being the 
probable son of 1 of 3 brothers, I will probably never be able to prove who the 
father is but the idea of bypassing a generation with a probable is giving me a 
way out.  Taking the argument a bit further how many of us can say without any 
shadow of doubt that our father who is on our birth certificates is true!!



Thanks again



Brian Woolvett

South Australia

www.woolvett.com



From: Ian GARDENER [mailto:ijg3...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 15 August 2012 8:55 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Proof of relationship



Hi kb,



Thanks for the tip on Bayesian probability. I must confess that the math is way 
beyond me these days (maybe alwaysJ) but the underlying broad principle is 
definitely something I can run with for some of my research.



I agree that Legacy seems quite weak in the research log, notes department and 
it something I hope is improved in version 8. In the meantime I just make my 
notes in word then create a pdf file which I attach to legacy sourcing. I don’t 
use native word format because the file structure is everchanging.



I like your idea of “demonstrating” rather than necessarily proving 
relationships as I too am really laying groundwork for future family members I 
hope. For that reason I also make & update hundreds of pdf reports as the raw 
data may also become useless in the end.



Thanks again. You’ve given me a kick toward detailing my reasoning in more 
detail.



Ian GARDENER

Australia

www.gardener.org.au







From: britton...@comcast.net [mailto:britton...@comcast.net]
Sent: Wednesday, 15 August 2012 4:37 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Proof of relationship



Alan,

I also just document reasoning in research notes.  Legacy is excellent for 
organising classical genealogy material, but it's limited or poor as a research 
tool or record.  It has little support for anything less than fact, and that 
bites not only subsequent descendants, but also the present genealogy 
researcher.  I've sympathy for Ron's position regarding "negative proof", but 
some term is needed.  On balance, I see the trade off, between violating prior 
use in information theory versus important advantage to clarity in your usage, 
as decidedly on your side.

I'm leaving history and genealogy of my line(s) to the future, but also 
everything I can find which may be useful to subsequent or collateral 
researchers.  Necessarily, that includes not just my logic behind judgements 
made, but also conjecture, unconnected fact, and rejected "fact" with 
reasoning.  Generally, I support the position taken in the genealogy with 
detailed reasoning, followed by "Alternative possibilities" with discussion on 
pros and cons in less detail.  Implicit in that is acceptance and warning that 
my adopted position may be wrong, but a "Negative Proof" textual label is a 
much stronger message that the adopted position is not only provisional but 
recognised by the author as in significant doubt.  (Thanks Alan)

If we confine ourselves to "classical fact", we don't just constrain ourselves 
to documents; we risk crippling our reasoning.  Scientific research proceeds 
from hypothesis to proof, yea or nay.  Hypothesis is, by definition, 
provisional and uncertain.  If we don't keep clear awareness of "nay", we too 
easily seek only evidence to justify assumptions.  Legacy seems to have few 
formal places for "provisional fact", and genealogies contributed to the web 
are typically stripped of research and other cautionary notes.

I much recommend looking up "Bayesian" in Wikipedia.  Crudely estimating 
probabilities and using them as in Bayesian Inference can be a help and a 
powerful discipline in research guidance.  A quick check shows an average of 8 
Dave XXXs alive in a parish at any time over 200 years.  Not good odds that any 
record is of the one you want.  It's a caution and focuses work on factors 
which improve probability.  Unlike other logical systems, Bayesian can be 
reversible without circular reasoning.  In retrospect, the odds on truth for an 
initial premise may be drastically higher when c

Re: [LegacyUG] How to specify the size of a chart, first.

[Ron Ferguson]

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: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
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
 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: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
> 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
>




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