Re: Reunion software package
Hi Ronni Sorry I had not come back earlier. You have no idea how quickly the day/weeks fill up when retired I do not fully understand your reply. I have tried/experimented with the formats of both Pedigree and cascading pedigree charts and do see value in both of these. In the second part of your reply you said Pull down the menu, Create then click on Pedigree chart Choose how many generations you want to show on the chart. Am happy on all of that What followed is the part I did not understand Then pull the Tree menu---to orientation You will have a choice of Waterfall, left to right etc I could not find those headings. Could you please expand or clarify for for me? Cheers Graeme On 25/08/2010, at 6:30 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Graeme, Does the Cascading Pedigree give you what you want? From the Reunion menu bar at the top of your display go to Create, and near the bottom of the popup list click on Cascading Pedigree. Pull down the menu, Createthen click on Pedigree chart. You can then choose how many generations you want to show on the chart. Then pull down the Tree Menu---to orientation. You will have a choice of Waterfall, Left to Right, Right to Left, Top to Bottom, etc. Cheers, Ronni On 25/08/2010, at 5:38 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Is there anyone within the WAMUG group using Reunion for Mac This is a family tree package designed specifically for the Mac My current issue is this Having entered data for some 7 families or over 650 names, I then opted to print a pedigree chart for my youngest grandchild This printed chart covers 7 generations and when printed covers 12 A4 sheets. In this format the chart is quite readable although it could be reduced in size a little. I then taped and joined the 12 pages into an impressive chart , however the joins were not good and I had to do much trimming to make the chart at all reasonable in appearance. Thinking that I could get a better job done by Office Works ( whose printing costs seem to be better than most ) Office Works were unable to open the .boxchart file I then tried saving this as a pdf file but the system would only allow a pdf.boxchart suffix Again the printer could not open the file When I come to print a descendants chart I see that I will have the same problem. Again this will be up to 7 generations but the chart will spread both north and south as well as east and west Does anyone have any experience with Reunion? Graeme iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Reunion software package
Its in the chart menu when you create on. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 08/09/2010, at 7:49 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Hi Ronni Sorry I had not come back earlier. You have no idea how quickly the day/weeks fill up when retired I do not fully understand your reply. I have tried/experimented with the formats of both Pedigree and cascading pedigree charts and do see value in both of these. In the second part of your reply you said Pull down the menu, Create then click on Pedigree chart Choose how many generations you want to show on the chart.Am happy on all of that What followed is the part I did not understand Then pull the Tree menu---to orientation You will have a choice of Waterfall, left to right etc I could not find those headings. Could you please expand or clarify for for me? Cheers Graeme On 25/08/2010, at 6:30 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Graeme, Does the Cascading Pedigree give you what you want? From the Reunion menu bar at the top of your display go to Create, and near the bottom of the popup list click on Cascading Pedigree. Pull down the menu, Createthen click on Pedigree chart. You can then choose how many generations you want to show on the chart. Then pull down the Tree Menu---to orientation. You will have a choice of Waterfall, Left to Right, Right to Left, Top to Bottom, etc. Cheers, Ronni On 25/08/2010, at 5:38 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Is there anyone within the WAMUG group using Reunion for Mac This is a family tree package designed specifically for the Mac My current issue is this Having entered data for some 7 families or over 650 names, I then opted to print a pedigree chart for my youngest grandchild This printed chart covers 7 generations and when printed covers 12 A4 sheets. In this format the chart is quite readable although it could be reduced in size a little. I then taped and joined the 12 pages into an impressive chart , however the joins were not good and I had to do much trimming to make the chart at all reasonable in appearance. Thinking that I could get a better job done by Office Works ( whose printing costs seem to be better than most ) Office Works were unable to open the .boxchart file I then tried saving this as a pdf file but the system would only allow a pdf.boxchart suffix Again the printer could not open the file When I come to print a descendants chart I see that I will have the same problem. Again this will be up to 7 generations but the chart will spread both north and south as well as east and west Does anyone have any experience with Reunion? Graeme iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Reunion software package
Many thanks Adrian I knew it was in there somewhere and once again the list proved to be so useful Graeme On 08/09/2010, at 8:21 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Its in the chart menu when you create on. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 08/09/2010, at 7:49 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Hi Ronni Sorry I had not come back earlier. You have no idea how quickly the day/weeks fill up when retired I do not fully understand your reply. I have tried/experimented with the formats of both Pedigree and cascading pedigree charts and do see value in both of these. In the second part of your reply you said Pull down the menu, Create then click on Pedigree chart Choose how many generations you want to show on the chart. Am happy on all of that What followed is the part I did not understand Then pull the Tree menu---to orientation You will have a choice of Waterfall, left to right etc I could not find those headings. Could you please expand or clarify for for me? Cheers Graeme On 25/08/2010, at 6:30 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Graeme, Does the Cascading Pedigree give you what you want? From the Reunion menu bar at the top of your display go to Create, and near the bottom of the popup list click on Cascading Pedigree. Pull down the menu, Createthen click on Pedigree chart. You can then choose how many generations you want to show on the chart. Then pull down the Tree Menu---to orientation. You will have a choice of Waterfall, Left to Right, Right to Left, Top to Bottom, etc. Cheers, Ronni On 25/08/2010, at 5:38 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Is there anyone within the WAMUG group using Reunion for Mac This is a family tree package designed specifically for the Mac My current issue is this Having entered data for some 7 families or over 650 names, I then opted to print a pedigree chart for my youngest grandchild This printed chart covers 7 generations and when printed covers 12 A4 sheets. In this format the chart is quite readable although it could be reduced in size a little. I then taped and joined the 12 pages into an impressive chart , however the joins were not good and I had to do much trimming to make the chart at all reasonable in appearance. Thinking that I could get a better job done by Office Works ( whose printing costs seem to be better than most ) Office Works were unable to open the .boxchart file I then tried saving this as a pdf file but the system would only allow a pdf.boxchart suffix Again the printer could not open the file When I come to print a descendants chart I see that I will have the same problem. Again this will be up to 7 generations but the chart will spread both north and south as well as east and west Does anyone have any experience with Reunion? Graeme iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Reunion software package
Does the PRINT dialog not give you the option to Save as PDF ? On 25 Aug 2010, at 17:38, Graeme Winters wrote: Is there anyone within the WAMUG group using Reunion for Mac This is a family tree package designed specifically for the Mac My current issue is this Having entered data for some 7 families or over 650 names, I then opted to print a pedigree chart for my youngest grandchild This printed chart covers 7 generations and when printed covers 12 A4 sheets. In this format the chart is quite readable although it could be reduced in size a little. I then taped and joined the 12 pages into an impressive chart , however the joins were not good and I had to do much trimming to make the chart at all reasonable in appearance. Thinking that I could get a better job done by Office Works ( whose printing costs seem to be better than most ) Office Works were unable to open the .boxchart file I then tried saving this as a pdf file but the system would only allow a pdf.boxchart suffix Again the printer could not open the file When I come to print a descendants chart I see that I will have the same problem. Again this will be up to 7 generations but the chart will spread both north and south as well as east and west Does anyone have any experience with Reunion? Graeme iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Reunion software package
On 25/08/2010, at 5:38 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Is there anyone within the WAMUG group using Reunion for Mac This is a family tree package designed specifically for the Mac My current issue is this Having entered data for some 7 families or over 650 names, I then opted to print a pedigree chart for my youngest grandchild This printed chart covers 7 generations and when printed covers 12 A4 sheets. In this format the chart is quite readable although it could be reduced in size a little. I then taped and joined the 12 pages into an impressive chart , however the joins were not good and I had to do much trimming to make the chart at all reasonable in appearance. Thinking that I could get a better job done by Office Works ( whose printing costs seem to be better than most ) Office Works were unable to open the .boxchart file I then tried saving this as a pdf file but the system would only allow a pdf.boxchart suffix Again the printer could not open the file When I come to print a descendants chart I see that I will have the same problem. Again this will be up to 7 generations but the chart will spread both north and south as well as east and west Does anyone have any experience with Reunion? Graeme iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB Hi Graeme Mike Murray of TimeTrackers East Fremantle offers services and advice for printing charts from Reunion. TimeTrackers East Fremantle British and Australian genealogical and historical research, education, publishing and film-making www.timetrackers.com.au Cheers Graham Green -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Reunion software package
Hi Graeme, Does the Cascading Pedigree give you what you want? From the Reunion menu bar at the top of your display go to Create, and near the bottom of the popup list click on Cascading Pedigree. Pull down the menu, Createthen click on Pedigree chart. You can then choose how many generations you want to show on the chart. Then pull down the Tree Menu---to orientation. You will have a choice of Waterfall, Left to Right, Right to Left, Top to Bottom, etc. Cheers, Ronni On 25/08/2010, at 5:38 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Is there anyone within the WAMUG group using Reunion for Mac This is a family tree package designed specifically for the Mac My current issue is this Having entered data for some 7 families or over 650 names, I then opted to print a pedigree chart for my youngest grandchild This printed chart covers 7 generations and when printed covers 12 A4 sheets. In this format the chart is quite readable although it could be reduced in size a little. I then taped and joined the 12 pages into an impressive chart , however the joins were not good and I had to do much trimming to make the chart at all reasonable in appearance. Thinking that I could get a better job done by Office Works ( whose printing costs seem to be better than most ) Office Works were unable to open the .boxchart file I then tried saving this as a pdf file but the system would only allow a pdf.boxchart suffix Again the printer could not open the file When I come to print a descendants chart I see that I will have the same problem. Again this will be up to 7 generations but the chart will spread both north and south as well as east and west Does anyone have any experience with Reunion? Graeme iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Reunion software package
Hi Graeme After you have created the chart, whilst the chart is the active window, choose File Save Graphic File ... (rather than File Save As, which you appear to have done, which gives you the boxchart suffix). From the window which displays, choose pdf as the file format, then click Save. This should then generate your pdf file. You probably know, but in case not the makers of Reunion have a helpful forum http://www.reuniontalk.com Cheers, Steven On 25/08/2010, at 1:38 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Is there anyone within the WAMUG group using Reunion for Mac This is a family tree package designed specifically for the Mac My current issue is this Having entered data for some 7 families or over 650 names, I then opted to print a pedigree chart for my youngest grandchild This printed chart covers 7 generations and when printed covers 12 A4 sheets. In this format the chart is quite readable although it could be reduced in size a little. I then taped and joined the 12 pages into an impressive chart , however the joins were not good and I had to do much trimming to make the chart at all reasonable in appearance. Thinking that I could get a better job done by Office Works ( whose printing costs seem to be better than most ) Office Works were unable to open the .boxchart file I then tried saving this as a pdf file but the system would only allow a pdf.boxchart suffix Again the printer could not open the file When I come to print a descendants chart I see that I will have the same problem. Again this will be up to 7 generations but the chart will spread both north and south as well as east and west Does anyone have any experience with Reunion? Graeme iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Reunion software package
Many thanks to all for your assistance with this issue As always a great and speedy response and this just reinforces the decision I made in switching to my IMAC Graeme On 25/08/2010, at 6:54 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Hi Graeme After you have created the chart, whilst the chart is the active window, choose File Save Graphic File ... (rather than File Save As, which you appear to have done, which gives you the boxchart suffix). From the window which displays, choose pdf as the file format, then click Save. This should then generate your pdf file. You probably know, but in case not the makers of Reunion have a helpful forum http://www.reuniontalk.com Cheers, Steven On 25/08/2010, at 1:38 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Is there anyone within the WAMUG group using Reunion for Mac This is a family tree package designed specifically for the Mac My current issue is this Having entered data for some 7 families or over 650 names, I then opted to print a pedigree chart for my youngest grandchild This printed chart covers 7 generations and when printed covers 12 A4 sheets. In this format the chart is quite readable although it could be reduced in size a little. I then taped and joined the 12 pages into an impressive chart , however the joins were not good and I had to do much trimming to make the chart at all reasonable in appearance. Thinking that I could get a better job done by Office Works ( whose printing costs seem to be better than most ) Office Works were unable to open the .boxchart file I then tried saving this as a pdf file but the system would only allow a pdf.boxchart suffix Again the printer could not open the file When I come to print a descendants chart I see that I will have the same problem. Again this will be up to 7 generations but the chart will spread both north and south as well as east and west Does anyone have any experience with Reunion? Graeme iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Reunion software package
Hello Graeme, I have been using it on and off for about 6 months and I found the reports (family tree prints, etc) very cumbersome and unfriendly. I have thought lately of trying something different, but what ? On 25/08/2010, at 5:38 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Is there anyone within the WAMUG group using Reunion for Mac This is a family tree package designed specifically for the Mac My current issue is this Having entered data for some 7 families or over 650 names, I then opted to print a pedigree chart for my youngest grandchild This printed chart covers 7 generations and when printed covers 12 A4 sheets. In this format the chart is quite readable although it could be reduced in size a little. I then taped and joined the 12 pages into an impressive chart , however the joins were not good and I had to do much trimming to make the chart at all reasonable in appearance. Thinking that I could get a better job done by Office Works ( whose printing costs seem to be better than most ) Office Works were unable to open the .boxchart file I then tried saving this as a pdf file but the system would only allow a pdf.boxchart suffix Again the printer could not open the file When I come to print a descendants chart I see that I will have the same problem. Again this will be up to 7 generations but the chart will spread both north and south as well as east and west Does anyone have any experience with Reunion? Graeme iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Reunion software package
Thank you for your comment Stephen I was using Family Tree Maker 2006 prior to August 2010 but was torn between persevering with this old package, updating FTM or switching to Reunion. I made the change after only a brief test and am yet to really get to try the many options available Several reasons why I chose Reunion Our Winters genealogy web site is run by a cousin in UK who is also using Reunion so I felt the transfer of my data to him via a box file would make things easier at his end Our current web site caters for 4 branches of the family to date and am looking to increase the branches to 10 with my local data FTM is not designed for the Mac although it may be in the future With all this activity it is just as well I am in the retired category Thanks again Stephen Graeme On 25/08/2010, at 8:46 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hello Graeme, I have been using it on and off for about 6 months and I found the reports (family tree prints, etc) very cumbersome and unfriendly. I have thought lately of trying something different, but what ? On 25/08/2010, at 5:38 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Is there anyone within the WAMUG group using Reunion for Mac This is a family tree package designed specifically for the Mac My current issue is this Having entered data for some 7 families or over 650 names, I then opted to print a pedigree chart for my youngest grandchild This printed chart covers 7 generations and when printed covers 12 A4 sheets. In this format the chart is quite readable although it could be reduced in size a little. I then taped and joined the 12 pages into an impressive chart , however the joins were not good and I had to do much trimming to make the chart at all reasonable in appearance. Thinking that I could get a better job done by Office Works ( whose printing costs seem to be better than most ) Office Works were unable to open the .boxchart file I then tried saving this as a pdf file but the system would only allow a pdf.boxchart suffix Again the printer could not open the file When I come to print a descendants chart I see that I will have the same problem. Again this will be up to 7 generations but the chart will spread both north and south as well as east and west Does anyone have any experience with Reunion? Graeme iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Reunion software package
I haven't reviewed anything else extensively, but in defence of Reunion, I think report and chart creation is one of its better features. The flexibility is endless, with Mac-like drag drop functionality within the charts. Drag individual person boxes to wherever you like, and the charts will automatically adjust. Auto include whatever data you like, whatever images you like. It's really quite feature rich. One of the less obvious features you may not have come across is the ability to scale the report to a size which fits a single page (unless of course you're converting to a graphic file, as per my earlier message). From within a report window, go File Page Setup. Select your Paper Size, then change the Settings field to Reunion. You will then see a suggestion as what percentage you need to scale the report by, for either Portrait or Landscape, in order that it fits a single page. (You're also given the option here to move the individual person boxes away from page breaks if printing a report which will exceed one page.) Make a note of the given percentage, then change the Settings field back to Page Attributes, and change the Scale accordingly. TopTenREVIEWS gives Reunion the highest ranking for Output Formats, ranking significantly ahead of 5 other products for the Mac. consumersearch rate it best genealogy software for the Mac. MacGenealogist also gives Reunion the highest ranking for charting and reporting. Reunion is iPhone compatible to boot. Cheers, Steven On 25/08/2010, at 4:46 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hello Graeme, I have been using it on and off for about 6 months and I found the reports (family tree prints, etc) very cumbersome and unfriendly. I have thought lately of trying something different, but what ? On 25/08/2010, at 5:38 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Is there anyone within the WAMUG group using Reunion for Mac This is a family tree package designed specifically for the Mac My current issue is this Having entered data for some 7 families or over 650 names, I then opted to print a pedigree chart for my youngest grandchild This printed chart covers 7 generations and when printed covers 12 A4 sheets. In this format the chart is quite readable although it could be reduced in size a little. I then taped and joined the 12 pages into an impressive chart , however the joins were not good and I had to do much trimming to make the chart at all reasonable in appearance. Thinking that I could get a better job done by Office Works ( whose printing costs seem to be better than most ) Office Works were unable to open the .boxchart file I then tried saving this as a pdf file but the system would only allow a pdf.boxchart suffix Again the printer could not open the file When I come to print a descendants chart I see that I will have the same problem. Again this will be up to 7 generations but the chart will spread both north and south as well as east and west Does anyone have any experience with Reunion? Graeme iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
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Hi Graeme I've come in late to this discussion. Here's some thoughts... Sharing with another Reunion user...send him the reunion file, not a boxchart (not sure what you meant by 'box file'). Others have mentioned the great features of Reunion, it's certainly worth persevering with. Reunion have just announced an iPad version (it's already available on the iPhone) Family Tree Maker will be available for the Mac later this year. Cheers Mike On 25/08/2010, at 9:01 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Thank you for your comment Stephen I was using Family Tree Maker 2006 prior to August 2010 but was torn between persevering with this old package, updating FTM or switching to Reunion. I made the change after only a brief test and am yet to really get to try the many options available Several reasons why I chose Reunion Our Winters genealogy web site is run by a cousin in UK who is also using Reunion so I felt the transfer of my data to him via a box file would make things easier at his end Our current web site caters for 4 branches of the family to date and am looking to increase the branches to 10 with my local data FTM is not designed for the Mac although it may be in the future Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester TimeTrackers East Fremantle Western Australia Tel 08 9339 8078 Fax 08 9339 0519 British and Australian genealogical and historical research, education, publishing and film-making www.timetrackers.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Reunion software package
I agree completely with Steven, Reunion is the No.1 Genealogy program for Mac on the market. Each update version has improved their latest version Reunion 9.0c is excellent. Fwd: Reunion 9.0c free maintenance update is now available Begin forwarded message: From: Reunion Customer Service customerserv...@leisterpro.com Date: 26 August 2010 3:20:45 AM AWST To: Ronda Brown ro...@wn.com.au Subject: Reunion 9.0c free maintenance update is now available Greetings Ronda, This week we released Reunion 9.0c, a free maintenance update for Reunion 9 users. The primary change is support for our new Reunion for iPad app; however, there are a few other fixes. Thus we recommend that all Reunion 9 users download the free update. You can download the free update here... http://www.leisterpro.com/doc/version9/updates/update.php More information about Reunion for iPad (and an introductory video) is available here... http://www.leisterpro.com/ipad/ Thank you for your support. -Customer Service at Leister Productions Inc. -Reunion Web Site: http://www.leisterpro.com == Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Reunion software package
Good morning all, I have tried a few genealogical apps over the last 20 odd years and I found they all record the data and in some case they have interesting but useless gimmicks, however, in the long run I have also concluded that Reunion is by far the most comprehensive of of them all pretty much in all respects. The iPhone App is brilliant for on the spot referencing your data and particularly for updating and/or adding new data on the run, its hardly necessary for me to cart the MacBook Pro around with me when we are traveling. Adrian http://www.skehan.id.au/ On 26/08/2010, at 8:40 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: I agree completely with Steven, Reunion is the No.1 Genealogy program for Mac on the market. Each update version has improved their latest version Reunion 9.0c is excellent. Fwd: Reunion 9.0c free maintenance update is now available Begin forwarded message: From: Reunion Customer Service customerserv...@leisterpro.com Date: 26 August 2010 3:20:45 AM AWST To: Ronda Brown ro...@wn.com.au Subject: Reunion 9.0c free maintenance update is now available Greetings Ronda, This week we released Reunion 9.0c, a free maintenance update for Reunion 9 users. The primary change is support for our new Reunion for iPad app; however, there are a few other fixes. Thus we recommend that all Reunion 9 users download the free update. You can download the free update here... http://www.leisterpro.com/doc/version9/updates/update.php More information about Reunion for iPad (and an introductory video) is available here... http://www.leisterpro.com/ipad/ Thank you for your support. -Customer Service at Leister Productions Inc. -Reunion Web Site: http://www.leisterpro.com == Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
