Re: Reunion software package

2010-09-08 Thread Graeme Winters
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 w

Re: Reunion software package

2010-09-08 Thread Adrian Skehan
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. > >

Re: Reunion software package

2010-09-08 Thread Graeme Winters
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

Re: Reunion software package

2010-08-25 Thread Adrian Skehan
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

Re: Reunion software package

2010-08-25 Thread Ronda Brown
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

Re: Reunion software package

2010-08-25 Thread Mike Murray
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 hav

Re: Reunion software package

2010-08-25 Thread Steven Knowles
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

Re: Reunion software package

2010-08-25 Thread Graeme Winters
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 rea

Re: Reunion software package

2010-08-25 Thread Stephen Chape
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

Re: Reunion software package

2010-08-25 Thread Graeme Winters
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 th

Re: Reunion software package

2010-08-25 Thread Steven Knowles
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 Sav

Re: Reunion software package

2010-08-25 Thread Ronda Brown
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 genera

Re: Reunion software package

2010-08-25 Thread Graham Green
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

Re: Reunion software package

2010-08-25 Thread Alexander Hartner
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