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General => Technical Help => Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation => Topic started by: larkspur on Wednesday 09 December 15 16:45 GMT (UK)
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I am sorry if this has been asked before :)
I am in the process of trying out the 30 days free trial to FH 6. Currently I am using FTM 2011.
FTM has an index of individuals on the left side of the page, easy to search , also gives the number of people in the tree. Does FH have this and if so where do I find it. I like to be able to look down the list and select the person I need.
So far, apart from the missing index, I am liking what I see ;)
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ok, think I have found it-- the small stack of £1 coins = individual records :D
The forward slashes around the surnames seem unnecessary though, and I cannot think why they are there.
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ok, think I have found it-- the small stack of £1 coins = individual records :D
The forward slashes around the surnames seem unnecessary though, and I cannot think why they are there.
They are part of the programming used to separate surnames from forenames
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Ok, thank you for that, I still think they look clumpy and awkward, plus I know what is a surname and what is not, and my tree is only for my eyes, so I don't have to please anyone else!
I have tried to delete them but they just come back, is there any way to remove them?
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They are there to tell the programme what is a forename or surname not you. You cannot delete them as the programme needs them when it builds your tree
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Ok thank you.
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The slashes only show when you are editing the name, they are suppressed when ever you output information.
As mentioned previously, they are used to ensure complex names can be identified correctly.
For example
Stephen Fox James
Could be
Stephen /Fox James/
or
Stephen Fox /James/
BTW if you have not checked out the user group site http://www.fhug.org.uk it's a good source of help and advice for FH.
Also as you are potentially moving FTM there is a special offer on FH till the end of January
http://www.family-historian.co.uk/ftm
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MMm thank you Jane, still playing with it at the moment. I have looked at the fhug site. There are some things I like- multiple marriages shown, whereas FTM you have to click on the other marriages and cannot have them open at the same time. I downloaded a Gedcom and that seems to have gone well. A few odd things- such as when I am in "Facts" and click on say Birth Registration I get a box that says "sentence" ?? not sure what that is all about- or how to get rid of it, I don't need it. Also the Status in a marriage I would like "ongoing or deceased " in there. None of my census information came through which is going to be very time consuming sorting that out. But so far, I am getting on fine.
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The sentence is related to Narrative reports, you don't need to change it but if you need to overide the default sentence you can.
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Ok I am still batting on with FH. Have now purchased 6.0.
A couple of queries please.
I downloaded a Gedcom from FTM 14, on there I have 8,029 individuals. How do I check on FH how many people I have, it must be somewhere. ???
The other thing I like about FTM is the Family View window, where you get a small tree above the Family Panel. Also the ability to hide both of these if needed. I find a lot of blank space on the Family Historian page. I do understand I am using another programme and not everything will be the same, but are the possibilities for doing this on Family Historian please.
I hope you can understand what I mean reading this back it seems a little rambling :-\
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Ok I am still batting on with FH. Have now purchased 6.0.
A couple of queries please.
I downloaded a Gedcom from FTM 14, on there I have 8,029 individuals. How do I check on FH how many people I have, it must be somewhere. ???
Bottom right hand corner of the screen - says Individuals with a total and Families with a total. It appears on all the different views apart from when viewing a Tree or Report.
The other thing I like about FTM is the Family View window, where you get a small tree above the Family Panel. Also the ability to hide both of these if needed. I find a lot of blank space on the Family Historian page. I do understand I am using another programme and not everything will be the same, but are the possibilities for doing this on Family Historian please.
I hope you can understand what I mean reading this back it seems a little rambling :-\
I don't think you can get it at the same time as viewing the Individual Record but there are two options. One is to open an Ancestral or Descendant tree, at which point you can switch between them and the Individual Records on the left side of the screen (they appear as "buttons" below the Index "button").
The other is to use the Ancestors or Descendants tabs which are just above where the parents show on the Individual Record screen.
On either you can click on a person and then select Focus which opens up the Individual Record for that person.
I think that's the correct terminology, hopefully that makes sense. ;D
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Don't forget in FH you can open any tree you want and then work with that tree editing data in the Property box and using drag and drop to add people to the tree as you work.
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Perfect sense thank you. So stupid not to see the numbers on the bottom line ::) Yes the correct amount of people......
The Family tree symbols ( ancestor diagram, descendant diagram, all relative diagram) underneath the tool bar are not coloured and I cannot click on them, so they must be turned off somehow- probably me pressing the wrong thing.
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Thank you Jane. I only have one tree so not a problem with that.
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Don't forget in FH you can open any tree you want and then work with that tree editing data in the Property box and using drag and drop to add people to the tree as you work.
I'd forgotten about that. ;D
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AAAA Smudwhisk WHAT chance do I have :-[
One niggle- or should I say another one.
Why does the Property box not change when you change the person in the Focus window and visa versa?
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I think it's 'cos you've got the blue "pin" on the right above the Focus Windows set at horizontal (the one next to the "scroll" for sources). If you click on it, it'll change. Its happened to me a few times. ;D
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You are a star, thank you.
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The Family tree symbols ( ancestor diagram, descendant diagram, all relative diagram) underneath the tool bar are not coloured and I cannot click on them, so they must be turned off somehow- probably me pressing the wrong thing.
Just click on the person you want to be the root of the diagram on the Focus window and they will ungrey
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Thank you Jane, I am getting on fairly well with FH but do prefer the look of FTM.