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Many thanks Lorna, that is exactly what I was after.

The How Related - Display Graphically diagram is extremely useful to summarise DNA matches. In a new FH session, the first time I prepare a How Related diagram, the box borders and interconnecting lines (except for spouses below the nexus ancestral couple) are red. If in the same session I create a ...

Thank you Jane. That is exactly what I was looking for.

Regards
Ron

The Tools > How Related > Display Graphically utility is a very useful vehicle to convey DNA matches with Collaborators. The two lineages of interest obviously intersect at a forebear couple, and the two direct lineages are highlighted in the diagram by a single colour in the form of bold connecting...

Provide a new Diagram Control Box option which allows the user to inhibit the underlying diagram Smart layout capability so that at least the top level parent boxes in the diagram remain locked in position whilst the user employs Box & Bar or Fixed Point operations elsewhere in the diagram. For an i...

Thanks Mike I usually do them both single page and multi-page; the elderly relatives need print-outs which both they (and I) can read, and I suggest in my DVD presentations that even the computer literate will at times find it useful to print-out pertinent diagrams to keep an overview as they delve ...

Hi Jane I apologize for the late reply. In the attached example I have moved the top level parents and their first four children onto a page of their own. Also I had previously set their second child, George Smith ADAMS directly below his parents. I now need to progressively position the other child...

Let's say we have a Diagram with a well populated multi-generation Descendant Tree, and we are using Movement Control Box functions (with page boundaries shown, avoid page boundaries off, more layout options all unticked) to adjust the layout over multiple pages. Is there a way to constrain the Smar...

Sorry it took so long to acknowledge your very useful contributions. I really appreciate all your time and effort. I have sent my first draft (for my mother's family tree) off to interested parties using several FH4 custom reports - best described as 'compact descendant outlines' (1 to 2 page PDFs) ...

I am still evaluating FH4 and have now moved on to Diagrams, which from the various reviews was one of the main reasons for considering FH4. When I insert a small tree snippet into an existing Diagram to incorporate a Spouse's ancestors, the lines connecting each of these married ancestor couples ar...

Hi Stevebye and PeterR GEDmill is version 1.11.0 (according to their website, the full blown and only version is now free). I originally went down the Attribute path for a number of my Custom Facts (which you could argue require a 'value' parameter) on the basis that some of the other Custom Fact Se...

I am relatively new to Genealogy programs; I have used My Heritage (free version - which is very good freeware with user friendly interface and output capabilities) for quite a few months, but there are limitations with this program when it comes to customising the reports and charts.  I have a cons...