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I have made a safety copy (two in fact!). I need to reconsider and review my file saving - I have always struggled a little with understanding the file structure for FH. I have backups from many years ago, I'm sure these should now be deleted so that it is easier to see what is left and what is impo...

Thanks Helen, I hadn't picked up on Snapshot Manager - I have picked one dated the 29th Sept which I think was the day before I first noticed the problem. It seems to be correct in all aspects. The screen shot should show that I did only marry my wife once! This seems to be wonderful ... I am hesita...

Sorry I didn't send the screenshot.

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The problem started with my son being set as the file root and no parents showing. I then added my son's father as myself (from existing record). If I set myself as root (so it is possible) then the display is as shown on the attached screenshot. The existing File Load/Save options have been added t...

Thanks again - answers to your questions in order: We usually view using the focus window showing with the "spouses & children" view (two thirds of the width) and with the individual record window alongside (one third of the width). Good point - I decided to not make any more changes when I sent my ...

Thanks for the reply. Yes I and my wire are still listed - custom id # 1& 2 When tried to list myself as my son's father using "existing record" it gave me a further id number and did not list my ancestors. It also relisted my wife. I have some backups the last seems to be the middle of July - they ...

Hello again,

I should have said that I am using version 6.2.

Thanks

Hello, I have a long standing family tree of around 18,000 names. A few days ago my details (reference # 1 and the home person) and my wife's details (reference # 2) were missing from the displayed tree. The home person had become our son (reference person # 3). I have attempted to merge with an old...

Brilliant! - Thanks Mike

Hello, Can someone help me please? I have previously discovered how to produce diagrams using the condensed siblings diagram text scheme - 15500|Adding children below their Mother in a diagram What I would like to do is increase the text size in the diagram boxes. I found the following advice in FHU...

Ah yes, that's it.

Thanks very much for the help.

Cheers Mike,

I'll give it a go - I seem to recall that I was able to do it in a more straightforward way before and include all more that one highlighted box.
I'll keep trying!

Many thanks......Phil

Thanks Mike, I wasn't clear. It is the later of the two options you mention that I require. That is a single box with the Mother at the top and her children listed below one under the other. The wife is to the right of the husband. It is a way of listing the next generation in one box. Thanks..Phil

Hello, Can someone help please. I have produced diagrams in the past with the children from a marriage listed below their mother. I can't find a file copy of the originals and may have lost them when upgrading to version 6. I've spent most of this morning trying to recreate this with no success. Tha...

Thanks, the size 0" sounds best!

Regarding the JPEG route - the quality of the reproduction is much better using "Copy Diagram " and "Enhanced Metafile".
I print or arrange for my results to be printed and text in diagrams doesn't travel well with JPEGs.

Quick follow up...
A bevelled corner with a corner size of .01" works fine.

I also confess that this final message provide me with a thread as my future guide when producing diagrams!

Thanks again...Phil

Thanks very much Mike, you have been very helpful.

I will try and work in within the parameters.

It's a shame I like simple clean boxes.

Regards...Phil Walton

Thanks, that works.

I am back to where I was, I still can't colour the individual boxes though.
I have a choice of white if I tick Text in Lines of Black-and-White or grey if I don't tick the box.

Perhaps it is not possible?

This attachment shows the kind of tree that I am trying to create.

One I did earlier and can't replicate.

This tree does not turn grey after copy/paste as a metafile.

Thanks

I just reread your message.
The grey boxes appear after the copy/paste.

Thanks I have now completed a restore installation settings - I did not properly do this. Sorry. However i am no further forward. Perhaps if I could start by trying to create a diagram with boxes that have no colour and just black text - that is what i am really after. Then I might be able to add ba...

I reset Installation Settings so I have the grey stripes. This then copy/pastes with the stripes and the boxes all in background grey. If I then right click an individual box and Format change Box Fill, Text Colour, Shadow. So all three have changed. I then Copy/Paste. The Text Colour and Shadow hav...

Thanks for the quick reply. I didn't tick the "Text and Lines in Black-and -White" box. I am not using word, I am using Libre Office. I don't think would be a problem though as I have copied many different file types between Microsoft and Open Office. Everything else works fine. Briefly the process ...

Hello, I have been using the Copy Diagram facility to copy/paste diagrams to a word type document. The best quality I found is by using copy as Enhanced Metafile. All is good until I try to copy a diagram with different background colours for different boxes. No background colours copy across. Excep...

I am replying to my own question.

It is actually easy with the Res Privata file.
It must be easy - I have done it!

Sorry if I have troubled anyone.

Phil