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by Jane
02 Aug 2023 13:35
Forum: Installing, Migrating & Upgrading
Topic: The general nightmare
Replies: 2
Views: 285

Re: The general nightmare

Reminder: A full guide to moving to a new PC can be found here: https://fhug.org.uk/kb/kb-article/family-historian-copy-and-migration-guide/ To reinstall on a new PC using FH7 you need your account name and password you used for the first install and the installation program. You can check the accou...
by Jane
30 Jul 2023 08:23
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Rich text editor - keyboard shortcuts?
Replies: 3
Views: 340

Re: Rich text editor - keyboard shortcuts?

I don't think there is a shortcut for that, one possible work around is to write a plugin which creates the rich text directly prompting for each field from ORA. You can add the plugin to the menu to make it easy to call.
by Jane
28 Jul 2023 10:35
Forum: Places, Addresses, Maps & Geocoding
Topic: Standardized Place Names
Replies: 10
Views: 523

Re: Standardized Place Names

I would try removing one of the fields. It is possible the interface it is getting multiple event triggers.
by Jane
25 Jul 2023 15:01
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Chart family lines
Replies: 15
Views: 646

Re: Chart family lines

One thing to try is going into diagram options and force a redraw by changing the number of generations, does that resolve your issue?
by Jane
23 Jul 2023 17:34
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Is there a 'Dead Flag'?
Replies: 13
Views: 777

Re: Is there a 'Dead Flag'?

You can add a "blank" Death Fact which will enough to show they are dead. Reports will show "He died" My own policy for Online sites is to completely remove all living people before uploading, anywhere but my own site. As always the Knowledge base has extensive notes on this and other options. https...
by Jane
23 Jul 2023 13:57
Forum: Exporting
Topic: How to export a subset
Replies: 2
Views: 275

Re: How to export a subset

Another option is to create a custom query, so you add all Descendants of the root person, then add the spouses of any one in the result set, then add ancestors of anyone in the result set for 2 generations, and add descendants for 2 generations. Then you can use your query for the export or use it ...
by Jane
23 Jul 2023 07:55
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Relationships
Replies: 30
Views: 1646

Re: Relationships

The help for the function does detail the 4 parameters. The 1st and 2nd parameters will default to the current record when using a query so %INDI% and the example for using relationship does show all 4 parameters in use. See https://www.family-historian.co.uk/help/fh7/hh_goto.htm#function_relationsh...
by Jane
22 Jul 2023 17:24
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Relationships
Replies: 30
Views: 1646

Re: Relationships

To uppercase the first character you can use:

Code: Select all

=Text(ToUpper(LeftText(Relationship(FileRoot(),,TEXT,1),1,"")) . MidText(Relationship(FileRoot(),,TEXT,1),2,0))
by Jane
22 Jul 2023 11:45
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: Census Data Entry Plugin crash
Replies: 4
Views: 559

Re: Census Data Entry Plugin crash

Please note: ColeValleyGirl is offline for a few days. I will try and have a look next week, but I am working all week.
by Jane
12 Jul 2023 13:44
Forum: Web Site Usage
Topic: This week's active discussion topics in the FHUG Forums email
Replies: 31
Views: 6467

Re: This week's active discussion topics in the FHUG Forums email

If it happens every week, check they are coming to the same address, I know a few people may have two accounts. It does occasionally glitch, but it seems to be an issue on the Amazon end so I am not able to tell why.
by Jane
10 Jul 2023 11:54
Forum: General Usage
Topic: facts
Replies: 4
Views: 436

Re: facts

To control the list which appears on the drop down are controlled by editing the Fact type and ticking or unticking the Fast Add menu option.
by Jane
03 Jul 2023 08:22
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Chart Everyone -a layout question
Replies: 2
Views: 331

Re: Chart Everyone -a layout question

Family Historian displays in the order the people are in the file. Imported gedcoms are often in the incorrect order, to sort them select Tools>Reorder out of sequence data from the menu. The everyone diagram will normally use an all relatives diagram based on the selected root and then add addition...
by Jane
27 Jun 2023 13:31
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Finding Expressions
Replies: 11
Views: 974

Re: Finding Expressions

If you use the online version of the help and go to the all functions page https://www.family-historian.co.uk/help/fh7/hh_goto.htm?hh_start.htm#function_all.html You can easily use CTRL-F to search for useful words. Also the online help search tends to be more helpful that the Microsoft search built...
by Jane
22 Jun 2023 15:11
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Emigration & Travel
Replies: 9
Views: 626

Re: Emigration & Travel

Family Historian provides a selection of Facts.

YOU need to create any other non standard facts such as Travel, by creating a custom fact.
by Jane
22 Jun 2023 12:49
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Emigration & Travel
Replies: 9
Views: 626

Re: Emigration & Travel

Rather than amending an existing fact, you should have created a custom fact for Travel.
by Jane
15 Jun 2023 19:48
Forum: Sources, Citations & Repositories
Topic: Page Breaks in Source Text
Replies: 10
Views: 608

Re: Page Breaks in Source Text

What I normally do is to simply add a header for each page, just to show the page breaks. something like
<original page 1 end>
or just <page 1>
by Jane
15 Jun 2023 17:24
Forum: Sources, Citations & Repositories
Topic: Page Breaks in Source Text
Replies: 10
Views: 608

Re: Page Breaks in Source Text

I doubt page break is supported, as in FH terms it does not really make sense. Why were you trying to include one?
by Jane
14 Jun 2023 17:09
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Length of Printout
Replies: 10
Views: 802

Re: Length of Printout

I know My History have printed 12m and longer diagrams, I suspect it is not done as a single image, but rather as "strips", but I have not played with printer driver code.
by Jane
14 Jun 2023 15:18
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Length of Printout
Replies: 10
Views: 802

Re: Length of Printout

Just plug the printer into your computer and select print from the file menu.
by Jane
14 Jun 2023 14:45
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Length of Printout
Replies: 10
Views: 802

Re: Length of Printout

If you are purchasing hardware then there is no limit within Family Historian, the PDF limit does not apply. So when you print direct the length is related to the length of the roll used.
Most paper rolls are around 50m so I suspect that is probably the maximum.
by Jane
13 Jun 2023 09:05
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Vertically alligned generations in Descendants
Replies: 4
Views: 463

Re: Vertically alligned generations in Descendants

Also do not forget you can drag the diagram around by clicking and holding on any blank space and moving the mouse, or holding down the space bar and moving the mouse.
by Jane
07 Jun 2023 09:30
Forum: Web Site Usage
Topic: Weekly email of forum topics
Replies: 12
Views: 2799

Re: Weekly email of forum topics

This happens occasionally, I am not sure if it is a Amazon thing, as I can't see any errors on our server and the logs look fine, eg people are not listed twice. I use Amazon to send them as our TOS for the web server frowns on sending bulk emails.
by Jane
02 Jun 2023 12:42
Forum: Web Site Usage
Topic: Forced Logout
Replies: 16
Views: 1023

Re: Forced Logout

Sorry, yes Remember Me. I never see it as I tick it once and my devices stay logged in.
by Jane
02 Jun 2023 08:37
Forum: Web Site Usage
Topic: Forced Logout
Replies: 16
Views: 1023

Re: Forced Logout

It sounds like a session change (perhaps an IP Nat session update). Do you normally use the "keep me logged in" if not that may be worth a try as cookies normally survive session changes.
by Jane
01 Jun 2023 12:00
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Diagram connecting lines
Replies: 9
Views: 585

Re: Diagram connecting lines

Have you remembered to go into Diagram options and selected the number of generations to show and set it to a large number?