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If all you want is a text box then use the following. Right-click on the diagram, or choose Diagram from the menu bar. Select Insert into Diagram > Text Box and click & drag the + cursor to draw a rectangular box. In the Format window, you can enter your text, choose a font, include a Data Ref, set ...

Either simply click on the orange URL link above, or go to the FHUG Main Menu top left, click Knowledge Base, and enter Multimedia File Links into the Search, and follow the link to Query & Spreadsheet: Multimedia File Links.

Having right-clicked on the GEDCOM file and chosen Open with and Choose Default Program you will have an Open with window. Ensure Always use the selected program to open this kind of file is ticked. Then assuming Family Historian is not listed, click the Browse button. Browse to C:Program Files (x86...

Regarding Marriage Witnesses and Will Witnesses and similar Facts you could use the Knowledge Base FHUG Download of Kinsfolk Facts at: http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=fhugdownloads:contents:kinsfolk_facts_sources This includes a Marriage Witness Fact that identifies the who, when, and where ...

I hope the explanation below demystifies the project files. Since FH V4 there is a new project folder structure, which must be complete for projects to operate correctly. The top folder usually is My DocumentsFamily Historian Projects , as shown below, but you can change this in the Project Window ....

If you are uncomfortable with moving the Family Historian Projects folder, and providing you run either Windows Vista or Windows 7 on both PC, there is an alternative. Windows Live Mesh synchronises folders in situ between PC. It is part of the Windows Live Essentials suite. See the Knowledge Base e...

The general strategy is to move the Family Historian Projects folder into Dropbox on both PC. Then all project data, multimedia, the whole lot, are synchronised between the two PC. See the Knowledge Base entry for full details at: http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=fhugdownloads:contents:dropbox

REVISION I must have been tired yesterday evening, and a few oversights crept in. Here is the revised Regular Expression edit: Find:             ([1-9]) DATE (([0-9]{0,2}) {0,1}([A-Za-z]{3})[A-Za-z]{0,6} ([0-9]{4})) Replace:       $1 DATE $2 $3 $4 This caters for various DATE tag level number value...

You need to install PSPad because simple text editors like Notepad do not support Regular Expressions . Follow the download and installation instructions given in the Knowledge Base at: http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=fhugdownloads:contents:pspad_editor Ensure you have a backup copy of your ...

Your idea of a flag is exactly right. You could add a Flag to those Individual records who want their details hidden. In the Individual Records window, or in a Diagram , select all the Individual records needing details to be hidden. Hold down the Ctrl key as you select with your mouse in order to h...

Note that by leaving Exclude all records which are not linked to the selected Individual records NOT ticked, even records with no links are retained. It is my belief that this option should be Exclude all records left with no links to them . Then only records linked directly or indirectly to the sel...

Please see the forum entry Exported GEDCOM file Excludes more than expected that explains all: http://www.fhug.org.uk/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=forum&board=v4use&op=display&num=4954 So do NOT tick Exclude all records which are not linked to the selected Individual records . Please add your own commen...

It is possible that by more 'flexible' they were referring to FH V4 offering Save Diagram As > PDF File , which FH V3 did not support. Also, PDF Files can be set up to hold the entire diagram on one page, which can then be printed on an A3 sheet. However, there are some size limits, and the scaling ...

Since this is a Version 3 Usage problem there won't be a Projects folder!

Jane,
Have you enabled .XML file types in the Knowledge Base for uploading FHUG Downloads?
That way members, including me, can add AS templates to the FHUG Downloads section.
Thank you in advance.

The main difference is that each Custom Query is saved as a file in C:ProgramDataCalico PieFamily HistorianQueriesCustom , whereas Record Window Columns are saved in the Windows Registry . So it seems that FH does not correctly store/retrieve the Record Window Columns via the Registry . I do not thi...

In the Configure Columns window use the Save to Query button. Then you can run the Query and also use it to restore your Record Window columns using the Load from Query button. If you use File > Import/Export > Export > Query you also have a file you can backup. This is handy if you need to re-insta...

Just as an aside - many Public Libraries in Britain have free access to Ancestry for anybody who has joined the Library.

It is possible that the Census Facts and Occupation Facts are not stored in date order. The Property Box usually displays Facts in date order, but this is not necessarily the GEDCOM order. However, the Diagram Text Scheme will display Facts in stored order %INDI.CENS[1]% , %INDI.CENS[2]% , et seq. T...

In the Knowledge Base FHUG Downloads under Family History Research there are several Report and Spreadsheet blank forms for recording such details: http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=fhugdownloads:familyresearch I also like to have paper records, but use the various FH Reports customised to my ...

Did you know that in the Records Window you can simply type a letter and the first Individual whose surname starts with that letter is highlighted and brought into view?
See the Help > Family Historian Help > Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts for more details.

In that case you can automate the change using PSPad text editor with the phReplace add-on. See Knowledge Base FHUG Downloads for Utility ~ PSPad phReplace Multiline Search & Replace and full installation instructions: http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=fhugdownloads:contents:pspad_phreplace Fi...

This works for many Menu Bar commands. e.g. Alt+F = File Menu Alt+E = Edit Menu Alt+R = Reports Menu Then another letter often invokes one of the Menu options. However, it requires some trial and error to discover which letter does what, because they are not documented in the Help under Keyboard and...

This is one of many circumstances where FH does not remember the most recent characteristics for each window. There is a very closely related Wish List reference 411 Setting paths to folders for backups, diags etc at: http://www.fhug.org.uk/wishlist/wldisplay.php?orderby=wlwlcrtdate&orderseq=ASC&cur...

If you enter Apple Mac into the Search box on the left, you will find several threads that discuss using FH and AS on a Mac.