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Double clicking on the 2nd spouse removed the 1st spouse from view and when I closed and restarted the program only the 2nd spouse view was shown. So this is what I was hoping to achieve, problem solved. As Mike explained, the default setting in V7 is for the Focus window to open on the last person...

Whenever you are displayed as the focus person in the Focus window both of your spouses will also be displayed. However there are a couple of ways you could avoid seeing that screen when FH starts up. FH opens with the focus on the file root, which is presumably you. So you could change the file roo...

You need to be clear about the difference between a Media File and a Media Record . The Media File is usually an image file, such as a JPG or TIF file. If this file is held within the Media folder of your FH project it will be included in a full backup. If it is held outside the project it will not ...

I think you are right. I can't think of any other way.

To change the name of the Query as it appears in the list, and at the top of the Query screen, you need to save it again with a new name. Use the cog-wheel menu and Save as Custom Query then enter the new name and click Save. The old version with the previous name can then be deleted using the same ...

I changed the label to Title for both Property Box and Records Window and it works like a dream! I think the reason I decided to leave the label as 'Custom Id' was to remind myself that this is not actually a standard Title field like the ones in a Source record or a Media record. (If I forgot I mi...

In the absence of a Title filed for Note Records I add a custom ID to each Note record. I have this field displayed on the Main tab of the Property Box, and enter a title there. In the Records window, Notes tab, I have added a column to show the Custom ID and moved it to second place. (I use the col...

Try replacing {note} with {inline-note}. This is for use when you want the note to be inserted into the middle of the sentence template, rather than appended as an extra complete sentence. Unfortunately the online FH Help file only mentions the {note} code, but if you use Help >Search Help within FH...

To find the relationship(s) between two people, select them both in the Records window and then use Tools > How Related. You can choose the maximum number of relationships, up to 9, (as they may be related in more than one way). Make sure that the box for 'Blood Relationships Only' is NOT ticked. A ...

Well yes I was going to make this point myself but would really like to understand where John is expecting to see the word illegitimate! I don't know if this is the kind of example John is thinking of, but in Scottish birth certificates the word 'Illegitimate', sometimes surrounded by brackets, oft...

I have moved this topic to the non-specific General Usage category, as it is not connected with Diagrams & Charts.

No, as I said in my previous reply, AS doesn't create witness roles for censuses. See this section in the Knowledge Base. (Scroll down to Census Fact Witnesses and Roles). Recording from a Census Record

When I create a census event, I then use the link icon to select each person in the census and assign them their role. The event is now shared by each person. .... Using AS, I'm getting no indication that the event is being shared. I have to then share the event and then delete the extra census eve...

I don’t feel it is necessary to type the words ‘District’ and ‘Book/Page’ in full. I just enter, for example, Warminster vol 5a p 223. It is clear that the first word is the name of the district, and it only takes a second to type ‘vol’ and ‘p’. However, the important point is that the ’Where within...

Oddly, if you have the 'Sources For' pane displayed at the bottom of the Property box, the position of the horizontal bar above the 'Sources For pane' is remembered. So the two dividing bars behave differently. The inconsistency suggests a bug. Sarah, yes raise a ticket on the page you gave a link to.

While I think about it, how does the sorting option play with dated facts.... My memory might be failing me, but I can't recall if a fact with a date post birth can be created in the e.g. Pre-birth timeframe? Yes it can be created. You just get the usual kind of warning come up , "Possible Error. D...

There are blue dots alongside the birth, baptism and death dates in the 'facts' section, but a red dot for the marriage - does this indicate which events are detailed? Blue dots indicate Individual facts, red dots are Family facts. As the discussion in the other topic showed, the children's marriag...

So - is it possible to change Source in the Automatic Source Citation Pane to show Short Title, or has it been like that since ....? (and I have this feeling someone's going to tell me it's been like that since v6 :( ) I have a dim and distant memory of this coming up once during beta testing but I...

You asked this question a few months ago in this topic:
Adding marriage date / place to children in a family group sheet (21495)
A solution was eventually worked out.

To remove an item, select it in the right-hand list and click the X below. delete item.JPG I think it's a mistake in the Help files where it refers to the left pointing arrow. There are some other selection windows in FH where that works but this is not one of them. I can't remember, but perhaps the...

Hello Philip, welcome to FHUG. You have posted this question in the Diagrams and Charts sub-forum, so you may be trying to add the husband by using the drag-and-drop technique in a diagram. Unfortunately this is one of the rare cases when a new individual can't be added using that technique, for the...

Also how do I know how large the writing is going to be when printed? This particular chart is for my 88 year old mother, whose eyesight isn't too bad for her age, but i don't want her to struggle reading it…. ...... the new tree is on six pages. It would be nice to get it down to four, but it'll m...

To add a screenshot to your post, use the Attachments tab below the box where you write your reply and click Add Files to browse for the file you want. Or, as it says there, you can drag and drop the file into the message box. An individual will appear twice in the focus window if they have two fami...

Edit: Mike's reply came in while I was writing this but I'll post this anyway, as I've marked some suggested moves. To cap it all, it won't let me save my diagram unless I save it as a Ged file!!! You can’t save a diagram as a Ged file. To save a diagram in its current form use Diagram > Save Diagra...

When you created the custom fact types did you give them both a Normal Time Frame of Post-Death? It should be possible to arrange them in either order if they are both undated but both in the same Time Frame. If they are definitely both set to post-death can you give some screenshots of the fact def...