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by TheGarlickyKnitter
15 Jul 2023 11:25
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Editing text scheme in diagrams
Replies: 4
Views: 316

Editing text scheme in diagrams

Hi I thought I'd better start a fresh thread for this. I've read the Help pages for setting up a text scheme and it worked fine, but again, things aren't happening as described. I've attached a picture of the fields that I added to the Text Scheme. However, I want to remove one or maybe more of the ...
by TheGarlickyKnitter
15 Jul 2023 09:37
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Moving Individual Boxes
Replies: 15
Views: 547

Re: Moving Individual Boxes

Use the Diagram > Save Diagram command to save it as what FH calls a Saved Chart. Then retrieve it via the Charts > Save Charts... menu option and select the Chart Name you saved. That preserves the layout and style of the Diagram that you have adjusted. Use the Movement Control Box with Fixed Poin...
by TheGarlickyKnitter
15 Jul 2023 09:25
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Moving Individual Boxes
Replies: 15
Views: 547

Re: Moving Individual Boxes

I don't know why my previous hasn't shown the quotes as quotes. I did click on the speech marks!
by TheGarlickyKnitter
15 Jul 2023 09:23
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Moving Individual Boxes
Replies: 15
Views: 547

Re: Moving Individual Boxes

You can’t save a diagram as a Ged file. To save a diagram in its current form use Diagram > Save Diagram. (This is the same as Diagram > Save diagram As > Family Historian Chart.) Hi, I tried to do that but it would still only let me save as a Ged. A message kept appearing telling me that my tree w...
by TheGarlickyKnitter
14 Jul 2023 21:20
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Moving Individual Boxes
Replies: 15
Views: 547

Re: Moving Individual Boxes

Hello, welcome to FHUG. Have you discovered the buttons for displaying page boundaries and avoiding page boundaries? The Avoid button will automatically shift boxes so that they don't straddle a page boundary. avoid page boundaries.JPG It is certainly possible to move individual boxes if you need t...
by TheGarlickyKnitter
14 Jul 2023 21:00
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Moving Individual Boxes
Replies: 15
Views: 547

Re: Moving Individual Boxes

Also, rather than printing directly to paper, many users 'print' to a single large PDF 'page' and if necessary print the PDF file. That is achieved by using Diagram > Save Diagram As > PDF File and accepting the default single page options. See the FHUG Knowledge Base > Single PDF Page of a Diagram...
by TheGarlickyKnitter
14 Jul 2023 20:58
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Moving Individual Boxes
Replies: 15
Views: 547

Re: Moving Individual Boxes

There is an existing bug, where the diagram toolbar ‘hides’ some of its buttons off to the right, when width of window is narrow. If this happens, just widen then restore the window a tiny fraction, this triggers the toolbar to adjust itself, and if necessary, expand into a second row. CP were made...
by TheGarlickyKnitter
13 Jul 2023 18:40
Forum: Diagrams & Charts
Topic: Moving Individual Boxes
Replies: 15
Views: 547

Moving Individual Boxes

Hi, I'm very new to FH (v.7), having used TMG for years, and I'm really struggling with it. I have created a diagram, which looks fine and I now know how to add extra information in the boxes. However it is the placement of the boxes that I can't seem to alter. I'm trying to re-arrange some of them ...