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From: "Phil Young" <>
Subject: Generations Features List
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 06:44:08 +1000


Following a couple of claims in this list that Generations is "dead" and
"has no future" etc, I found the Features List for Generations v5.2 in the
Generations Mailing List, and I've copied it here for your information.
It's an exciting list of improvements, and I'm eager to see it soon.

Phil Young.

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Through recent conversations with Sarah Ford with Sierra, I was
allowed to publish a list of Generations 5.2 features to this mailing
list. Release is still expected later this fall.

" The core product of Generations will be almost identical to Reunion
5 (for Mac). We've beefed up a few areas and removed a very few
features. We have also added in several databases that help the user
on their research efforts.

EASYCHART

3 unique new EasyChart chart types:

- - Enhanced Hourglass Chart - ancestors and descendants plus
non-direct-line blood relatives such as siblings, aunts, uncles etc.
all in one chart.
- - Enhanced Pedigree Chart - again, the option to include all blood
relatives, but this time in a pedigree only chart
- - Timeline Chart - Lets you see whose lives overlapped and how

Plus all charts will allow unlimited size, and more generations (99 -
up from the current 35 limit). You'll also get to add captions with
lines and
arrows, include any fields (fact, event, etc.) on the charts; coloured
text in chart boxes; coloured shadows; independently coloured borders,
fills, lines; dashed lines.

EASYTREE

- - Larger Field Lengths in data entry areas
- - Place List Report
- - Statistics Report
- - "Tiny Tafel" Report generator
- - Ahnentafel report up to 99 generations
- - Print Report previews on screen
- - Find Anything feature
- - Global Find and Replace
- - "Sensitivity Braces" that give the option to omit private
information from printing and exporting
- - Date Checking for validity and feasibility
- - Automatic WWW authoring for HTML

Plus a ton of data entry, editing and other enhancements such as
user-definable custom views, fields, dates and more. Larger name,
place, title fields, and unlimited events per person; Colour-coded
entries; Family-level notes and events fields; coloured and styled
text in notes, logs and sources; Enhanced Index; Marked sets; fields
for e-mail and web sites in
addresses; GEDCOM 5.5 support; Hebrew date support and conversion;
Extensions like unlimited people (well, actually 16 million); 50
children per couple; 50 spouses per person; and more.

Source Documentation: Free-form or structured templates; control
endnotes construction; Customise unique citation detail by event;
Source pop-up menus
for easy access to recently used sources; General and automatic
sources; and ability to use an unlimited total number of sources."

Hang in there, folks - just a few more weeks!!!
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