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From: "Michael StGeorge" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Fonts in Pedigrees
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:27:17 -0500
References: <NHBBLBBIBEJLNKIDFHLMIEABCBAA.alcurrie@telus.net>


Al,

Ultimate Family Tree will print BEAUTIFUL pedigree charts to
word processors.

I have found that when TMG will allow me to print to PDF I also
have a nice choice of fonts. PDF is a good format for sending
charts I suppose, but it would be nice to be able to print nice
looking charts to a word processor just to keep a publishing
project consistent.

-Michael




---- Original Message -----
From: "Allan B Currie" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 2:34 PM
Subject: RE: [TMG] Fonts in Pedigrees


>
>
> Michael,
>
> Further to yesterday's emails, I've generated some Pedigree
Charts and
> encountered the same limitation to Courier New 8 or 10 point.
I had never
> attempted these charts in TMG before because this type of
chart can't
> display nearly the amount of information that can be contained
in a
> Compressed Pedigree Chart.
>
> I believe that the reason for restricting the font type to
Courier New is
> that a monospaced font is required to produce straight lines
and anything
> larger than 8 or 10 point would restrict the content even
further.
>
> Once a file has been produced in word processor format, there
is nothing to
> prevent changing the font to anything you want, but the
spacing and lines
> can never work unless you use a monospaced font. I tried the
few monospaced
> fonts that are supplied with MS Word but the results weren't
worth the
> effort. There are other monospaced fonts that can be obtained
and it might
> be worthwhile checking them out.
>
> Although I'm very critical of TMG's inability to handle
hanging indents,
> there is one distinct advantage over the other programs I have
used---the
> other programs have not had the ability to output to a word
processor. This
> seriously limited my ability to send electronic copies of
charts to anyone
> who doesn't have a genealogy program.
>
> Regards,
>
> Al Currie
> Surrey, BC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael StGeorge
[mailto:]
> Sent: 2003-Jul-28 19:11
> To:
> Subject: [TMG] Fonts in Pedigrees
>
> When I try to create a pedigree chart and print it to a MS
Word
> document, I do not have the ability to select fonts. I am
forced
> to use Courier New either 8 or 10pt.
>
> I am using version 4.0d. Is there a solution to this
situation?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
>
>
>
>
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