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From: "DeAnna Burghart" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Adding blank boxes and white space to VCF charts - 2 questions
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 22:25:46 -0700
In-Reply-To: <446D2E41.7050504@ptd.net>


-----Original Message-----
From: Margaret Bailey [mailto:]
>>(1) Other than adding fake ancestors as place holders,
is there any way to add blank boxes for unknown ancestors
when making up an ancestor chart?<<

If you're asking about creating a chart like the ones that (used to) come
out of FTM, where the unknown people were represented by blank boxes to a
set number of generations, then no. Not *in* TMG. (And it irritates me. I
LOVED those charts. I used to tuck them in at night with chocolates and
lullabyes ... OK, well not quite that much, but I did love them.)

BUT you can open the chart in VCF and fake it by copying an existing box,
pasting it in the desired location, then deleting the contents. Add a
connector line, and voila -- empty box. It's a little annoying, but in those
that instances I care enough to do it, it's not *that* time consuming.

Was that what you were asking about?

DeAnna

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DeAnna Burghart
TMG Shortcuts, Variables and Report Cheat Sheets (Word and PDF)
http://members.cox.net/danieleb765/genealogy/




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