Mike Hobart's Generations Tips Series
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Sections
- Introduction
- Backup and Restore
- Use the manual and the online help
- Have a "Test" family file for experiments
- Include some system and software info in problem reports
- Family File location shortcuts
- ATM Fonts
- Moving data between fields - how to between facts and events
- You CAN add multiple Residence (or other) events
- Working with Sources
- You must have at least one Note field
- You can run Date Feasibility Checks at any time
- Using other font sets with different extended characters
- Setting default fields, etc.
- If data fields change, update your layouts
- Finding anomalous date-related data
- Complex Searching
- Marking tricks from Relationship and Place Lists
- Why some couples get split in the hourglass chart
- Preparing a graphic for a chart background
- Custom paper sizes
- Using the Sierra Generations releases in parallel with the A&E/Broderbund Generations Family Tree Plus
- Installing and Using Generations Software in Windows NT
- Installing and Using Generations Software in Windows 2000
- Installing and Using Generations Software in Windows XP
- Installing and Using Generations Software in Windows Longhorn (beta)
- Generations v8 U.K. editions
- Varying CD drive letter assignments
- Generations Heritage Edition v8.5.1 patch
- Tutorial on running the Sierra and Broderbund editions in parallel, with a section on using the Broderbund patched Easychart to print in XP
- Uncompress your .RB1 files before you remove Generations Deluxe/Reunion for Windows
- Opening Easychart v4.2 charts in later versions
- Moving Data from Mac Reunion v4 to Generations
- Some GEDCOM tips and techniques
- Marking spouses for gedcom export, etc.
- Problem with Gedcom export of divorces, with a workaround
- Avoiding extra delays when adding multiple gedcoms or merging family files
- Source merging when you merge family files
- Program interactions with Generations
- Generations v8 U.K. editions
- Fixing Cross-Linked Records
- Pruning "zombie" records from the tree
- Date calculation bug and workaround
- A limitation in Date Feasibility Checking
- Adjusting the Popup menus on lists
- Certain report titles won't work directly to the word processor
- Extended character cut-and-paste workaround
- Workaround for Easytree RTF files and QuarkExpress 4.04
- Workaround for v8 Relationship List Report crash
- Page Setup Problem Workaround
- Generations and Lotus Wordpro
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and Beginner's Edition v8
- Caption Bug in Left-to-Right Charts, with workaround
- Publishing on the Internet with Privacy
- Using pictures with web output
- Index and other options for Internet Output
- Web output as a substitute for a dedicated viewer for the family file
- Using other programs to edit Generations HTML output
- Sample 3D charts
Databases and Database Programs
- Clipart included with the Generations packages
- Family Quest viewer program differences
- So your Civil War ancestor has gotten religious, eh?
- PDF output options
- Days - A Handy Freeware Calendar Utility
- Help in cutting and pasting
- Your desktop has turned black after you've installed Snapshot SE
- Days, a free calendar utility by Otto Thygesen: http://octhygesen.homepage.dk/EngDage.html
- Gedcom Explorer, a shareware program by Gary Bonham [Note, this site is down as of Jan 2004!]: http://www.gedx.com
- A list of the software included on the CD roms included with "Your Family Tree" magazine: YFTissues table
- Sierra Genealogy message board: http://community.sierra.com/WebX?14@@.ee741d2
- Don Weymouth's home page [Don is co-moderator of the Sierra Genealogy message board and the Generations Discussion mailing list]: http://www.weymouthtech.com/Genealogy/
- Days, a free calendar utility by Otto Thygesen: http://octhygesen.homepage.dk/EngDage.html
- Gedcom Explorer, a shareware program by Gary Bonham [Note, this site is down as of Jan 2004!]: http://www.gedx.com
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