Descendant Chart Formating ?

[zrohit]

I am trying to print out differnet charts and I have been using Descendant Chart. If this can be done with some other chart that fine also.

Few questions about formating.

1. How to make Husband and Wife name Bold/Color
Right now I can only make the first line bold.
I have tried different options but no luck so far.
2. How to align the pictures to the right (or left ).
Currently the pictures are aligned differently depending on the text.

3. Is there a way to leave out a person from the Chart.

4. Is there way to automatially put a differnet titile on the Chart.
Want to use the name top person(s) on the tree as the title.

thanks in advance.

[David G. Kanter]

I am trying to print out differnet charts and I have been using Descendant Chart. If this can be done with some other chart that fine also.

Few questions about formating. Besides the specific answers below, keep in mind that the Chart Editor lets you manually adjust how things appear in the chart, after it's been produced.

1. How to make Husband and Wife name Bold/Color. Right now I can only make the first line bold. I have tried different options but no luck so far.In a Descendant Chart, the automatic bolding is limited to just the descendants as the spouse isn't a descendant. A Pedigree Chart can automatically bold both of the parents, grandparents, etc., as they are all ancestors. A Relative Chart—my favorite of all the charts—can automatically bold all the relatives.

2. How to align the pictures to the right (or left ). Currently the pictures are aligned differently depending on the text.Select whichever boxes (including, if applicable, all of them) where you want to change the alignment of the pictures. Then go to Object->Align Picture in Box. Pick which of the 6 options you want. If you want to use one of the "right" alignments, you can minimize the differences in the within-generation alignment by manually wrapping the text in the longest box(es) so the boxes are all more compact. If you change the alignment or do text wrapping, you likely will want to have Reunion re-draw the chart (Tree->Orientation->OK or the keyboard shortcut of Cmd+R then Enter).

3. Is there a way to leave out a person from the Chart. You can first mark the persons you do want in the chart and then use the Prune option to include only the marked persons. Alternately, you can create the chart and then just delete the unwanted persons. (Select them and do an Object->Delete, or in the contextual menu [Control+click] for a box, select Delete Box.) Keep in mind that if you delete a box, the rest of the branch—either "above" or "below" that person, depending on the particular chart—will also be deleted.

4. Is there way to automatially put a differnet titile on the Chart. Want to use the name top person(s) on the tree as the title.Check out the macros which can be used in Frame Titles (and other text objects). Search the Manual for "chart titles" and use "2. Adding Text to a Chart, Macros in Text Objects and Frame Titles". I'd think using the ^s will do what you want.

[zrohit]

In a Descendant Chart, the automatic bolding is limited to just the descendants as the spouse isn't a descendant. A Pedigree Chart can automatically bold both of the parents, grandparents, etc., as they are all ancestors. A Relative Chart—my favorite of all the charts—can automatically bold all the relatives.... Hello David.

I played around with the "Relative" chart but could not figure out how to make all the relative names bold. Is this some option I have to select or is it by default.

thanks

[David G. Kanter]

I played around with the "Relative" chart but could not figure out how to make all the relative names bold.In the Relative Chart Layout->Name Setup enable "First Line Bold".