I have already asked 1 question about the charts (publish) I am afraid that I cannot use the new version 8 if I cannot solve these things
1 my great grandmother had 17 children, too many to put on 1 page. I need to move boxes around so they do not get cut in half and this is just 1 generation.
2 many of these children had 5 + children they may not be relevant to the chart I am doing.you can see my need to edit it by removing boxes.
3 this is very important:-My 2 grandmothers were sisters, one in the middle of the family and 1 at the end.I appear twice in any chart. So that I only appear once I need to put them together and delete 1 string. I can do all this in Roots magic chart 7. I cannot put an 8 file in RM7 so I would have to run 2 files 7 and 8 in parallel.
If someone can tell me how to edit the chart by clicking cutting and dragging and using it as the chart 7 I would appreciate it
RM8 does not (yet) come with a chart editor. I don’t remember if that was on the list of not-in-the-first-release-but-will-be-in-a-later-update features. Comparing RM8 to RM7:
| RM7 Wall Charts | RM8 |
|---|---|
| Ancestor Wall Charts in any orientation (left to right, bottom to top, etc) | Yes |
| Descendant Wall Charts in any orientation (top to bottom, left to right, etc) | Yes |
| Hourglass Charts (combined ancestors and descendants) in any orientation (top to bottom, left to right, etc) | Yes |
| Timeline Charts | NO |
| Drag and drop to resize and move individual boxes | NO |
| Add a background image or color | Yes. |
| Print charts up to 100 feet wide | Maybe, if RM can connect to a roll printer. Saving as PDF appears to be limited to 200 x 21.49 in Windows. |
| Print charts on regular size paper and tape together, or print on large format printer | Yes |
| Export charts to JPG, EMF, and other graphic formats | NO. PDF & SVG only |
| Add freeform text, photos, and shapes to your charts | NO |
| NO | Fan Chart, ancestors only. |
Thank you Tom. I have no option but to wait for a RM8 with chart editor before changing over. Very disappointing it looks good . With large families one needs to edit and put in text boxes with something like +14.
Hi,
I had the same question as you and I found yEd, a soft that let you generate a diagram based on your GEDCOM file. From that you are free to make the last adjustments.
https://www.yworks.com/products/yed/download#download
https://yed.yworks.com/support/manual/layout_family_tree.html
Thank you for the lead on yEd. Looks interesting.
Thank you, I have looked at the manual and decided to continue as I am. The yEd looks as though it will be too complicated for me and as RM7 chart does all I want I will stick with it . I have retained the info and when I have the time to investigate further I will. It looks as though one has to make a gedcom file from the RM file first , another step.
Priscilla