# Individual Summary Report **URL:** \ **Category:** RootsMagic\ **Tags:** question\ **Created:** [February 19, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448 "2026-02-19T11:57:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RRF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@RRF](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/RRF)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/1 "2026-02-19T11:57:29Z")
I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong or how to fix - 2 issues for the Individual Summary Report- I’m on RM11 - PC 1)The picture is too close to the name - how do I shrink or space the picture/Name? ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/c/c4d2a333a88933384bc3094f7f6b68cfbc5cc8d7.png) 1. When I use Endnotes, all is good. But when I change to Footnotes it does not space correctly ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/1/122d78624e8c174f26a101d8ee615d9ecf8d84aa.png) Thoughts would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![kevync1985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevync1985](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kevync1985)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/2 "2026-02-19T12:50:47Z")
I might be partly wrong but I believe it has a lot to do with you page size (and possibly printer chosen). If I chose letter size /potrait the result is very similar to your example ( Landscape does not). The gap should be improved but that would be enhancement fix Not sure about endnotes but it might be too much to fit on the page but it seems that RM should do a better job with formatting so that does not occur ---
**Author:** ![thejerrybryan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/thejerrybryan/32/404_2.png) [@thejerrybryan](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/thejerrybryan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/3 "2026-02-19T13:07:06Z")
I gave up on footnotes in RM a very long time ago. But it was not because of spacing issues such as yours. Rather, it was simply because footnotes take up too much room on each page and because footnotes do not support the option to combine duplicate footnotes. Endnotes do not have either one of these problems, so I always use endnotes instead of footnotes. I do understand the advantage that footnotes provide so that your reader doesn’t have to turn to the back of the report to read your citations, but in this case it seems to me that the disadvantages of footnotes outweigh their advantages - even if the spacing problem didn’t exist. I’m a sample size of one and your mileage may vary. Have you tried landscape mode as suggested by Kevin? Have you tried saving to a file in various formats and printing from there? I suspect you have already tried saving to a file, but I just wanted to be sure that as many solutions as possible were on the table. ---
**Author:** ![RRF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@RRF](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/RRF)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/4 "2026-02-19T13:41:29Z")
@thejerrybryan and @kevync1985 Landscaped worked but my preference would portrait. I agree Endnotes are better. Just wondering thoughts on the picture. Landscape made it better but only because it moved the picture over to the right of the page and more center but it’s still overlapping the line with the name. Thanks for your help ---
**Author:** ![kbens0n](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/kbens0n/32/80_2.png) [@kbens0n](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kbens0n)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/5 "2026-02-19T14:14:16Z")
As others suggest, imagining the “big picture” is that a single page is being filled from various origin fields and additional options also REQUIRE placement in their specific general area (ie. space for an endnote is “carved out”~reserved?) near page bottom and publish date is up in the corner, etc.). These all impact as overlays to the page layout. My example: ![Screenshot 2026-02-19 085407](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/c/cc6359fdb39d83c6875e30a048d05a0c6018dd4b.png) A “little” accommodation can also be had via changing font/fontsize -or- (in my example) alter Title to not use [Person] variable and (instead) I could just “type” a shortened Title “temporarily” for the report. ![Screenshot 2026-02-19 090234](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/1/113640c9b532e88af8cd163600d0bbf26060e13b.png) ![Screenshot 2026-02-19 090753](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/2/25909c52214d79715e58f00edcded51221570c25.png) ---
**Author:** ![kevync1985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevync1985](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kevync1985)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/6 "2026-02-19T14:26:43Z")
adding to what others have said – well you might not expect it to perfect, there should be a better gap between name and pic on portrait (that should be any easy fix) having too much info is different problem but RM should minimize the users ability to “break” and have that occur ---
**Author:** ![kbens0n](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/kbens0n/32/80_2.png) [@kbens0n](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kbens0n)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/7 "2026-02-19T14:51:53Z")
> [@kevync1985](#): > > having too much info is different problem Yes, the happenstance of how the number of children in a particular family may just barely fit near page bottom, as opposed to less children leaving some space for the endnote and a greater number causing overflow to the next page, etc. is likely difficult to “automate” perfectly (again, font style and size can have unanticipated visual effect). ---
**Author:** ![kevync1985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevync1985](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kevync1985)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/8 "2026-02-19T15:17:14Z")
> [@kbens0n](#): > > s opposed to less children leaving some space for the endnote and a greater number causing overflow to the next page, etc. is likely difficult to “automate” perfectly well its a design flaw to work so poorly with footnotes in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![RRF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@RRF](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/RRF)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/9 "2026-02-19T16:00:02Z")
Thanks! On a small victory I had the same issue you showed above (title running over the date), so I moved the date to the footer and that worked for me. BTW I like the tip on “customizing’ the title! ---
**Author:** ![RRF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@RRF](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/RRF)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/10 "2026-02-19T16:03:37Z")
Thanks everyone for the help! Now if you can help me break down my brick walls that would be awesome! 🤣 🤣 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![kbens0n](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/kbens0n/32/80_2.png) [@kbens0n](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kbens0n)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/11 "2026-02-19T16:24:46Z")
> [@kevync1985](#): > > well its a design flaw to work so poorly with footnotes in my opinion. Keeping in mind that my example was of the “preview”… this was in the .DOCX: ![Screenshot 2026-02-19 112326](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/a/ac4c10498650126834d4af67e1420ac7c7ebccac.png) ---
**Author:** ![kevync1985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevync1985](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kevync1985)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/12 "2026-02-19T17:10:21Z")
> [@kbens0n](#): > > Keeping in mind that my example was of the “preview”… this was in the .DOCX: > > ![Screenshot 2026-02-19 112326](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/a/ac4c10498650126834d4af67e1420ac7c7ebccac.png) so its inconsistent - but WORD file might have better results ---
**Author:** ![kbens0n](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/kbens0n/32/80_2.png) [@kbens0n](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kbens0n)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/13 "2026-02-19T17:47:31Z")
> [@kevync1985](#): > > so its inconsistent - but WORD file might have better results Essentially, the “preview” lacks some granularity or precision (ie. resolution) because it’s just an emulation. So, I suspect the document allows for those “overlays” to possibly be preserved as separate entities that “land” somewhere in the document and may be adjustable or movable if the right editing facility is used that supports such features/concepts. It’s why You and I haven’t created any competing program, for sure, LOL! ---
**Author:** ![kevync1985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevync1985](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kevync1985)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/14 "2026-02-19T17:54:13Z")
but the same settings with anecdotal testing produce a much diff PDF ver than WORD – the WORD is usable the PDF wasn’t / insn’t. (Using Save as PDF not print to PDF) ---
**Author:** ![kbens0n](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/kbens0n/32/80_2.png) [@kbens0n](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kbens0n)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/15 "2026-02-19T17:55:53Z")
> [@kevync1985](#): > > PDF ver than WORD Yep, that’s the inbuilt limitation of .PDF format, as can be seen in any search about ease of editing that filetype. ---
**Author:** ![kevync1985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevync1985](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kevync1985)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/16 "2026-02-19T17:58:15Z")
not sure of the best “Free” PDF editor – PDFGear comes to mind. I have an old version/license of ADOBE PRO. ---
**Author:** ![RRF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@RRF](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/RRF)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/17 "2026-02-19T18:17:18Z")
Thanks! - The word version is much better! Thanks Again! ---
**Author:** ![kevync1985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevync1985](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kevync1985)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/18 "2026-02-19T18:37:02Z")
looks like the WORD version should be usable in most cases but I ONLY tested a couple examples ---
**Author:** ![PollyH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@PollyH](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/PollyH)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/individual-summary-report/15448/19 "2026-02-25T16:20:40Z")
I’m with you. I prefer footnotes. I want the source citation information for the fact on the same page as the source information being cited so that it would accompany that information if that one page gets separated from the remaining pages (if someone in the future just needs the information on that page and not the entire report).