Introducing TreeDraw Legacy Edition
Tutorial - Using the drawing area
File handling
Saving a chart with a different name
Importing from the same file again
Exporting the chart as an Adobe PDF file
Exporting the chart as a metafile
Exporting the chart as a bitmap
Preparing the chart for sending
Changing the Legacy database link names
Tree import settings
Getting import visual styles from selection
Editing a chart
Joining lines to chart elements
Grouping chart elements together
Undoing the previous operation
Redoing the subsequent operation
Formatting
Changing a text element's link to a Legacy database
Selecting a family to use in a database link
Selecting a person to use in a database link
Setting the shape fill pattern
Repeating the last format change
Getting default styles from selection
Alignment
Changing the order of chart elements
Aligning chart elements horizontally
Aligning chart elements vertically
Screen
Turning the snap-to-grid on and off
Moving around the drawing area
Turning the Colour Palette on and off
Turning the Chart View Control on and off
Turning the Button Bar on and off
Turning the Status Bar on and off
Printing
Setting page size/margins/orientation/footer
Setting a user-defined paper size
General
Glossary
These settings tell TreeDraw which data fields to put where as it imports a tree. You can also define which indicators (b., d., m., etc) to use.
All these settings will be stored in import profiles.
Each item in the "Imported data type" list represents a component of an imported tree:
Name | The name of the root person and spouses |
Child's name | The name of any child |
Person details | Date of birth, etc |
Marriage details | Date and place of marriage, etc |
Marriage indicator | Used when marriage details are not requested |
Event | Legacy events for people and marriages |
Address | Addresses in Legacy events |
As TreeDraw imports the tree, it formats it as follows. The example shows a left justified, vertical descendant tree but the text arrangement is the same for all tree layouts.
The actual contents of each of these components can be user defined in the "Format for this data type" box. Click on an item in the "Imported data type" list and then edit its contents.
The field format may consist of any static text (including line breaks) plus any combination of the fields from the imported database. Fields available for the selected "Imported data type" are shown in the "Fields available for this type" list. Only fields from the People table are available for "Name", "Child's name" and "Person details" types. Only fields from the Family table are available for "Marriage details" and "Marriage indicator" types.
You can add any of the fields to the text in the "Format for this data type" box, by selecting them from the "Fields available for this type" list and dragging them into the "Format for this data type" box. TreeDraw interprets anything between "<" and ">" as a database field name. Any other text in the Format box is imported into the tree exactly as it is. You can edit the text in the Format box directly if you want to add extra text or delete anything.
You can force specific fields into uppercase by making the field name between "<" and ">" all uppercase. For example, if you want surnames to be imported in all uppercase, irrespective of the way they appear in the source data, use the field <SURNAME> instead of <Surname>.
Current database
This is the name of the database which has the "Fields available for this type". It is the current Legacy database (the one you used or imported last). If you want to use fields from a different database (one which you are about to import, perhaps), click on the Browse button. Since the structure of Legacy family file databases are usually identical, you can select any Legacy family file to use to set up the import fields.
Default
Click here to restore the default Format setting for the current Data Type.
Ignore lines with no data
If you want TreeDraw to miss out completely any lines from any of the Formats which end up having no data in them, set this option. For example, the first line of the "Person details" Format might be "b. <Birth date> <Birth place>". If a person is imported who has no birth date and no birth place, then the line will be ignored. If you want TreeDraw to import a line with just "b." for this person, turn "Ignore lines with no data" off. Note that this setting also affects the Update text feature.
Use short locations
Legacy can store each location (such as "Place of birth") as both a long version and a short version. Use this option to import the short version. If no short version is available, TreeDraw will import the long version. Note that this setting also affects the Update text feature.
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