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 affect how certain chart elements are formatted when importing a tree.
All these settings will be stored in import profiles.
Fonts:
Names
The font used for the "Name" and "Child's name" data types in "Preferences | Import fields". Click on the change button to select a different font.
Person details
The font used for the "Person details" data type in "Preferences | Import fields". Click on the change button to select a different font.
Marriage details
The font used for the "Marriage details" and "Marriage indicator" data types in "Preferences | Import fields". Click on the change button to select a different font.
Text alignment
The text alignment affects how TreeDraw aligns the individual parts of a person/details block as follows.
With left alignment a block looks like this:
With centre alignment a block looks like this:
With right alignment a block looks like this:
Word wrap
Set this option to make imported text wrap lines which are too long.
Wrapped text width
The maximum width of imported text elements will start off at the value you enter here when the above Word wrap option is turned on. The unit of measure is screen pixels at 100% zoom. You can still resize the text element after it has been imported.
Link length
This is a multiplier for the length of the lines linked to text. Increase the value to increase the length of the lines. Link lines are
the ones shown in red below:
Text to include in statistics box
When importing a tree you have the option of adding a statistics box indicating number of people, etc. This box will also include any text that you enter here.
Normal line style
The line style used for linking parents to children. You can change the style and colour of the line using the Change button.
Marriage line style
People with multiple marriages in an imported tree can have their marriages linked by a dashed line. You can change the style and colour of the line using the Change button.
Box style
TreeDraw uses these settings for boxes drawn around text in descendant and ancestral trees and for the circles in wheel charts when the "Boxed" option is used. Use the Outline button to change the line style and colour for the box, the Fill colour button for the colour of the inside of the box and the Pattern list to choose the pattern for the inside of the box.
Get styles
Click on the Get styles button to automatically set up the visual styles based on the currently selected chart elements.
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