New Combined Family View
The family group view has a new “blended families” option that displays all of a couple’s children in one location. An icon next the child’s name lets you see at a glance whether he or she is the child of the father, mother, or both parents.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Family Tree Maker 2012 - Improved Smart Stories
Improved Smart Stories
When Family Tree Maker creates a Smart Story for you, the story now includes facts about the individual and his or her spouse and children. Previously a generated Smart Story included information about the individual only.
When Family Tree Maker creates a Smart Story for you, the story now includes facts about the individual and his or her spouse and children. Previously a generated Smart Story included information about the individual only.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Family Tree Maker 2012 - TreeSync™
TreeSync™
Now you can work on your family tree anywhere with the new TreeSync feature. When you link your desktop and online trees together, you can update either tree and then synchronize those changes into the other tree—manually or automatically. All you need is an Internet connection. Syncing your Family Tree Maker tree and online Ancestry tree has many benefits that no other software can offer:
Now you can work on your family tree anywhere with the new TreeSync feature. When you link your desktop and online trees together, you can update either tree and then synchronize those changes into the other tree—manually or automatically. All you need is an Internet connection. Syncing your Family Tree Maker tree and online Ancestry tree has many benefits that no other software can offer:
- Access and update your tree anytime, anywhere. With an Internet connection, you can continue your research wherever you are whether it’s through Ancestry, your iPhone, or iPad.
- Share your tree online. Family and friends can view your tree (and even work with you) without any software or an Ancestry subscription.
- Collaborate with the largest family history community in the world. If you share your tree publicly, you can connect with other members who are researching the same family lines.
Family Tree Maker Short-Cuts
Shortcut Keys:
Family Tree Maker includes keystrokes that make it easier for your to navigate or open functions without using the mouse.
The following table describes the available shortcut keystrokes:
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Family Tree Maker includes keystrokes that make it easier for your to navigate or open functions without using the mouse.
The following table describes the available shortcut keystrokes:
| Keystroke | Action |
| F1 | Open Help |
| F2 | Open the Index of Individuals in the People, Publish, and Web Search Workspaces |
| F3 | Edit Person |
| Shift+F3 | Edit Relationship |
| F4 | Add Fact in the Person view of the People Workspace |
| Alt+F4 | Exit |
| Ctrl+Shift+F10 | Context menu (right-click menu) |
| Ctrl+A | Select all text in a field |
| Ctrl+B | Bold text in a note |
| Ctrl+Shift+B | Add bookmark |
| Ctrl+C | Copy from a text field |
| Ctrl+D | Date Calculator |
| Ctrl+F | Find and Replace |
| Ctrl+I | Italicize text in a note |
| Ctrl+L | Insert a special character into a field or note |
| Ctrl+M | Add new media item in the Media Workspace a Media tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+M | Link to existing media item in the Media Workspace or a Media tab |
| Ctrl+O | Open a new tree file |
| Ctrl+S | Add a new source in a fact field or when a fact is selected in the Person tab of the People Workspace |
| Ctrl+Shift+S | Link to an existing resource in a fact field or when a fact is selected in the Person tab of the People Workspace |
| Ctrl+T | Add a new task in a task list |
| Ctrl+U | Underline text in a note |
| Ctrl+V | Paste in a text field |
| Ctrl+X | Cut from a text field |
| Ctrl+Y | Redo |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo |
| Ctrl+1 | Plan Workspace |
| Ctrl+2 | People Workspace |
| Ctrl+3 | Places Workspace |
| Ctrl+4 | Media Workspace |
| Ctrl+5 | Sources Workspace |
| Ctrl+6 | Publish Workspace |
| Ctrl+7 | Web Search Workspace |
| Ctrl+Home | Go to the Home Person in the People, Publish, and Web Search Workspaces |
| Ctrl+Page Up | Open the next tab in the current workspace |
| Ctrl+Page Down | Open the previous tab in the current workspace |
| Ctrl+Tab | Go to the next pane or navigation bar (clockwise) in the workspace |
| Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Go to the previous pane or navigation bar (counter-clockwise) in the workspace |
| Ctrl+Shift+Page Up | Open the next tab in the pane (i.e. Notes, Tasks, Media) |
| Ctrl+Shift+Page Down | Open the previous tab in the pane (i.e. Notes, Tasks, Media) |
| Ctrl+Enter | Go to the next family member in the Family View (People Workspace) |
| Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Go to the previous family member in the Family View (People Workspace) |
| Alt+left arrow | Back to previous workspace or tab |
| Alt+right arrow | Forward to previous workspace or tab |
| Alt+A | Add a person in the People Workspace, a media item in the Media Workspace, or a source in the Sources Workspace |
| Alt+C | Place menu in the Places Workspace |
| Alt+D | Delete the selected person in the People Workspace, place in the Places Workspace, media item in the Media Workspace, or source in the Sources Workspace |
| Alt+E | Edit menu |
| Alt+F | File menu |
| Alt+H | Help menu |
| Alt+M | Media menu |
| Alt+P | Select a workspace report to print or print the currently selected report in the Publish Workspace. |
| Alt+R | Person menu in the People Workspace |
| Alt+S | Select a workspace Share option |
| Alt+T | Tools menu |
| Alt+U | Source menu in the Sources Workspace |
| Alt+V | View menu |
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What’s new in Family Tree Maker 2012?
What’s new in Family Tree Maker 2012?
ANSWER
There are many new improvements and changes to Family Tree Maker 2012. The following article briefly summarizes most of these changes.
TreeSync™
Improved Smart Stories
New Combined Family View
Simplified Interface for Upgraders
Customized Fact Sentences
Reports
Charts
New and Updated Tutorials
Details will follow
ANSWER
There are many new improvements and changes to Family Tree Maker 2012. The following article briefly summarizes most of these changes.
TreeSync™
Improved Smart Stories
New Combined Family View
Simplified Interface for Upgraders
Customized Fact Sentences
Reports
Charts
New and Updated Tutorials
Details will follow
Monday, September 12, 2011
Family Tree Maker 2012
Here are some links for information about Family Tree Maker Version 2012.
TreeSync™ Frequently Asked Questions:
Please go to the Knowledge Base website:
http://ancestry.custhelp.com/
and enter 5357 in the Search Support field and click on the Search Button.
How do I change the update options in Family Tree Maker 2012?
Please go to the Knowledge Base website:
http://ancestry.custhelp.com/
and enter 5358 in the Search Support field and click on the Search Button.
What are the differences between the Family Tree Maker and Ancestry.com trees when using TreeSync™?
Please go to the Knowledge Base website:
http://ancestry.custhelp.com/
and enter 5356 in the Search Support field and click on the Search Button.
Copyright © 2011 by H R Worthington
TreeSync™ Frequently Asked Questions:
Please go to the Knowledge Base website:
http://ancestry.custhelp.com/
and enter 5357 in the Search Support field and click on the Search Button.
How do I change the update options in Family Tree Maker 2012?
Please go to the Knowledge Base website:
http://ancestry.custhelp.com/
and enter 5358 in the Search Support field and click on the Search Button.
What are the differences between the Family Tree Maker and Ancestry.com trees when using TreeSync™?
Please go to the Knowledge Base website:
http://ancestry.custhelp.com/
and enter 5356 in the Search Support field and click on the Search Button.
Copyright © 2011 by H R Worthington
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Scheduled Family Tree Maintenance (24 Aug. 1:00-3:00 AM MDT))
Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:44 PM PDT
We will be updating the servers that provide member uploaded photos, so some portions of Ancestry Member Trees, My Canvas, and any other areas of the site that display member contributed images, will not function properly. You will still be able to access and make edits to your tree data, but you will not be able to add or delete photos or import or export a GEDCOM file.
For the vast majority of our members living outside Mountain Daylight Time, 1:00 – 3:00 AM MDT is the same as…
Coordinated Universal Time: 7:00 – 9:00 AM
In London: 8:00 – 10:00 AM
In Sydney: 5:00 – 7:00 PM
In San Francisco: 12:00 AM – 2:00 AM
In New York: 3:00 – 5:00 AM
In London: 8:00 – 10:00 AM
In Sydney: 5:00 – 7:00 PM
In San Francisco: 12:00 AM – 2:00 AM
In New York: 3:00 – 5:00 AM
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Monday, August 22, 2011
How to Change Address Format (Easy)
In an earlier post, How To Generate an Address Report we were dealing with an Address Report but wanted to change the format of the Address Fact.
In the next post, How to Change Address Format a way to make this change in format in a step by step process, just to show one way to accomplish this task.
This is another, and quicker way to perform that same task. First, Select the Address Fact to change. Since the Year will remain the same, tab into the Place field and start to type the address. As the previous post suggested, IF the address had already been used, the Fast Field option will show the previously entered Address.
When that entry is completed, and since Family Tree Maker already has this, a Change Place Name window will open. Since we only want to Change this specific field, the default "Change only this instance", is used.
Clicking OK will return to the Address Fact entry and the Description Field. This is now a duplicate of the Place field, and the Description field is high-lighted, the Delete Key can be used to remove that duplication.
The end result makes the change and the earlier change to the Source Citation information is not required.
Copyright © 2011 by H R Worthington
In the next post, How to Change Address Format a way to make this change in format in a step by step process, just to show one way to accomplish this task.
This is another, and quicker way to perform that same task. First, Select the Address Fact to change. Since the Year will remain the same, tab into the Place field and start to type the address. As the previous post suggested, IF the address had already been used, the Fast Field option will show the previously entered Address.
When that entry is completed, and since Family Tree Maker already has this, a Change Place Name window will open. Since we only want to Change this specific field, the default "Change only this instance", is used.
Clicking OK will return to the Address Fact entry and the Description Field. This is now a duplicate of the Place field, and the Description field is high-lighted, the Delete Key can be used to remove that duplication.
Copyright © 2011 by H R Worthington
How to Change Address Format
In How To Generate an Address Report there was an indication that the format for the Address Fact entry could be improved. The format that had been done is to meet the Place Workspace, Plan Name Authority format. That is City / Town, County, State, Country format. Below is an example of that:
Address Fact: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Address Description: 810 Calvert
The desired format would be:
810 Calvert Street, Baltimore, Maryland.
It is also important to keep the SAME Citation for that entry.
One way to do this, is to click on the Green Plus sign, and an Add Fact window will open. This is where you can Add a New Fact. In this case, we want to Add a New Address, so that Address Fact is selected.
This will open a New Address Fact screen. In this specific case, the information was from the 1900 Census Record and it was important for me, for this project to capture the Date and Address for this group of people in this file. So, 1800 was entered in the Date field.
The complete address is entered:
810 Calvert Street, Baltimore, Maryland
If this field had been filled in before, you will notice that I started 81 and a window opened with the complete address. That was from a previous entry. So, going forward watch the Place field for the Address Fact, for the Fast Field feature of Family Tree Maker (if you have it turned on)
Selecting that entry, the Address Fact is completed.
Now for the Citation. Going to the original Address Fact, moving the cursor over the 1st ICON to the right of "New" is a Copy Source Citation ICON. This will allow you to copy that Source Citation to be put onto the New Address Fact.
Selecting the New Address Fact, and clicking on the Down Arrow, to the Right of "New" is a menu where you select "Past Duplicate Source Citation". This will put the Citation from the Old Address Fact, with the New Address Fact.
Since this is now a duplicate Address Fact for 1900, selecting the Old Address Fact and clicking on the Red X will delete that Old Address Fact.
The resulting Address listing is below. Each of the earlier entries were done in this fashion.
An alternate and quicker way to do this same task will follow.
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How To Generate an Address Report
This blog post will help generate an Address Report.
For this example, I have a couple of Family Groups who lived in Baltimore Maryland for a number of years, as recorded in Census Records. Addresses were not always available or readable in some of the census records, but they were recorded in the Address Field, within Family Tree Maker.
To generate a report of those address entries, to to the Publish Workspace, Person Collection, and select Custom Report.
In the Right Hand (RH) Panel, left end, select the Items to Include ICON. This will bring up the Items To Include Screen.
Using the Red X and selecting the Birth, Marriage, and Death Facts, those facts can be removed for this report. Also, removing the Check Mark in Include Only Preferred Facts, Include Person Notes, and Include Fact Notes, will remove that information from this report.
Now add the Address Fact, but clicking on the Green Plus and the Address Fact will be included. High Lighting the Address Fact, and selecting the Address Options (at the bottom of that window), will include the Date, Place, and Description fields.
For this example, will change the Name format to Last Name, First and Middle Name, using the Name Options. Selecting the Name Fact, and Name Options at the bottom of that window.
The report will be sorted by Name, then by Address by Date.
Will change the 'default' name of this report to Addresses, and make sure that the Header and Footer contain the Header on each page, Page Number and Date on each page.
Will save this Report and call it Addresses, in the Save Report collection.
There is a problem with the above report. There are Names that have NO Address information displayed. Since we only want Names with Addresses, we continue.
In the RH Panel, select Selected Individuals. This will bring of the Individuals to Include screen. Make sure that the Right side of the screen is blank.
Selecting Include > will bring up a window where All Facts is selected, Address Fact and Is Not Blank are selected.
The revised Addresses Report is below. In this case it is sorted by Person.
Note: If I do not know a persons Name, the use of 5 underscores "_____" is used.
Going to the People Workspace, Person View, this is what is displayed. Normally, the most recent Fact is what I mark as "preferred".
But, since the address format wasn't the way I expected, as the Place Name was Baltimore, Maryland, USA, and the address was in the Description field. a New Address Fact was added to reflect the Street Address, followed by Baltimore, Maryland.
A follow up blog post will provide steps to make these changes.
This same concept can be used for Phone Numbers and Email Addresses.
Note: the way of handling the Address Fact will cause these entries to be "UnResolved Place Names" in the Place Workspace.
Copyright © 2011 by H R Worthington
For this example, I have a couple of Family Groups who lived in Baltimore Maryland for a number of years, as recorded in Census Records. Addresses were not always available or readable in some of the census records, but they were recorded in the Address Field, within Family Tree Maker.
To generate a report of those address entries, to to the Publish Workspace, Person Collection, and select Custom Report.
In the Right Hand (RH) Panel, left end, select the Items to Include ICON. This will bring up the Items To Include Screen.
Using the Red X and selecting the Birth, Marriage, and Death Facts, those facts can be removed for this report. Also, removing the Check Mark in Include Only Preferred Facts, Include Person Notes, and Include Fact Notes, will remove that information from this report.
Now add the Address Fact, but clicking on the Green Plus and the Address Fact will be included. High Lighting the Address Fact, and selecting the Address Options (at the bottom of that window), will include the Date, Place, and Description fields.
For this example, will change the Name format to Last Name, First and Middle Name, using the Name Options. Selecting the Name Fact, and Name Options at the bottom of that window.
The report will be sorted by Name, then by Address by Date.
Will change the 'default' name of this report to Addresses, and make sure that the Header and Footer contain the Header on each page, Page Number and Date on each page.
Will save this Report and call it Addresses, in the Save Report collection.
There is a problem with the above report. There are Names that have NO Address information displayed. Since we only want Names with Addresses, we continue.
In the RH Panel, select Selected Individuals. This will bring of the Individuals to Include screen. Make sure that the Right side of the screen is blank.
Selecting Include > will bring up a window where All Facts is selected, Address Fact and Is Not Blank are selected.
The revised Addresses Report is below. In this case it is sorted by Person.
Note: If I do not know a persons Name, the use of 5 underscores "_____" is used.
Going to the People Workspace, Person View, this is what is displayed. Normally, the most recent Fact is what I mark as "preferred".
But, since the address format wasn't the way I expected, as the Place Name was Baltimore, Maryland, USA, and the address was in the Description field. a New Address Fact was added to reflect the Street Address, followed by Baltimore, Maryland.
A follow up blog post will provide steps to make these changes.
This same concept can be used for Phone Numbers and Email Addresses.
Note: the way of handling the Address Fact will cause these entries to be "UnResolved Place Names" in the Place Workspace.
Copyright © 2011 by H R Worthington
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