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From: Kathy Lenerz <>
Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Outline Descendant Report: duplicate data / lines inRTF report
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 02:02:39 -0400
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Murray Lynn wrote:
> One thing you may want to try (which would seem unlikely to fix the
> problem you describe) is that you need to set the paper type in Word to
> the same as the Print Setup in Genbox.

That's a given here. It's always the American 8.5 x 11.

Cheri Casper wrote:
> Do you think the problem with the lines is related to choice of fonts?

No. I tried running the default report and it was messed up. The default
and custom reports I use resulted in 8-12 page reports. In both, all
horizontal lines after page 1 are nonexistent except for the first name
that appears on a page. The messed-up lines is a well-known problem that
has been there forever, although previously the horizontal lines existed
(but messed up). I seem to recall that Bill once said he hadn't figured
out how to fix this. That's the reason for my concern about the issues I
originally asked about (see below). Since I can't edit the report in a
word processor, the issues I noted can't be fixed. I use this report a lot
to review family connections and to share data with others. I've taken to
exporting my data to Legacy and using their report, but I'd rather not have
to do that.

> 1. Is anyone else experiencing this? [duplication of names when there is
> missing birth event data]

> 2. One way I know I acquire empty birth events is by entering children
> on the Summary Tab. There are other ways, but I haven't figured out what
> they are yet. Is there a way to avoid creating empty birth events?

> 3. Note the place: "the Town of Porter." I checked "The" on the
> Places-Names tab because it needs to read "was born in the Town of
> Porter" on narratives. "The" is not appropriate for outline descendant
> reports (or the FGS), however. Is there a way get rid of the "the" in
> these reports?

Thanks for the suggestions,
Kathy

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