Family Tree Maker(TM) Warts
Facts
Problems associated with Facts, also known as: More About Facts, Biographical Facts, Individual Facts. Version 5 permitted unlimited numbers of facts. Prior versions limited them to 13. Includes Marriage Facts.
 
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 Ordering Preferred    
 

Ordering

 
  1. Version 5 permits unlimited dated facts, but provides no way to order them chronologically; They are sorted alphabetically. FTM has replied that this is so that alternate information can appear together, which isn't really too bad of an idea. Users don't seem to like reading down a list of facts and seeing Baptism before Born, Burial before Death, etc. According to one wag, the facts can be ordered chronologically by name. [McE]
  2. The primary Fact will be listed first. If multiple facts exists, the others are supposed to follow in order by date. The problem:  Facts with date ranges are incorrectly ordered in the same way as date ranges in a spouse list: month and day are ignored. [McE]

 
 
 
 
 
 

Note order of items with starting dates in 1975incorrectly ordered


Preferred

 
  1. starThere is an inconsistency in the handling of the Preferred Fact check-box among the 40 supplied fact names.
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