Family Tree Maker(TM)
Warts
Reports: Custom Report
Problems with the Custom Report.
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Individuals to Include
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The Include/Exclude facilities
used to add or subtract individuals from the report based on various criteria,
are static. New individuals subsequently added to the file that satisfy
the criteria are not automatically added to the report. Such a facility
is needed.
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Stability: A FTW
file can enter a state where Custom Reports in Books do not retain their
content.
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View and select individuals
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Leave report
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Report is empty when you return
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| I have sent several
example files to Support, at their request. I never hear any more about
them. [TAYLOR(damaged).ftw] |
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Items to Include
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Headings: The Custom Report column heading
for the Reference Number item forces that column to be much wider
than the numbers displayed, taking up valuable real estate on the page.
The only recourse is to manually specify the widths of all the columns.
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Incorrect output: Titles
are output in the aka column.
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 Titles
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Headings: The dialog
allows one to configure the report by adjusting the widths of each column.
There is no way to prevent truncation of the headings, however. There should
be a way to respecify the text of the headings.
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Column widths: The dialog
which allows configuring the column widths may be toggled between the automatic
settings and the manual ones. If one wishes a different layout, however,
there is no way to reset the manual values to their default values – i.e.
to start over.
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Column widths: One is
permitted to explicitly define the widths of each data column. The data
displayed is truncated if the width is set too small. Usually, one would
like to be able to specify that the data should be word wrapped within
the column rather than truncated.
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Sort
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 [V6]
When names in the report are formatted "First Middle Last", the sorting
is by first name rather than last name.
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Titles
are output
