Family Tree Maker(TM)
Warts
Reports
General problems not specific to any particular report.
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Reports are pre-set with a default title including
the selected individual's name, but allow you to specify a custom title
(Contents | Title & footnote). The spot for the custom title is initially
blank, when it would be more useful to initialize it to the same as the
automatic title to allow easier modification thereof.
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 The
default for several reports is to use the a/k/a name in place of
the real name. The option is there to reverse this, but a/k/a should not
be the default.
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The default font for all reports is pre-set to Times
New Roman. There is no way to change this basic default. Each item
of each report must be individually changed. What is needed is a new line
item in the configuration (INI) file setting the basic default font.
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Addresses
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If no address is entered
for a person, the address of a parent is assumed, with no way to negate
this assumption except by entering an address. There is no way to represent
an unknown address in this context. One could enter "Unknown", or some
such, as the address, but this will not prevent printing of that address
label, for example.
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If both parents have addresses,
it is always the mother's address which is assumed.
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Entering a blank (space)
in offspring's address will cause the notice of assumed address to disappear,
but the assumption still is in effect, as can be seen the next time that
dialog box is accessed.
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The logic that says that
an offspring will have an assumed address of his parent does not apply
if the parent's address is assumed from a grandparent. In the absence of
individual addresses, if B is assumed to live with her parent, A, wouldn't
one also assume that C would live with her parent, B?
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Deceased offspring are
also assumed to "reside" with their parents.
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If
only one spouse has an entered address the other will inherit it, as will
any offspring lacking their own addresses. Phone numbers, entered on the
same dialog, are not so shared. Perhaps they use the phone booth on the
corner?
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Errors
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"You have selected a combination of styles that are too
large for this page size" No indication is given of which values
or data are the cause, leaving the user to guess.
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