RootsMagic 8:Narrative Reports

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With RootsMagic, you can generate Descendant or Ancestor narrative reports for the highlighted person. Within these broad categories, there are other options to let you choose the content and/or the type of format for the report.

To print a Narrative (book) report:

1. Select the Publish page
2. Select "All reports and charts"
3. Select "Narrative Report"
4. Select your options from the Report Settings panel:

   

   1. Report type
      1. Ancestors only – ancestors of the highlighted person, without any children of the ancestors
      2. Ancestors and children – ancestors of the highlighted person, and children of each of the ancestors
      3. NGSQ (modified register) - A descendant book grouped by generation. Every direct descendant is assigned a number.
      4. NEHGS (register) – A descendant book grouped by generation. Similar to the modified register, except that unmarried descendants who are not carried forward are not assigned a number.
      5. Indented - A descendant book grouped by family. Each generation is indented from the previous one. There are 3 types of numbering available for indented books:
         1. Outline (I, B, 1, j, i, …)
         2. Henry (121A1, 121A2, 121A3, …)
         3. D'Aboville (1.2.1.10.1, 1.2.1.10.2, 1.2.1.10.3, …)
   2. Number of generations to print - Enter the number of generations to print (up to 30).
   3. Options – This button lets you select various options for setting up the format of the report
5. Choose Font, Layout, Sources and Indexes to change your settings from the default values. (Click Reset to return all settings to the default settings.)
6. Click the "Generate Report" button to generate the report and display it in the Report Viewer. From there you can modify the report settings, send the report to your printer, save the report to disk, or email the report.