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Calendar
Text The Calendar report lets you print a calendar for any month, or all months in a year. You can print blank calendars, or include birthdays and anniversaries of any or all people in your database.
To print a calendar:
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Open the Reports dialog by selecting "File, Print a report" from the main menu, by clicking the printer button on the toolbar, or pressing Ctrl+P and click either "Forms" or "All Reports" from the list on the left side of the Reports dialog.
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Choose "Calendar" from the list on the right side of the Reports dialog, and click "Create Report" to open the Report Settings dialog, or Close to exit the dialog.
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Select your options from the Report Settings dialog:
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Calendar(s) to print – Select the month (or All months) and the year for the calendar(s) you want to print.
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Title – Enter a title to print at the top of each calendar.
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People to include – Choose whether you want to include everyone in your database, a selected list of people, or a named group of people. If you choose "Select from list", the people button beside the field changes from gray tones to color and RootsMagic opens the "Select people" screen to let you to select the people to include by marking the checkbox beside the names of the desired individuals. Click OK to close the dialog. You can click on this color button to re-open the "Select People" screen to change your selection.
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Only include living people – Mark this checkbox to keep from printing birthdays and anniversaries of deceased persons.
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Use married name for females – Mark this checkbox to print married names for females (instead of maiden names).
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Include age – Mark this checkbox if you want to include the person's age at this birthday, or the number of years a couple has been married.
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Events to include – Select which of the following events/options you want to include:
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Birthdays – Mark this checkbox if you want to print birthdays on the calendar.
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Anniversaries – Mark this checkbox if you want to print marriage anniversaries on the calendar.
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Include divorced marriages – Marking this box will tell RootsMagic to include anniversaries of couples that have been divorced.
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Print private facts - Mark this checkbox to indicate you want to include facts that are marked private.
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Choose Font and Layout to change your settings from the default values. (Click Reset to return all settings to the default settings.)
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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.
Family Group Sheet
The family group sheet lists the highlighted individual, his or her spouse, and any children they may have. The highlighted person must have a spouse and/or children to print a family group sheet with information on it. Any divorce information also is displayed.
To print a family group sheet:
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Open the Reports dialog by selecting "File, Print a report" from the main menu, by clicking the printer button on the toolbar, or by pressing Ctrl+P and choose either "Forms" or "All Reports" from the list on the right side of the Reports dialog.
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Choose "Family group sheet" from the list on the left side of the Reports dialog, and click "Create Report" to open the Report Settings dialog, or Close to exit the dialog.
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Select your options from the Report Settings dialog:
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Selected Families - Choose "Current family" or "Select from list". You can select or change the current family by clicking the "Family list" button beside this field. If you choose "Select from list", the "Select Families" dialog will open to let you select the families to include.
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Other spouses of parents - Mark this checkbox to print any additional spouses for the husband and wife.
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Spouses of each child - Mark this checkbox to print the spouses of each child.
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Basic events even if blank - Mark this checkbox to print each person´s basic events, even if they are blank. For example, if you mark this checkbox, a space will appear for the death date and place of each person on the sheet, whether or not they are living or whether that information has been entered.
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Family photo at top of page - Mark this checkbox if you want RootsMagic to print the preferred family photo at the top of the group sheet. You must add a photo to the family's scrapbook.
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Photos for each person – Mark this checkbox if you want RootsMagic to print the primary photo for each person on the group sheet.
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Print color coding – Mark this checkbox to print any color coded people in color.
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Print private facts – Mark this checkbox to print any facts marked as private.
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Print LDS facts – Mark this checkbox to print any LDS facts.
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Print notes - Mark this checkbox to print the notes attached to this family.
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Print child notes – Mark this checkbox to print the children's notes (you may not want them since they might be printed on the group sheet where they appear as parents).
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Start notes on a new page – Mark this checkbox to start the notes on a new page
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Print private notes – Mark this checkbox to print any private notes.
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Strip { } brackets – Mark this checkbox to remove the brackets if you choose to print private notes.
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Print MRIN in title – Mark this checkbox to print the MRIN number in the title following the name.
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Print preparer and comments – If you mark this checkbox, RootsMagic will print the preparer’s name and address at the bottom of the group sheet, as well as any comments entered in the Comments field below the checkbox. You can enter comments about any notes you made while collecting the information, such as where you got the information or anything else you might want to include.
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Choose Font, Layout, Sources and Indexes to change your settings from the default values. (Click Reset to return all settings to the default settings.)
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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.
Individual summary
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Scrapbook
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