Group Sheets

 

To print group sheets, pick Other from the main screen and then pick Group sheets.  A group sheet is a one or two page report showing a family with the basic information about the father and mother and the children.  When printing a group sheet, you may choose from several formats for the children's data.  For example if you ask for All data for the children, then it will print the same information that it prints for the father and mother.  If you ask for birth and death only, then it will not print the other events for the children.  

 

If you select the option to print pictures, it will print one picture for the father and one for the mother and optionally for the children.  If you are printing All information for children, you may also select the option to print pictures for the children.  It will print the first picture attached to the person, or it will print the picture marked Group or Primary in the Print Where column after the picture name. 

 

Normally the routine will print a group sheet for one family.  However, you may choose to print group sheets for the families of all the ancestors or all the descendants of a person.  You may limit the number of generations when printing the ancestors or descendants.  You may also print group sheets for a range of BK code numbers.  When printing a range of numbers, you may select the button for "each spouse only once" and then it will not print a group sheet for a person if that person has already been printed as the spouse of someone else.

 

Set other options by picking the tab that says Fields to Include.

 

Click the Preview button if you want to display the group sheet.

 

Click the Print button to print the group sheet.

 

To send the report to a disk file, pick File from the menu and then Create TXT file .

 

To create HTML files, pick File, then Create HTML files.  You will then pick a folder where the HTML files will be created.  You may then upload the html files to your web site or open them with your web browser.

 

Click the Save options button if you want to save the current options for the group sheet.  Then the next time you print a group sheet, it will use the options you saved.

 

If you select the option to show ages it will compute ages for people (if birth dates are in a valid format.)  If a death date is blank, it will compute the age to the current date.  See date types.

 

There are several options for how much information to show for each child.  You can try the different options and preview the group sheet to see the different formats available.

 

If you chose the option for an alphabetical index, it will print the index when you are finished selecting the people to print.      

 

If you are printing a batch of group sheets (such as ancestors or descendants or range) you can have the page numbers start over with page 1 for each batch, or you can select to have the page numbers continue to increment.

   

On the last tab is an option to let you print your personal message at the bottom of each page.  For example you may want to give your name and address.

 

To print a blank group sheet, type the word BLANK when it asks for the name of the person to select.