Register, Indented, and Ahnentafel Reports

 

The Register, Indented and Ahnentafel reports will print in a book format with an alphabetical index at the end of the book.  The Register and Indented reports will print the descendants of the starting person, and the Ahnentafel report will print the ancestors of a person.

 

Here are some of the options that all three of the reports have in common.

 

There are four tabs you can select when setting the options for the report.  On the first tab you can set the heading, margins, page number, and select all or odd/even printing.

 

Include message lines.  If you have entered message lines for people, you may have them included in this report.  Currently all message lines will print except for the ones marked "never print" in the "print where" column.  In the future there will be options to printing selected messages.

 

Print spouse messages also.  If you indicated that you wanted to print message lines, you may indicate if you also want to print the spouse's messages.  You may also indicate that you want the spouse message lines to start on a new line. 

 

Show code numbers.  You probably will not want to print the person's BK code number on the register or ahnentafel report, since it may be confusing to people when also printing the register or ahnentafel number.  However, if the report is for your own use, you may wish to see the code numbers that were assigned when the people were added to the database. 

 

Show baptized date and location.  You will be asked if you want the date below the birth date also to print if it is not blank.  You may also choose to only print the date if the birth date is blank.  Sometimes a person's birth date is not known, but the baptized or christened date is known.  If you want this date printed, then enter in the text box the word or abbreviation to use when printing. 

 

Show reference field.  You may print the "Ref:" field after the date fields.  You may enter what word to use when printing.  If you enter "]" then the reference field (if not blank) will be printed after the name with the reference field enclosed with brackets [   ]. 

 

If multiple spouses, do you want to show which spouse produced which kids?  If you have cases of multiple marriages, this will allow you to show which children came from which marriages. 

 

Print source footnotes.  You can print footnotes to show the information that you entered in the source lines for each date or location.  (The source lines are the lines that were entered by pressing F6 while entering a date or location for a person or by pressing the source button.)  The footnote numbers will print in superscript and the footnotes will print at the end of the report.  (If you are creating a rich text format file, you can have the footnotes at the bottom of each page.)

 

Press the "save options" button if you want the options to be the same the next time you print the same report.

  

Pressing the print button will cause the report to print on your printer.

 

Press Preview if you want to display the report on the screen.  See Preview.

 

Rich Text Format

If you want to send the report to your word processor, then on the fourth tab pick your word processor and then pick File from the top menu and then pick Create RTF file.   If you have the same word processor set up as your default word processor in the Options area, then after the report is created, your word processor will open the file automatically.  If the report does not look correct, then try making the report again and use 0 (zero) for the left and right margins. The names of people in the RTF file are invisibly marked for the index.  To create the index, go to the end of the file in your word processor and pick the menu item in your word processor to create the index.  (Do this after you have made any additions or corrections in the file.)  

 

If you have Microsoft Word, here is how you create the name index after you import the RTF file:  Move to the end of the document.  Then select INSERT from the top menu bar, then select BREAK and then OK for a page break.  Then if you have Word 2007 pick REFERENCE from the menu, then Insert Index, or if you have Word 2002 pick  INSERT from the menu, then select INDEX and TABLES, then pick the format you want, then pick OK and the index will be created. 

   

If you have Word Perfect for Windows, here is how to create the index after you import the RTF file:  Move to the end of the document.  Put the cursor about two lines below the last person's information.  Then select INSERT from the top menu, then select PAGE BREAK.  Then select TOOLS from the top menu, then select INDEX (If you have WP 8 or 9 pick Tools, then Reference, then Index).  That will display a new index toolbar.  Select from the new toolbar the DEFINE button, then OK.  Select from the new toolbar the GENERATE button then OK and the index will be created.  If you want two columns for the index, go to the top line in the index after it is created and pick Format and Columns from the menu.