In the Graphic Frame area, two options for frame output can be selected:

The entire graphic can be drawn with a solid color, right-angled frame with an adjustable line width. For this, select the radio button color and select a color and width for the frame.

You can also use bitmap (*.bmp) graphic frame images to create highly-complex design frames, some that give a 3-D appearance. Graphic frame images are subject to certain conventions regarding pixel dimension and image contents, which are described in detail in the Appendix in the section Conventions for Graphic Frame Images. It is not necessary to be familiar with these conventions if you limit your selection to ready-made graphic frame images, or if you only change the color of the images in an image editing program. If you would like to make custom design frames, you will need to read the Appendix.

To use a graphic frame image, select the radio button Image, select an appropriate image file, set a side images option and determine the width of the frame.

The radio buttons Side images Single or Multiple determine whether a single side image is to be used for each side or if multiple images are to be inserted end-to-end along the sides. For details on this, see the Appendix . When using a ready-made graphic frame image, observe the following: For the graphic frame images "round" and "slope", use the option Single; for the image "meander", select the option Multiple.

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In the Graphic Margins area, you can define space for Free Placeable Text, Image and Geo Objects outside the person box area, that is outside the tree structure. For layout of Column/Row Numbers, continuation references in Partial Trees and a directly output Person Index, the correct graphic margins are automatically determined. No layout preparation is necessary for these items. For an indirectly created person index (Free Image Object with an EMF file), you will need to create space for it manually.

If you want to reduce expanded graphic margins to their minimum allowable size, use the function Minimize Graphic Margins in the Treeview menu. This function takes all objects outside the person box area into account so that enough space for these objects remains.

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For the connection lines between the person boxes, you can specify if they should have a round shape instead of having sharp corners. In addition, a shadow can be activated if the checkbox Diffuse has not been activated on the tab Box Format and no contrast lines are to be output and no background images are to be output. To improve the contrast of connection lines on a dark background, white contrast lines can be placed on both sides of the line. These contrast lines cannot be seen on a white background. The horizontal connection lines between partners can be output as single or double lines. Child connection lines usually start from the center of the lower box frame of the parent on the right side. Mark the checkbox Child connection lines from partner connection lines on descendant trees to cause child connection lines to start from partner connection lines (directly to the left of the parent on the right). The line width and color can be set as desired.

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In the Symbol Key and Titles area, you can specify if a symbol key should be output with the symbols used in the boxes. The key is only included in the output if there is available space at the bottom left or top left of the person box area (meaning there are no boxes in the area). The text color can be determined. It should provide sufficient contrast with the background. Other options for the graphic titles can be defined on the Graphic Titles tab.

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