Treeview Menu

Current Treeview Properties... Opens an information window about the current treeview. The data from the title bar and status bar of the program window are shown, which may not be completely visible due to a lack of space.

Select Primary Person... Opens the Select Person dialog to determine the primary person of the treeview. If a treeview already exists, the existing tree type will be redrawn if a new primary person is selected.

Recently Used Primary Persons submenu

This submenu lists up to 8 recently used primary persons from the current family file. The primary person of a shown treeview is listed only deactivated. The list of recently used primary persons can be cleared.

Create Ancestor/Descendant Tree Draws a graphic of the primary person's ancestors or descendants. Detailed explanations of the structures of ancestor and descendant trees can be found in the Appendix in the section Tree structures in the subsections Ancestor Trees and Descendant Trees.

Various functions are available within the created treeview that can be activated with the mouse. A wide range of options for customizing the appearance of the graphic can be set under Treeview Options.

Create Grandparents' Descendant Tree submenu

Parents 1x central and Parents 2x chronological These graphics show the close relatives of the primary person, such as uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews, nieces, etc.. Otherwise, these graphics are generally the same as descendant trees. Detailed descriptions of these somewhat complicated trees can be found in the Appendix in the section Tree structures in the subsections Grandparents' Descendant Trees (Parents 1x Central) and Grandparents' Descendant Trees (Parents 2x Chronological).

Create Great-grandparents' Descendant Tree submenu

Parents and grandparents 1x central and Parents and grandparents 2x chronological These graphics go one generation further back than grandparents' descendant trees. Detailed explanations of these quite complicated trees can be found in the Appendix in the section Tree structures in the subsection Great-grandparents' Descendant Trees. There is also described, which remedial actions have to be performed at certain error messages.

Create Relatives Tree... This function opens a dialog with the same name for configuring the relatives tree. A relatives tree consists of the descendant trees of the oldest ancestors of the primary person (blood relatives) or all relatives of the primary person (all relatives). The individual descendant trees can be hidden and/or the order can be changed. The configuration is explained in the section Create Relatives Tree. Detailed explanations of the structure of relatives trees can be found in the Appendix in the section Tree structures in the subsection Relatives Tree.

Update Redraws the treeview, such as after you have changed underlying data. Under Program Options, Automatic Functions tab, you can specify whether the dimensions and positions of boxes should be recalculated when a treeview is updated.

Zoom submenu

Zoom overview on/off The zoom overview is a simplified miniature of the entire graphic in which the visible segment is shown with a yellow background. The visible segment can be moved with the mouse within the zoom overview. The zoom overview itself can also be moved with the mouse. Right-click on the zoom overview to open a menu for specifying the size and contents of the zoom overview. The zoom overview can also be turned on and off in the Toolbar or with the keystroke Ctrl+Alt+Z.

The Zoom submenu offers various options for changing the scale of the displayed graphic. You can also zoom in or out using the "+" or "-" keys in the number block of the keyboard. Pressing one of these keys twice causes the scale to be doubled or decreased by half. You can set an exact value with User-defined.... The zoom scale must be between 1% and 1000%. This means you can reduce the graphic size to a hundredth of its actual size or increase the size tenfold.

Note 1: If you hold the Ctrl and Alt keys and draw a rectangle with the left mouse button in a treeview, a zoom rectangle will be drawn. This will cause the area you have selected with the rectangle to be shown with an enlarged zoom factor.

Further details about using the zoom function can be found in the section Functions in Treeviews.

Search For Person In Treeview... Opens the Select Person dialog to search for a specific person in the current treeview.

Recently Searched Persons in Treeview submenu

This submenu can be used to find the last 16 persons for which a search was performed and repeat a search for these persons. In addition, the list of recently searched persons can be cleared. This list is saved in the current family file and is not deleted when a new treeview is created. This means that the list may contain persons who are not present in the current treeview and cannot be found with a search. These entries are displayed, but cannot be selected.

Back/Forward in the Selection History Change to the previous or next selection in the selection history. The function of the selection history is explained in the section Functions in Treeviews.

Free Placeable Objects submenu

Edit Free Text Objects... Opens the Edit Free Text Objects dialog. These can be placed anywhere you like in the graphic area and allow you to add custom formatted text to the automatically-created graphic.

Edit Free Image Objects... Opens the Edit Free Image Objects dialog. These can be placed anywhere you like in the graphic area and allow you to add images to the automatically-created graphic.

Edit Free Geo Objects... Opens the dialog Edit Free Geo Objects or provides you with information about how to create a new Free Geo Object. Free Geo Objects allow you to create various geometric elements, which can be placed anywhere you like in the graphic area

Note 2: Hold the Ctrl key and draw a rectangle with the left mouse button in a treeview to create a Free Object. Select the type of Free Object from the menu that appears.

Load Free Objects From File... Previously-saved free placeable objects files *.fpo can be opened and the saved Free Text, Image and Geo objects can be inserted into the current treeview.

Free Objects are saved with their original margins, which define their position in the column/row grid of the original treeview. They will be imported into the current treeview with these margins. If the area of the current treeview is too small for this, the graphic margins will automatically be expanded so that the imported Free Objects can be displayed within the graphic area.

Save Free Objects To File As... The Free Text, Image and Geo objects contained in the current treeview are saved in a free placeable objects file *.fpo with a name of your choice. This allows you to back up objects or import them into other treeviews. The margins of the Free Objects, which define their positions in the column/row grid of the current treeview, will be saved. A dialog allows you to select the Free Objects that you want to save, if you do not want to save all of them. This, together with the function Load Free Objects From File..., allows you to copy Free Objects.

Delete All Free Objects... This function deletes all Free Text, Image and Geo Objects after confirming. If you only want to hide certain objects temporarily, deactivate output for these objects in the Edit Free Text Objects, Edit Free Image Objects or Edit Free Geo Objects dialog.

Column/Row Numbers submenu

Create Column/Row Numbers... Opens the dialog Create Column/Row Numbers. This function allows you to create Free Text Objects with column and row numbers.

Delete Column/Row Numbers... This function allows you to delete all Free Text Objects with column and row numbers after confirming.

Person Index submenu

Create Person Index... Opens the Create Person Index dialog. This function allows you to create person indexes. Person indexes contain an alphabetical list of all persons contained in a graphic, including their column and row numbers. Person indexes can be created directly, indirectly as Free Image Objects or as separate PDF files. Before creating a person index, column and row numbers must be created.

Delete Person Index... This function deletes directly-created person indexes and Free Image Objects containing indirectly-created person indexes after confirming.

Duplicate Connection Lines submenu

Create Duplicate Connection Lines... Opens the Create Duplicate Connection Lines dialog. This function allows you to create Free Geo Objects with duplicate connection lines. This function is only available if duplicates are present in the current treeview. Duplicate connection lines are colorful Bézier curves that connect duplicates in the background.

Delete Duplicate Connection Lines... This function allows you to delete all Free Geo Objects containing duplicate connection lines after confirming.

Minimize Graphic Margins This function reduces the graphic margins, which represent the distances between the person box area and the outside edges of the graphic, to the permissible minimum. The graphic margins can be manually enlarged under Treeview Options, Graphic Format tab, to create space for Free Objects. In addition, the margins can be automatically enlarged when column and row number blocks or person indexes are created. The margins are never automatically reduced in size, so that any intended enlargements of the graphic margins are maintained. This function takes Free Objects outside the person box area into account so that enough space for these objects remains.

Export Miniature Overview... With the help of a wizard, you can create an EMF graphic file that contains a miniature version of the current tree structure without text. You can also select a branch to be highlighted. This EMF graphic file can be inserted into other treeviews as a Free Image Object to provide an overview of the complete tree structure. A detailed explanation of this can be found in the section Splitting up Large Trees.

Create Connected Partial Trees... With the help of a wizard, you can select a segment of a complete tree to be used as a partial tree. Multiple partial trees can be connected with reciprocal continuation references and cross-references to duplicates. In addition, you can display a miniature overview of the complete tree in which the partial tree is highlighted. A detailed explanation of this can be found in the section Splitting up Large Trees.

Note 3: The Export Miniature Overview... and Create Connected Partial Trees... functions are only supported in ancestor trees and descendant trees but not in grandparents' descendant trees, great-grandparents' descendant trees or relatives trees.

Export Preview Before exporting to a PDF file or graphic file, you can check the expected result in the Export Preview window. The Export Preview function offers you the same easy method for finding duplicate person boxes available in the Print Preview window.

Export Treeview As PDF File... The complete graphic is saved as a PDF file. You can specify if a card index with personal data should be integrated into the PDF file. A detailed explanation of this can be found in the section Exporting PDF Files.

Export Treeview As Graphic File... The complete full-size graphic is exported as a graphic file (JPEG file, bitmap, non-animated GIF file or enhanced metafile) for use in other programs or on the Internet. A detailed explanation of this can be found in the section Exporting Graphic Files.

Load Treeview Data From File... Previously-saved treeview files *.trv can be loaded for further editing or printing.

Note 4: Treeview files (*.trv) can also be dragged with the mouse from Windows Explorer into the FamilyTreeFactory program window to open them.

Save Treeview Data To File The current treeview data are saved to a treeview file *.trv again so that any changes you have made are saved.

Save Treeview Data To File As... The current treeview settings are saved to a new file with a name of your choice. These files use the .trv extension. Treeview files can only be used in conjunction with the family file from which they are saved. Because of this, it is recommended that the treeview filename start with the same characters as the family file. This makes it easy to correlate the files, which will be displayed next to one another in Windows Explorer.

Structural data about the layout of boxes, treeview options and Free Text, Image and Geo Objects will be saved. No personal data are saved. The purpose of this save option is to allow you to save manual changes to treeviews (such as manually-moved boxes), special treeview options and Free Text, Image and Geo Objects. The saved data will only produce an exact reproduction of the originally-saved treeview if no changes have been made to the records of the family file contained in the treeview.