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December 19, 2020
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Charting Companion on Mac is an advanced program,
which makes it easy for you to view, publish and
print high quality genealogy charts and reports
directly from your genealogy file. Whether your
database holds a handful of people or thousands,
Charting Companion for Mac gives you the tools
to quickly find individuals, view their family
information, and navigate through their
tree. The given are the steps to activate and
use Family Tree Maker Charting Companion on Mac
computer If you are a Family Tree Maker user, in
the FTM menu click on Tools Charting
Companion. For all other genealogy programs,
click on the Charting Companion on Mac menu
File Open. Browse to your file. If you cannot
find your file, click on Scan disk, and
Charting Companion for Mac will find all your
genealogy files. Find a person. Click on the Name
List icon or click on the menu View Name List.
Enter a surname and optionally a given name,
click on Go to and View. Create a
chart Charting Companion on Mac Click on Charts
Reports Ancestor Fan chart for example, then
click on Preview.
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• Print or Publish the chart After previewing the
  chart, click on the Printer icon, then Publish
  or Print.
• Choose the file type in the drop-down list.
• You can create the following reports with
  Charting Companion on Mac
• Family Reports
• Family Group Record Printed version of family
  group view in LDS format.
• Standard Family Group A variable format that will
  print all user-defined events.
• Kinship Print all relatives of an individual with
  their relationship(s).
• Hourglass Chart A box chart that prints both
  ancestors and descendants for an individual.
• Trellis Chart A chart that shows everyone in
  your family.
• Dandelion Chart A chart that shows everyone in
  your family
• Ancestor Reports
• Pedigree Chart Traditional LDS pedigree chart of
  an individuals ancestors.
• Ancestor Chart A box chart of an individuals
  ancestors, with an optional variation to include
  siblings.
• Ancestor Fan Chart A unique fan presentation of
  an individuals ancestors. You can also print a
  full circle or quarter circle chart.
• Bowtie Chart A box chart showing an individuals
  paternal line (ancestors) to the left and the
  maternal line to the right.
• Ancestor Book An individuals ancestors prepared
  in a book format together with

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You can print charts and reports on MacOS
compatible printers, including ink jet, laser,
and even dot matrix printers. The Fan chart has
special requirements that are available only on
laser and ink jet printers. Note- Upgrade your
old version of family tree maker software because
Charting companion working latest verison of
family tree maker 2019 software. The Descendant
and Ancestor books are the output to the word
processor of your choice like WordPerfect,
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works, Open Office,
Lotus Ami Pro, and Microsoft WordPad. From there
you can perform added editing such as adding
graphics to your report before printing. In
addition, Charting Companion on Mac allows you to
preview your charts in reports before you print
it, allowing you to save on printing costs. Fast
go to and search functions are also helping in
finding individual records easier. This is
especially useful for large files. Read more
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