Comments on: Question: What about books?

By: Shirley Frasca

Shirley Frasca — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:33:21 +0000

Totally agree with Randy Seaver.

By: David

David — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:27:11 +0000

the one thing I wish they would fix from the 2006 book, is the ability to print a section to PDF. Say I only wanted pages 1-50. I could never do thiw without getting the whole book

By: David

David — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:25:38 +0000

yes, not buying 2009 until I can move my book from 2006 in. I like that you can keep a book going and it updates from changes in the file.

I don’t need the coffee table book.. I need my 600 page book.

By: Dean Sliger

Dean Sliger — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:27:06 +0000

I would like the Register Report to be more like it was with FTM V11. In FTM 2008, parents of spouses are not listed. There are less options available for modifying report content, and the automatic layout of the report is awkward. So I have to keep FTM 11 in order to produce desirable reports, which makes me wonder why I need FTM 2008.

By: Clare

Clare — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:42:12 +0000

Books. Please bring back books as in 2006 FTM. I thought I was just not able to find them. Yes legacy books would be good but I’d take the same functionality. The new coffee table books are a joke. Looks like a scrap book but without the homie touches. Scrappers could make their own better and geanologists are at a loss.
I think that FTM users who have been with the company since the begining deserve better treatment. When can we expect to get books back? Or are we going to have to pay again for what we used to have?

By: Roberta Iiames

Roberta Iiames — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:34:46 +0000

Looking for a book binder? Or looking for a printer? [Attention ji posted Nov 8, 2007 #22]
I printed my books on my printer. I used Wausau Bright White Acid Free, Lignin Free 60# paper.
You normally can find a printer to print books [.08 cents per page printed both sides] pages only. Or, you can use the Adobe feature in the book preview. You can copy the book to a CD and take it to the printers.
Now, you need a book-binder. I found a book-binder that will hard bound books with imprints starting at $25.00 per book plus shipping. THey will bind one or a 100 for the same cost per book. My books are
8-1/2 X 11 and about 2 inches thick. All have indexes.

By: Roberta Iiames

Roberta Iiames — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:18:17 +0000

I have a rather large family file over 62,000 individuals. I wanted to make a book but decided that FTM 16 and Adobe were not able to make up such a book which would be well over 6,000 pages.
I therefore decided to include x number of generations down to the main individual. I then made a Group page for the main individual. There were six siblings and I decided to include the above in each book and then make up a Genealogy Report for each of the children [plus the index]So, I actually had six books each numbering at least 900 pages. I had one of the siblings that had 2500 pages.
Adobe made up the first part and the index that appeared in the Adobe reader but the genealogy report did not appear in Adobe even though it was listed in the books.
I printed what I could from the Adobe Reader – page 1-10 and the Index pages 2000-end. I then went back to the books and printed the genealogy report pages 11 – 1999. I was careful not to exit the book. The numbering on the pages were all correct.
I now have six beautifully hard bound books. All of them include charts, Index of names, everything a book should have. They are all 8-1/2 x 11.
I had contacted the “Help” people and when I told them the problem that I was experiencing, the comment was, “You are fortunate not to have a lot more problems.” They didn’t help.
I found a book-binder that binds one or more books. One book is just fine for me. I will make other books up and send them libraries.

By: David

David — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:18:10 +0000

Did they ever get the book feature back in? I don’t want to buy the new one until they do.

By: Ernie

Ernie — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:14:21 +0000

I liked everything about the v16 book writing, with only a few things needing improving; the ability to utilize footnotes, the ability to format text i.e. stabilizing text and Left/Center/Right/Justified, and the ability to retain pictures inserted in the text body. If I removed a picture from my database that was also in my book, that picture was removed from my book. I solved that by making a separate folder that stayed in my database and, every time I posted a picture to my book I also placed it in the separate folder.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:23:50 +0000

Believe it or not – I’ve been using FTM V10 (2002). Finally upgraded to FTM 2008 last month – EXTREMELY disappointed in the Books capability (or total lack thereof). Echo all the previous comments.

Bring back all the prior functionality at a minimum.

Bottom line – sticking with V10 for now.

ps – anyone know where I can purchase a copy of V16.