A correct answer to this question consists of telling me a sequence in
which I can accomplish the following:  I want to export a five
generation pedigree chart from the software program (PAF 5), to
(Microsoft Word).  The result must be a pedigree chart that looks the
same as it did in PAF 5, but becomes editable in MS Word.  It has to
become an MS Word document.

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Request for Question Clarification by livioflores-ga on 19 Jul 2003 19:00 PDT

Can you put online a document similar to the one wich you want to convert?

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Request for Question Clarification by feilong-ga on 19 Jul 2003 21:32 PDT

Hi Tibiaron,

I went to the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints website
and read about the PAF 5 software. I found that you can't export it
directly as a file that is editable in MS Word. However, I found an
alternative solution -- it is to print your PAF file to another file
using the "Print to file" option. The process of printing it to file
is similar to just printing with a printer except that no file is
actually printed on paper. Instead, the file is saved to another file
format. In your case, PAF 5 saves it in Rich-text Format (.RTF), which
is the ONLY format created by the "print to file" option based on the
info I read at:

Intellectual Reserve, Inc. - Family Search.org
Files Used in PAF
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/paf/lessons/lesson5/l5_01.htm.

RTF can be opened and edited using MS Word.

Since I don't have the actual program to confirm the process and I'm
not sure how you would like the chart to appear, I can only post this
as a clarification. Since you are a loyal user of this service and I
have helped you once on another question, I trust you'll tell me if
this solves your problem.

I can only refer you to the online reference.Please click on the link
below to learn more:

Intellectual Reserve, Inc. - Family Search.org
Saving Reports as a File
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/paf/lessons/lesson4/l4_11.htm#

Click on "Show Me" to see a demo on how to do the procedure

Always remember to select all the options you want BEFORE printing to
file.

For other "How to" lessons on PAF 5, click on:

Intellectual Reserve, Inc. - Family Search.org
Personal Ancestral File Lessons
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/paf/lessons/paf5.html

Best regards,
Feilong


NOTE: To my fellow researchers, in case you know the exact solution
that Tibiaron wants, please don't hesitate to post your answer.

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Clarification of Question by tibiaron-ga on 20 Jul 2003 06:24 PDT

Feilong:  Move your request for clarificaton to the answered category.
 I'm embarrased that you had to lead me to the "save to file box"  It
was right in front of my face all the time.  Maybe I'm losing it in my
old age :)  I tried the "save to file" option and had perfect success.
 My project is back on track again, thanks to you.

Hi Tibiaron,

Don't blame yourself. It certainly ain't your age and you're
definitely not losing it -- blame it on the "print to file" option
because it's too small to be noticed. ;-)

Well actually it can get confusing with too many tabs, checkboxes, and
radio buttons to choose from. And then there's the Export option in
the File menu which is also a bit misleading. I just wonder why they
didn't include the rtf and any other file format option in the Export
option to make things easier.

Anyway, I'm so glad my suggestion worked. As per your request, here's
the answer:

I went to the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints website
and read about the PAF 5 software. I found that you can't export it
directly as a file that is editable in MS Word. However, I found an
alternative solution -- it is to print your PAF file to another file
using the "Print to file" option. The process of printing it to file
is similar to just printing with a printer except that no file is
actually printed on paper. Instead, the file is saved to another file
format. In your case, PAF 5 saves it in Rich-text Format (.RTF), which
is the ONLY format created by the "print to file" option based on the
info I read at:

Intellectual Reserve, Inc. - Family Search.org
Files Used in PAF
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/paf/lessons/lesson5/l5_01.htm.

RTF can be opened and edited using MS Word.

Since I don't have the actual program to confirm the process and I'm
not sure how you would like the chart to appear, I can only post this
as a clarification. Since you are a loyal user of this service and I
have helped you once on another question, I trust you'll tell me if
this solves your problem.

I can only refer you to the online reference.Please click on the link
below to learn more:

Intellectual Reserve, Inc. - Family Search.org
Saving Reports as a File
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/paf/lessons/lesson4/l4_11.htm#

Click on "Show Me" to see a demo on how to do the procedure

Always remember to select all the options you want BEFORE printing to
file.

For other "How to" lessons on PAF 5, click on:

Intellectual Reserve, Inc. - Family Search.org
Personal Ancestral File Lessons
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/paf/lessons/paf5.html


Search strategy:

Searched for PAF 5 in Google Web search, located the PAF product
website and searched for the documentation.


I'm not expecting any clarification anymore. I'm happy to help you
again. :-)

Best regards, 
Feilong

Thanks