Narrative Report

The Master Genealogist can format your story.

Select the Report Go to the Menu: Report > Custom Report Writer then select the big Wizard button, the easiest way to start a report
Follow the Wizard: Pick Narratives to tell a story Our example is The descendants of . . . Format will be Genealogy Report (NGSQ), Modified Register I'll generate a file in HTML to create web pages [without Word or WordPerfect this is the only way to get all the options, especially image exhibits like this signature] Make choices for page numbering, memos, sources, index, etc. Give this report format a descriptive name and you have saved your report definition!
Fine tune the Report Definition Back in the Custom Report Writer Log, select the new report: Give the file a name and select a folder Most available Publication Tools options have been selected check for other options: I selected Sources: Unique Under Layout, look at the HTML tab Check the Type, Tags and Misc. tabs for other options. I've chosen to make this a custom format adding spouse events then all events plus witnessed and fewer place options, etc. Click Generate!

Open the Genealogy Report Open your web browser or word processing program and there open the new report file Fine tuning will almost certainly be required - you may even want to modify your TMG data and create the report again (and again?) An added benefit of making my report in HTML was that I could open the text and endnotes in MS Works and get narrative with images embedded plus at least a start on a surname index.

Web Links Refer to my sample Sutter genealogy report: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeangene/cagg_00t.htm TMG tips on generating web pages: http://www.tmgtips.com/tmgtips18.htm Jeri Steele's “Making Reports Say What you Want”: http://metronet.com/~steele/tmg/reprt1.htm

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last edited 17 Dec 2001