You can export family group sheets in PDF (Adobe Acrobat)
format. PDF files include formatting and can be viewed or printed
by anyone with the Adobe Acrobat Reader software.
About Report Exports
Can be viewed and printed (but not edited) by anyone with the
Adobe Acrobat Reader software.
Use the PRIVATIZE feature in family tree maker to make
sure you don't submit any living people! Instructions
How to export a group sheet:
1. Navigate to the report (group sheet) you wish to export.
Click view then family group sheet. click on contents, title
and footnote and make sure your contact
information is listed in the preparer information.
Your name and email address are required other information is
optional. Remember, this will be accessible by anyone with
internet access. Click on contents and items to include.
Use the standard page setting ONLY.
2. When your group sheet is ready to submit: From the File
menu, choose Export to PDF.
3. In the Export dialog box select the location and filename
for your file. Remember where you put it so you can attach it
to an email to send it to me.
4. Click the Save button.
5. write me an email and attach the file you saved to the
email!
Using the PRIVATIZE feature
1. From the File menu, select Preferences, then Privatize
(ALT, F, F, V).
Family Tree Maker displays the Privatize information dialog
box.
2. Select the Privatize check box if you want Family
Tree Maker to hide the Birth, Death, Marriage, More About Facts,
Medical, and Notes information for living relatives.
3. Click OK.
Family Tree Maker displays a progress meter while it privatizes
your Family File. It hides all data fields for living individuals
and marks them with the word “private.” Only relationships
between living individuals will be retained. As an added indication
that you have selected to display privatized text, Family Tree
Maker also changes the background color of the Family Page to
green. Once selected as a preference, privatized text is enforced
whenever you copy/export, print, or publish your Family File.
Note: When privatized, your file will become "read-only."
This means you cannot modify the file in any way until you leave
this mode. You can deselect the Privatized mode at any time in
the original Family File by returning to the Preferences dialog
box.
Now proceed with the export by following the instructions
here.
