This chart displays descendants of a given base individual in a compact lateral format. The chart is formatted to a single page for printing, but may be of unrestricted size for saving in pdf or other formats. However, the format is not suitable for displaying a very large number of generations.
Facilities to specify the preferred number of generations, and to control the data to be displayed, are available in the "Descendant Sheet Options" dialog. If the chart is to be formatted for printing, the number of generations and the range of data shown will if necessary be reduced by the program in order to fit the chart to the page. Personal names, placenames and other data will be truncated if necessary to fit the available horizontal space. The available horizontal space per generation may be increased by reducing the number of generations. Blank lines will be inserted in the chart to make it more readable if space permits after as much as possible of the requested data has been displayed.
Choosing a smaller font will increase the amount of data which can be displayed. Choosing a 5 point font will allow 128 lines of data to be shown.
Choosing Descendant Sheet from the Charts menu opens the Descendant Sheet dialog box. (If a base individual has not been selected, the Select base individual dialog box will be displayed first.)
Pressing List Individuals will open the Select base individual dialog box.
Pressing Run will produce a chart with the given base individual.
Pressing Print Preview, when the button is enabled, will display the chart.
If you wish to print the chart, you should select the printer before producing the chart, by pressing Printer.