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CHAPTER 10 GENERATING PRINTED FORMS
INTRODUCTION...
As you would expect, GIM provides the ability to print your
folder data in a number of reporting formats. GIM's printed
forms include a pedigree chart, two varieties of family group
record forms, an ancestral table and a descendency table.
Each of these forms is highly customizable.
This chapter will discuss these forms in detail.
This chapter is divided into five sections. This first
section will discuss items that are common to all of the
forms, such as printer support and submission information.
The remaining sections will discuss each form in turn, as
follows:
ORGANIZATION OF THIS CHAPTER...
PART A: The Pedigree Charts
PART B: The Family Group Record
PART C: The Preprinted Family Group Record
PART D: The Ancestral and Descendancy Tables
Each of these parts is contained in its own file. For
example, Part C is contained in the file "gim10c.doc".
THE REST OF THIS SECTION...
This section contains some introductory material for the rest
of the chapter. More or less in this order, we will answer
the following questions:
Does GIM support my printer?
How do I set form length, margins, and fonts for my forms?
What is submission info, and how does GIM use it?
Why aren't there any more than three forms?
DOES GIM SUPPORT MY PRINTER?
If you haven't already selected a printer (and a print
device) from the Setup Area, please do so now. Refer to
chapter 6, entitled "Setting Things Up", for details.
In that chapter, you'll learn about GIM's printer resource
file, called GIMPRN.GIM, and you'll learn about the mechanism
that GIM uses in an effort to make it possible for GIM to
support every possible printer.
If you find that your printer isn't listed in GIM's printer
resource file, please contact the GIM Authors immediately, so
that we can add your printer to the resource file.
PRINTER SETTINGS...
HOW DO I SET FORM LENGTH, MARGINS, AND FONTS FOR MY FORMS?
TYPESETTING: Basics
To get to the Typesetting menu, enter the Forms Area by
pressing F3 from the Multi Area, and then press F2.
The Typesetting Menu provides all of the settings for
margins, fonts, and numbers of copies for both the
Pedigree Chart and the Family Group Record form.
TYPESETTING: Friction or Tractor Feed
"Friction Feed" printing refers to printing on single
sheets of paper. "Tractor Feed" printing refers to the
type of computer paper that comes in a large stack of
continuous sheets that can be separated from each other
at the perforations between them.
Select the kind of printing your printer supports. If
it supports both, select the kind of printing you
prefer.
TYPESETTING: Single or Double Sided Printing
If you selected Tractor Feed printing, you can only
select single sided printing. If you selected Friction
Feed, you can select either single or double sided
printing.
TYPESETTING: Fonts
The fonts are defined in GIM's printer resource file,
which is called GIMPRN.GIM. The typesetting menu will
display each of the defined fonts, letting you choose
the one you like.
TYPESETTING: Copy Count
Most of the time, you will want to print out a single
copy of each form. If you choose, you can print as many
copies as you like by adjusting the copy count. Select
"A" to increase the copy count, or "a" to decrease it.
TYPESETTING: Left Margin Front Side
Left Margin Back Side
These margins are in inches. Increase them by pressing
"B" or "C", and decrease them by pressing "b" or "c".
Note that these margins apply to the Pedigree Chart and
the Family Group Record only; the Preprinted Family
Group Record margins are another thing altogether.
TYPESETTING: Top Margin
This margin is in inches. Increase it by pressing "D",
and decrease it by pressing "d".
Note that this applies to the Pedigree Chart and the
Family Group Record only; the Preprinted Family Group
Record margin is another thing altogether.
TYPESETTING: Vertical Zoom
This option lets you specify how much of the page you
want the Pedigree Chart or Family Group Record form to
take up on your page. Very small values cause the form
to be scrunched up on the page; very large values cause
the form to be spread out, possibly spilling over onto a
second or third page, so be careful.
This option is intended mainly for variations in paper
size, such as the slightly longer pages that are used in
Europe and elsewhere. It also allows you more control
over the size of your bottom margin.
SUBMISSION INFO...
WHAT IS SUBMISSION INFO, AND HOW DOES GIM USE IT?
The term "submission info" refers to your name, address and
phone.
The submission information is used by:
- the Pedigree Chart (see Part A)
- the Family Group Record (See Part B)
- the Preprinted Family Group Record (See Part C)
- the Genealogical Folder Exchange (see Chapter 14)
To enter your submission info, enter the Forms Area by
pressing F3 from the Multi Area.
Then press F7 and answer the questions.
Note that the carriage return, by itself, does NOT clear the
previous information for a given question. The carriage
return, by itself, says to leave the information unchanged.
To clear a line press the spacebar followed by the <Enter>
key.
The submission information asks for your "Stake Name" and
your "Stake Unit Number". You can ignore this information.
The forms used to use it, but they don't anymore. The GFE
functions will use it if you specify it, but they don't
require it.
LIMITED FORMS...
WHY AREN'T THERE ANY MORE THAN THESE FORMS?
One of the first things that a genealogist will look for in a
genealogical software package is the QUALITY and QUANTITY of
the forms it produces.
We believe that the forms we provide are high QUALITY forms,
and we hope that they can be customized to fit every need.
But we are also aware that we don't provide a very large
QUANTITY of forms. Where, you ask, is the wall-sized pedigree
chart? Why does GIM only support the LDS preprinted form, and
not, for example, the one produced by Everton Publishers?
Well, we are by no means limited to the forms you see here.
We're always happy to add forms and other features to GIM at
the first request. The only reason why there aren't any more
forms than these is simply this: the GIM Authors have found
the current set of forms more than adequate for our research
needs, and GIM's beta testers have not yet requested any
other forms from us. As soon as we receive a request for an
additional form, we'll be only too happy to provide support
for it.