From: Keith_Nuttle@sbcglobal.net   
      
   On 2/4/2019 2:50 AM, pete wrote:   
   > On 3 Feb 2019, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote   
   > (in article ):   
   >   
   >>> snipped   
   >>> If you want to present it so they can see it, create a PDF book of the   
   >>> family or families. I use FTM to create books that have the main line   
   >>> family with each maternal family. I include a table of contents and   
   >>> and index and print it as a PDF file. In PDF format it can nearly be   
   >>> read by any one with a computer, tablet, or smartphone.   
   >>   
   >> Using a .pdf "printer" (I use pdf995, but there are plenty), you can   
   >> produce .pdf versions of the data in any form that your genealogy   
   >> software can print - books, group sheets, Ahnentafel lists, fan charts,   
   >> tree charts, ancestor charts ... (what genealogy software _have_ you   
   >> been using?) I’ve been using Reunion on a Mac.   
   > Many thanks for your helpful and comprehensive reply/   
   > I think that the .pdf version is the way forward for me.   
   > Thanks again.   
   > Peter   
   > At the time I mentioned it I was thinking of using the PDF print   
   functions from FTM, I agree that a PDF printer is almost a necessary   
   tool for working with and collecting documents.  As was said any   
   document that comes from any program genealogy or otherwise can be made   
   into a PDF file with a PDF printer.  In addition, documents you collect   
   can be printed to PDF printers.   
      
   One thing that you may not consider is the research summaries that you   
   may create.  I have created many and share these summaries with cousins   
   as PDF documents.  This keeps them from being changed and remain your   
   work.  If you submit a summary or article for publication in a genealogy   
   magazine you may wish to to print it to a PDF file.   
      
      
   NOTE: If you do share the summaries and articles that you create, MAKE   
   SURE that you put your name and contact information in the document.  I   
   place my name and address at the end of the documents and the title and   
   my name in the footer of each page.   Early on I shared some un   
   identified summaries, that ended up connected to other peoples trees.   
      
   There are two reasons for identifying the document so  you can be   
   contacted.  One so you get credit,  and most important, with the many   
   name collector "doing" their genealogy, with your contact information, a   
   serious research who has a question about what you say can contact you.   
      
   I use three, CutePDFWriter, Sourcefourge's PDFCreator, and Irfanview.   
   While Irfanview is primarily an image manipulation program you can use   
   it to create PDF documents of different paper sizes. I also use it to   
   add citation information to documents I download and clean up the   
   document before storing it.   
      
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