BOOK OUTLINE The book outline serves as the primary screen for printouts. You may create reports using any combination of features of FTJ for only one individual, a group of individuals, a sub- group or a complete book containing all individuals. A title page will be produced if any of the title, subtitle or author information is not blank. BOOK OUTLINE CODES AND OPTIONS Using the codes and options listed below, you can compose books, booklets and other printouts in almost any format. PAGE - Start page numbering with the number in the options field. The default is page 1. If the number is 0, pages will not be numbered. HEAD - The heading will be centered in upper case, bold print at the top of the next page or, if you are using the two-sided print option, on the next odd-numbered page. The heading will then be entered into the Table of Contents. FILE - Print the file named in the options field. This should be used in conjunction with a heading as an intro- duction to each section of your book. TREE - Print trees and data as specified in the options field. BIO - Print biographies as specified in the options field. GRPS - Print family group sheets as specified in the options field. REF - Print references as specified in the options field. AHN - Print Ahnentafel charts as specified in the options field. DESC - Print tabular descendant charts as specified in the options field. BOX - Print box type descendant charts as specified in the options field. TRAD - Print traditional genealogy as specified in the op- tions field. FORM - Print FTJ information form as specified in the op- tions field. NAML - Print the name list as specified in the options field. AUD - Print the audit of missing information as specified in the options field. MISC - Print the miscellaneous information. TIME - Print the time line. TC - Print the Table of Contents. INDX - Print the Index. BBL - Print the bibliography. The options field is provided to supply additional informa- tion to some codes. It may contain a reference number or a list of numbers separated by spaces. You may also use a combination of keywords to select the information that will be included. OPTIONS KEYWORDS SORT DOBS - Sort the information by dates of birth. (default) SORT NAMES - Sort the information by surname. SORT NUMBER - Sort the information by reference number. TC LONG - Print the names and numbers of the key individuals as a subheading in the Table of Contents. (default) TC SHORT - Don't print names in the Table of Contents. SUBGROUP x - Use only names flagged with the subgroup character (x). EXPAND - Expand the information to include all names that have appeared in the previous codes. ALL - Use all the names in the name list. (default) NGSQ - This option is only used with the traditional genealogies to indicate that you will use the National Genealogical Society Quarterly numbering system. If NGSQ is not specified, the names will be numbered using the REGISTER system. BLANK - This option only applies to the FORM code. It will cause a blank information form to be printed. ---------------------------------------------------------- The above codes and options are used as a command language to the book printing function of Family Tree Journal. Except for the Index and Table of Contents, which are always printed last, the codes will be executed in the order that you specify. Not all options apply to every code. The default for most codes is all individuals sorted by date of birth and a long Table of Contents with names. Most of the main sections will start on a new page (odd- numbered page for 2-sided). The options remain in effect until superseded by a subsequent option entry. Because of the cryptic nature of the codes, you may also enter comments into the options field to make the book out- line easier to understand. Comments are introduced with a / character. Anything entered after the / will be ignored by the print routine. Also, if the code field is blank, the options field will be ignored and may be used for comments (without the /). Using PAGE 0 will cause the DESC, AHN and BOX charts to have no page breaks at all. This is useful when you would like to create wall charts. Most of the other codes will split the pages but not print page numbers when PAGE is 0. Use this when you would like to insert new sections into existing books without reprinting the entire book. Obviously, the Index and Table of Contents will not be of any value when PAGE is set to 0! ---------------------------------------------------------- FUNCTION KEYS The F4 key will format and print a single sided book. The F5 key will print the book on both sides of your paper. The F6 key will check the validity of the dates of birth, marriage and death. Errors, such as someone being shown as born before their parents, will be printed and a warning message will be displayed on the screen. The F7 key will fill in the book outline screen with a previously saved template file. The F8 key saves your outline as a template file. The base file name defaults to the current base name for your data files. The F9 key will allow you to change the setup. The F10 key will clear the outline. The name for the template files may be any valid file name. The extension is always .TEM. *******