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Would love to use FTMM3........BUT .........

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Would love to use FTMM3........BUT .........

Posted: 4 Nov 2014 11:00AM GMT
Classification: Query
I own, and have tried out, several genealogy programs, both for Macs and Windows. There is a lot to like about FTMM3, the basic data entry, sources, mapping, etc. ....... I especially like how I can copy an entire Fact, including the source, and paste it into another person's facts, such as for census.

Things I don't like ......the interface is ugly, and most definitely un-Mac like. I would like it better if I could adjust the size of the fonts in every other field in the program. It seems that the only field with adjustable fonts are the Notes fields. Why is that? There is NO customization in this program and I don't like that. It definitely detracts from its usefulness, in my opinion. It makes me feel like I'm in genealogy jail, lol.

There should be some kind of search field in windows such as Media so that you can quickly go to a photo you want. Also, when you want to add or change a photo for someone, again you have to scroll through all your photos to find what you want. No way to quickly go to it!

But, the real deal breaker for me is that, after importing my gedcom, there are unwanted spaces in words in all note fields. I have almost 10,000 people in my database so it is not feasible for me to go through each note to correct this. It has to do, I think, with how FTMM3 handles the CONT and CONC gedcom tags. It splits words where you don't want them to and adds a space.

I'm not trying to bash this program. On the contrary, it has grown and gotten better over the years. But it still has a long way to go before I will be able to use it as my main program. I wish I could now!

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