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New FTM 3 free update and patch

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New FTM 3 free update and patch

Posted: 2 Aug 2015 9:29PM GMT
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This major free update includes the following new features and enhancements:

1. New Smart Stories.
2. New Outline Ancestor report.
3. Option to download missing media for source citations. 

Tip: To download ALL missing source citation media, with the Media workspace open type “command+shift+f5”
4. Option to view siblings in a drop-down menu via the mini pedigree.
5. Option to sort facts by chronological order in Family Group Sheets.
6. Option to include citation rating in Documented Facts.
7. Option to include individual summary on all pages of Individual Report.
8. Option to include (or exclude) lifespan in header of Individual Report.
9. Option to set fonts per fact in Charts.
10. Additional options added to Data Errors report.


Bug fixes
1. Fixed problem where exporting a book to PDF while ‘Table of Contents’ was selected caused a crash.
2. Fixed problem where 2nd attempt to find missing media caused a crash.
3. Fixed problem where finding missing media in an imported gedcom caused a crash.
4. Fixed problem where merging two trees would cause a crash.
5. Fixed problem where person notes were not displayed in an imported gedcom file.
6. Fixed problem where media location preferences (copy media vs link media) were not saved.
7. Fixed problem where “home person” would change when adding more than 3 people at a time.
8. Fixed problem where ability to scan media was unavailable.
9. Fixed problem where printing from Web Search workspace was not working.
10. Fixed problem where spaces from data downloaded from ancestry.com were being removed.
11. Fixed problem where source citation notes could not be added to existing source citation notes.
12. Fixed problem where blank LDS facts would display in reports when option to display LDS facts was disabled.
13. Fixed problem where timeline report was not including historical and family events.
14. Fixed problem where the wrong fact would be removed in “Items to Include” feature of reports and charts.
Multiple other miscellaneous fixes.


The update brings FTM 3 virtually up to the same standard in features as FTM 2014 especially the Smart Stories, Sorting Facts, (big cheer), mini pedigree enhancements and the new outline Ancestor report to name a couple

The update is automatically detected or go to FTM 3>Check for Updates. When installed the version is 22.2.5.820 and the download size is 86.8 MB

John D

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