Can I vertically center text in a box?
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Peter Ham
Hi, i'm trialing this software. It seems pretty good. I already have Family Tree Maker and connect it to ancestry.com
While Family Historian does not connect to ancestry.com, this software seems to do very well for creating family trees and maybe also reports. I'm looking for advice. For now, my first question is: #1 - How do I vertically center text in a box? |
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Welcome Peter,
I guess you are talking about using Diagram > Insert into Diagram > Text Box ? Although there is horizontal Alignment: Cantered there is no such vertical setting. So the only option is to increase Inner Margins at the Top.
Regards, Mike Tate
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of peterrham@...
Hi, i'm trialing this software. It seems pretty good. I already have Family Tree Maker and connect it to ancestry.com |
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Sorry, that should have said horizontal Alignment: Centred oops!
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike Tate
Sent: 14 March 2020 23:06 To: family-historian@groups.io Subject: Re: [family-historian] Can I vertically center text in a box?
Welcome Peter,
I guess you are talking about using Diagram > Insert into Diagram > Text Box ? Although there is horizontal Alignment: Cantered there is no such vertical setting. So the only option is to increase Inner Margins at the Top.
Regards, Mike Tate
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of peterrham@...
Hi, i'm trialing this software. It seems pretty good. I already have Family Tree Maker and connect it to ancestry.com
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Peter Ham
Thanks so much for the quick response!
Actually, i meant to ask if one of the "individual"/person boxes can be centered. For example:  |
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Here is one method. There may be others?
Diagram Options > Text tab > Edit your text scheme > select an item in the right pane > Edit > select Alignment: Centered. Repeat for the other items in the right pane. |
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Thank you for the suggestion Trevor but that aligns horizontally not vertically as requested by Peter.
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of Trevor Rix
Here is one method. There may be others?
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No, sorry, I don’t believe that is possible.
In my opinion, it would look somewhat untidy, because the name in each box may not always line up with the names in other boxes in the same generation (on the same row). That is because for many Text Schemes different facts will appear for different people in different boxes. If your Text Scheme always shows the same lines of data for every person, then try some of the Diagram > Layout & Scaling options that reduce the height of all boxes so the text fills the box and thus is central. e.g. Make All Boxes the Same Height Select all the boxes by dragging cursor around them and use Make Selected Boxes the Same Height (min) You may have to reduce the height of at least one box to get them all to shrink. That will require the Diagram > Enable Moving/Resizing command to open Movement Control Box that enables box ‘handles’ to drag box size.
Regards, Mike Tate
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of peterrham@...
Thanks so much for the quick response! _._,_._,_ |
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No, sorry, I don’t believe that is possible.
In my opinion, it would look somewhat untidy, because the name in each box may not always line up with the names in other boxes in the same generation (on the same row). That is because for many Text Schemes different facts will appear for different people in different boxes. If your Text Scheme always shows the same lines of data for every person, then try some of the Diagram > Layout & Scaling options that reduce the height of all boxes so the text fills the box and thus is central. e.g. Make All Boxes the Same Height Select all the boxes by dragging cursor around them and use Make Selected Boxes the Same Height (min) You may have to reduce the height of at least one box to get them all to shrink. That will require the Diagram > Enable Moving/Resizing command to open Movement Control Box that enables box ‘handles’ to drag box size.
Regards, Mike Tate
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of peterrham@...
Thanks so much for the quick response! _._,_._,_ |
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Peter Ham
thanks!
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