organizational chart/family tree

[davidrafky]

I am using MS Word 97.
I want to draw an organizational chart -- boxes with lines as connectors.
However, instead of putting text in the boxes, I want to insert pictures.
Actually, I am trying to draw a family tree consisting of relationships and
photos.

Any help would be appreciated.

Dave R
Miami FL

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

IIRC, Word 97 doesn't have true "connectors" unless you install something
else--MS Photo Editor, PhotoDraw, something? Perhaps Bob Buckland will come
along and remind us. But it would definitely be easier to do this with (a) a
later version of Word or (b) any version of Publisher. You can use a photo
as "fill" for a rectangle or text box, but if you want to be able to drag
things around and have the connectors follow, you need something other than
Word 97, I think.

I made family trees in an old app called Corel Flow (came with WordPerfect
at one time); alas, it won't run on my current OS, and I don't seem to have
any app installed that will read those old files, so I guess at some point
I'll have to redo the charts in some other application. If the truth were
known, this type of project really calls out for a dedicated app such as
Family Tree Maker or the like. If you google for "family tree software" or
(even better) "free family tree software," you may turn up something that
would make your task a lot easier, such as Family Tree Builder
(http://www.myheritage.com/family-tree-builder?gclid=CN2ng8Ka5ZgCFQFvGgod0CUydg),
a free download that looks incredibly cool.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi David,

As Suzanne mentioned, using a tool designed for the task, especially with
what could be a rather complex genealogy /family tree structure, may be
preferable to using the limited org charting tools of Word 97. A number of
the 3rd party tools will let you insert or paste the finished chart into a
Word document if that is a need you have.

Basically, there were two tools for Word 97. MS Org Chart v2, a 'lite'
version of a 3rd party product for producing org charts, the MS version has
no capability for using graphics, although the parent version does,
http://orgplus.com.

The other tool is MS Draw. If the Word 97 version (an optional feature) is
installed you should be able to start a chart with active connectors using
Insert=>Picture=>New Drawing. If not, or for the final version, MS Draw 98,
you can download and install that version via the 'Draw98.exe' link in
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/181154 That applet does support having
Word connect shapes, but its autoroute feature, basically lets Word decide
where to run the line routes in complex diagrams.

You can use Word's Drawing toolbar tools (View=>Toolbars=>Drawings) to
manually create a set of lines and boxes and you can insert a picture that
way, but you will do the connection and routing of the lines manually.

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I am using MS Word 97.
I want to draw an organizational chart -- boxes with lines as connectors.
However, instead of putting text in the boxes, I want to insert pictures.
Actually, I am trying to draw a family tree consisting of relationships and
photos.

Any help would be appreciated.

Dave R >>